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May 21, 2021

EU lawmaker wants stronger privacy rights in proposed EU tech rules

Proposed EU rules targeting Facebook, Google and other large online platforms should include privacy rights for users as well as their right to anonymity.

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May 21, 2021

Senators roll out bipartisan data privacy bill

Sen. Amy Klobuchar is back with a bill to protect consumer data privacy when collected by large tech platforms like Facebook and Google.

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May 20, 2021

Ecuador Approves Data Protection Law

the Ecuadorian National Assembly unanimously approved the Organic Law on Data Protection, which is based on the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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May 18, 2021

Businesses fall into transatlantic privacy hole

Companies have begun to face costly problems abroad while they wait a new privacy deal.

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May 17, 2021

Biden issues the Executive Order on Cybersecurity

The purpose of the Order is to improve the security of commercial software, including by establishing baseline security requirements based on industry best practices.

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May 12, 2021

Japan’s Rikunabi Scandal Shows The Dangers of Privacy Law Loopholes

Ddata privacy scandal in Japan involving Rikunabi—a major job-seeking platform that calculated and sold companies algorithmic scores which predicted how likely individual job applicants would decline a job offer—has underscored how users’ behavioral data can be used against their best interests.

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May 11, 2021

Margrethe Vestager explains the EU’s position in the global battle for data

Margrethe Vestager, the Executive Vice President of the European Commission, responsible for all things digital, gives us her insight into global data, data sharing, big tech, the Data Governance Act and the reality of policy and implementation.

May 5, 2021

German Federal Labor Court rules on the scope of the right to information under Art. 15 GDPR

Specifically, the issue was whether or to what extent Art. 15 GDPR grants a right to receive copies of e-mails.

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May 3, 2021

Google and Apple are the world’s biggest privacy regulators

Both companies are changing how they allow others to collect and use data from their billions of online users.

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May 3, 2021

Trialogue negotiations close to agreement on ePrivacy derogation

EU lawmakers are close to reaching a compromise on a controversial regulation aimed at combating child sexual abuse online

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April 29, 2021

States Are Moving on Privacy Bills. Over 4 in 5 Voters Want Congress to Prioritize Protection of Online Data

Public support for Congress to pass a national standard is holding strong, with 83 percent of voters saying it should be a “top” or “important, but lower” congressional priority this year.