Call for American GDPR
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 28-year-old first time candidate in New York’s 12th district, wants America to have aggressive privacy regulations similar to […]
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Territorial scope of the GDPR from a US perspective
The GDPR applies to businesses established in the EU and, under certain circumstances, to businesses based outside the EU. This […]
The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 is not at all like the GDPR
There seems to be a rise in fearmongering about the next big potential privacy legislation on the horizon after GDPR […]
LIBE votes for Privacy Shield’s suspension: What does it mean?
On June 11 EU Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE) voted on the current international data-transfer agreement between the EU and U.S. […]
White House says its federal agencies can’t keep track of their own data
Most federal agencies have no way of effectively detecting when data is stolen, found a new, 22-page report published by […]
NIST updates its Risk Management Framework
US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published draft update to its Risk Management Framework for Information Systems […]
GDPR lacks clarity and threatens transatlantic trade
A lack of clarity around how new EU data protection laws apply poses a threat to EU-US trade, the US […]
US News Outlets Block European Readers Over New Privacy Rules
The move by several major news organizations illustrated that some companies would prefer to lose European readers than to risk […]
Facebook accused of conducting mass surveillance through its apps
Facebook used its apps to gather information about users and their friends, including some who had not signed up to […]
Jourova to press for EU-US data sharing deal
EU justice chief Vera Jourova will push for a new data access agreement with the United States when she meets […]
US court cases reflects ‘social shift’ in how data is viewed
Two recent decisions in two different federal appeals courts regarding who has the right to sue over data breaches reflect […]
Why the ‘encryption exception’ may be over used
EU General Data Protection Regulation and some U.S. state laws provides the “encryption exception” – it can be used to […]