Legislation

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March 29, 2021

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.

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March 28, 2021

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.

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March 26, 2021

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

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March 26, 2021

China Introduces Comprehensive New E-Commerce Rules

E-commerce websites and apps in China, and those using third party platforms to sell their products and services in China, must update their operations, services and systems in advance of wide-ranging new rules.

March 26, 2021

EDPB Releases Guidelines on Virtual Voice Assistants

On March 12, 2021, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published its Guidelines 01/2021 on Virtual Voice Assistants (VVA) for consultation.

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March 25, 2021

A New York Lawmaker Wants to Ban Police Use of Armed Robots

Officers’ use of Boston Robotics’ Digidog intensifies concerns about militarization of the police.

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March 25, 2021

Civil Liberties Committee calls for further improvements to the GDPR implementation and strengthened enforcement

Civil Liberties Committee adopted on March 16 the draft resolution evaluating the GDPR and called for effective enforcement and adequate resources for supervisory authorities.

March 24, 2021

The End of the Privacy of Digital Correspondence

The EU wants to have all private chats, messages, and emails automatically searched for suspicious content, generally and indiscriminately.

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March 23, 2021

The first but not last comprehensive US privacy bill of 2021

The proposed federal bill would create protections for the processing of sensitive personal information.

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March 22, 2021

EU ministers want EU-wide data retention.

The great majority of EU justice ministers on March 15 once again called a new Europe-wide collection of traffic and location data of the entire population (data retention).

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March 22, 2021

ePrivacy Regulation update: Comparison of the three EU drafts

The EUinstitutions will seek to agree the final text of the ePrivacy Regulation. This article sets out the significant areas of divergence across the three proposals.