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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Zoom Agrees to Step Up Security After New York Probe
New York state’s top prosecutor announces that the company Zoom would improve security measures, after flaws were detected as the […]
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 […]
COVID-19 contact tracing apps being deployed around the world
As countries begin to lift lockdowns from COVID-19, they are relying on contact tracing apps to identify and break the […]
Court approves Facebook’s $5 Billion Privacy Settlement
A judge approved Facebook Inc.’s $5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over privacy violations, the agency says—overruling objections […]
Android Users Battling Google Can’t Seek Intervention By Appeals Court
A group of Android users have lost another round in a privacy battle with Google over alleged location tracking. U.S. […]
Americans avoid internet services over privacy concerns
A substantial share of the public has opted out of using a product or service because of concerns about how […]
California Consumer Privacy Act: Will it prompt federal data privacy & protection laws in the U.S.?
Passed unanimously, and introduced on 1 January this year, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is the first comprehensive legislation […]
Privacy issues for employers during COVID-19
As COVID-19 becomes our new normal, we increasingly see the tension between protecting the public’s health and privacy rights. Employers […]
FTC Cautions Against Biased Outcomes in Use of AI and Algorithms
As the healthcare and financial impacts of COVID-19 continue to evolve with the global pandemic, the use of AI technology […]