Washington, D.C. Adds Security Requirements in New Data Breach Notification Law
Washington, D.C. amended its data breach notification law (D.C. Act 23-268) on March 26, 2020, expanding the definition of personal […]
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California’s privacy warriors are back – and this time they want to take their fight all the way to the ballot box
Advocacy group Californians for Consumer Privacy, which started the push for a state-wide data privacy law, announced this week that […]
CCPA Regulations Still Not Final as Enforcement Deadline Approaches
Businesses spent the latter months of 2019 working hard to prepare for the January 1, 2020 implementation of the California […]
Senate bill would set privacy requirements for COVID-19 tracking
A group of senators want to enshrine privacy protections in COVID-19 contact tracing apps through legislation, but there are concerns […]
Europe’s Privacy Law Hasn’t Shown Its Teeth, Frustrating Advocates
Nearly two years in, there has been little enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation, once seen as ushering in […]
Irish DPC Publishes New Cookie Guidance
On April 6, 2020, the Irish Data Protection Commission (the “DPC”) published a report summarizing the DPC’s findings following a cookie sweep […]
A Microsoft Employee Literally Wrote Washington’s Facial Recognition Law
Washington state signed SB 6280 into law, making it the first state in the country to pass a facial recognition […]
Brazil Senate Approves Bill Delaying LGPD Enforcement
The Brazil Senate unanimously approved a bill today that would delay implementation of the Brazil General Law for Data Protection, […]
EU Commission looks for feedback on GDPR
The European Commission will report on the application of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) later this year. In accordance with […]
Armenia amends law to allow tracking of infected
The National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia on 31 March, 2020 passed amendments to the Law on Legal Regime […]
Washington Enacts New Facial Recognition Law
On March 31st , Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed into law SB 6280, a bill aimed at regulating state and […]
Lawmakers Leave Washington Without Renewing Expired Surveillance Powers
House lawmakers left town Friday after passing a roughly $2 trillion dollar coronavirus relief package without voting to renew a […]