House fails to pass WPA but bill ‘remains alive’
The Washington state House of Representatives failed to advance the Washington Privacy Act Sunday, its last day to pass the bill this session, but its fate is not yet set in stone.
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Surveillance exposes limits of transatlantic AI collaboration
European lawmakers say company’s surveillance practices ‘poses an issue’ for joint approach to artificial intelligence.
From California to Brazil: GDPR has created recipe for the world
As Europe’s sweeping GDPR laws approach their third anniversary, other jurisdictions around the world are taking cues from it to develop their own frameworks.
Platforms, not regulators, are driving data privacy enforcement
Unlike GDPR or CCPA, the moves Google and Apple are about to make will cause immediate shockwaves the day they are implemented.
Privacy Oversight Board Releases Report on EO 12333
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board released its report on Executive Order 12333, which provides broad legal authority for data collection.
UK may force Facebook services to allow backdoor police access
End-to-end encryption could be challenged with security agencies enabled to monitor user messages.
Software vendors would have to disclose breaches to U.S. government users under new order
A planned Biden administration executive order will require many software vendors to notify their federal government customers when the companies have a cybersecurity breach.
EU concludes the adequacy talks with South Korea
European Union and the Republic of Korea have successfully concluded the adequacy talks.
EU’s Vestager has ‘reservations’ about online privacy proposals
Vestager stressed that “it would become a very confusing situation if there was a General Data Protection Regulation and ePrivacy legislation without the two laws being aligned.
Roskomnadzor proposes to restrict cross-border data transfer
Roskomnadzor proposes to expand the law on personal data to foreign Internet sites and restrict cross-border data transfer in order to protect the rights of citizens.
Lawmakers reintroduce legislation to secure internet-connected devices
The Cyber Shield Act would create a voluntary cybersecurity certification program for internet-connected devices, also known as Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
Intensifying Negotiations on transatlantic Data Privacy Flow
The U.S. Government and the European Commission have decided to intensify negotiations on an enhanced EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework