RegFi Episode 9: Consumer Data Collection and Usage with Eric Ellman
CFPB's Rulemaking Under the FCRA (Part 3) – Crossover Episode With FCRA Focus Podcast
CFPB's Rulemaking Under the FCRA (Part 3) – Crossover Episode With The Consumer Finance Podcast
CFPB's Rulemaking Under the FCRA (Part 2) – Crossover Episode With FCRA Focus Podcast - Consumer Finance Podcast
CFPB's Rulemaking Under the FCRA (Part 2) – Crossover Episode With The Consumer Finance Podcast - FCRA Focus Podcast
CFPB Request for Information About the Status of Data Brokers Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Episode 8: Why brokers, not breaches, are America's greatest privacy threat (with Rob Shavell)
On July 5, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) issued an NPRM for adopting new regulations for data broker registration to implement and enforce SB 362, known as the Delete Act (covered by InfoBytes here)....more
Cyber, Privacy, and Technology Report - Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed....more
On July 5, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) issued its NPRM to amend sections of the Delete Act. As covered by InfoBytes here, the Delete Act was signed into law in 2023 as SB 362 and transferred the...more
With state privacy laws continuing to increase, will the federal American Privacy Rights Act be adopted? Over 18 states have now enacted comprehensive state privacy laws, three of which go into effect on July 1, 2024, in...more
The Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act (PADFA or the Act) was signed into law by President Joe Biden on April 24 as part of a larger foreign aid appropriations bill. Although other portions of the...more
Much of the focus on US privacy has been US state laws, and the potential of a federal privacy law. This focus can lead one to forget, however, that US privacy and data security law follows a patchwork approach both at a...more
On May 15, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina M. Khan appeared before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government to discuss the agency’s FY 2025 budget request and ongoing...more
Drivers, start your engines. It has been months of high speed for privacy, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence....more
Keypoint: Last week, Colorado passed children’s privacy and artificial intelligence bills, Vermont passed a consumer data privacy bill, Maryland’s consumer data privacy and AADC bills were signed into law, and Minnesota is on...more
Keypoint: Last week, bills advanced in Colorado and California while, with legislatures in multiple states set to close this week, we will know the fate of significant bills in the coming days. Below is the fifteenth weekly...more
The United States is among the minority of large economies in the world without a comprehensive national privacy law. In the absence of such a law, numerous states are filling the void with a complex assortment of often...more
If passed, the proposed American Privacy Rights Act would dramatically transform data privacy compliance obligations for companies operating in the United States. Shannon Yavorsky — head of Orrick’s global Cyber, Privacy &...more
The recent omnibus foreign relations package signed by President Biden on April 24, 2024, includes the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 (the Act), a set of sweeping privacy provisions...more
The Biden Administration recently issued an Executive Order aimed at protecting American’s sensitive information and certain US Government data from threats posed by foreign actors. Of note is the Order’s focus on data...more
The chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Maria Cantwell (D-WA), and the chair of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), released a discussion...more
Keypoint: Last week, the Nebraska Governor signed the Nebraska Data Privacy Act into law, the Maine legislature closed without passing a consumer data privacy bill, Colorado’s biological/neural data bill was signed into law,...more
On April 7, 2024, Representative Cathy McMorris Rogers (R-WA) and Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) announced that Congress will once again consider a comprehensive federal data privacy bill that, if passed, would dramatically...more
Keypoint: Last week, the Nebraska legislature passed a consumer data privacy bill. Below is the twelfth weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in 2024....more
On April 5, 2024 members of U.S. Congress released a draft bipartisan, bicameral federal privacy bill, the American Privacy Rights Act. In a press release, the stated goal of this legislation is to be “a national data privacy...more
Two key members of Congress unveiled the latest iteration of a proposed nationwide comprehensive privacy and data protection bill this past week. House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Senate...more
Keypoint: Last week, the Maryland legislature passed consumer data privacy and Age-Appropriate Design Code Act bills, the Kentucky Governor signed HB 15 into law, three bills advanced out of a California Assembly Committee,...more
We recently attended the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) 2024 Global Summit. The event provided great insights into privacy, artificial intelligence (AI), and regulatory issues, and we wanted to...more
On March 20, the U.S. House of Representatives passed House Resolution 7520, the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024, targeting companies that sell sensitive information to “foreign adversaries.” ...more
Keypoint: Last week, the Kentucky legislature passed a consumer data privacy bill, Colorado passed an amendment to the Colorado Privacy Act, and there was movement on bills in Maine, Maryland, Rhode Island, and Vermont....more
Since the start of the year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has brought actions against – and reached proposed settlements with – three business ventures engaged in the collection, use and sharing of certain consumer...more