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Data Protection Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM)

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Data, Deals, and Diplomacy: How the Bulk Data Executive Order Will Shape Future Contracts and Security Practices

For companies in the U.S. that hold certain personal data and U.S. Government-related data, rules stemming from recent Executive Order (“EO”) 14117 on “Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024

On April 24, 2024, President Biden signed into law H.R. 815, a national security and foreign aid package which includes the “Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024” (“PADFA”). The Act establishes new...more

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Best Practices to Ensure Compliance with Upcoming Data Protection Regulations

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The Department of Justice ("DOJ") is wasting no time in implementing the new cyber-security Executive Order (the EO), signed on February 28, 2024. As explained in our April 2024 blog post, the EO aims to portect Americans’...more

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Operational Implications of the New Bulk Sensitive Data Executive Order

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On February 28, 2024, President Biden signed Executive Order 14117 (the EO), on “Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern.” The United...more

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Lawmakers Reach Landmark Agreement on Bipartisan, Bicameral Comprehensive Privacy Legislation

Key Points - On Sunday, April 7, Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) struck a deal on a comprehensive federal bill, the...more

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Executive Order Restricts Foreign Access to U.S. Data, Citing National Security Risks

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On February 28, 2024, President Biden signed Executive Order (EO) 14117 titled “Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern.” On March 5,...more

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Beyond Whistleblowing: Additional Highlights From the Department of Justice at the 2024 ABA White Collar Conference

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As we wrote earlier this month, the Department of Justice (DOJ) made significant news at the recent American Bar Association White Collar Conference. But the Department didn’t stop at announcing its pilot whistleblower...more

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United States Looks Towards its First Cross-Border Data Transfer Regime with New Executive Order

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President Biden issued an Executive Order last month calling on the DOJ and relevant government agencies to tighten regulations on bulk data transfers to “countries of concern.” In late February, President Biden issued...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - March 2024 #2

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CYBERSECURITY - CISA, FBI + MS-ISAC Issue Warning on Phobos Ransomware - To help organizations protect against ransomware, CISA, the FBI, and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) released a...more

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US Government Moves to Regulate Cross-Border Transactions Involving Sensitive Data

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In a sweeping, coordinated effort across federal agencies, the US government has taken a giant leap forward to prevent access to data that could be exploited to the detriment of national security. On February 28, 2024,...more

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President Biden Issues Executive Order Empowering DOJ to Regulate the Export of Sensitive Personal Data

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On February 28, 2024, President Joe Biden issued Executive Order (“EO”) 14117, empowering the Department of Justice (DOJ) to regulate the export of certain consumer data, in order to prevent certain countries’ governments...more

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White House Executive Order to Regulate Transactions Involving Sensitive Personal Data of Americans

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The White House announced that President Biden will sign an executive order designed to protect sensitive data of U.S. persons from exploitation by identified countries of concern.  This executive order is expected to be...more

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CFPB previews consumer data portability rule meant to accelerate US open banking adoption

On October 19, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) with respect to a new consumer financial data portability rule mandated by Section 1033 of the...more

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Holland & Knight Data Privacy and Security Report: September 2023

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Welcome to Holland & Knight's monthly data privacy and security news update that includes the latest in policy, regulatory updates and other significant developments. ...more

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Thirty-Three State Attorneys General Show Support for FTC’s Proposed Crackdown on “Commercial Surveillance”

On August 22, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) indicated through the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking its intent to limit commercial surveillance – the common corporate practice of collecting, analyzing, and...more

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Bipartisan AG Coalition Urges FTC to Implement Rules to Protect Consumer Data

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A group of 33 AGs wrote a letter to the FTC urging it to implement rules to prevent harm caused by companies’ online surveillance of consumers in response to the FTC’s August 2022 Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on...more

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PrivacyCon 2022: FTC Hears from Researchers on Wide Range of Topics, Many of Which Overlap With Its Ongoing Privacy and Security...

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On November 1, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hosted PrivacyCon 2022, its seventh annual conference in which the Commission looks to academics and researchers to inform its efforts to address emerging consumer...more

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Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 20

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Pelosi Statement Dims the Lights on ADPPA - The prospects for the nation’s first comprehensive data privacy law, the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (the “ADPPA” or the “Bill”), dimmed after House Speaker Nancy...more

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FTC Signals Focus on Increasing Protections Around Personal Data

The FTC recently published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking to discuss harms associated with the collection, processing, and selling of personal data...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - August 2022

In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we review the FTC’s proposed data privacy and cybersecurity rulemaking and the European Data Protection Board’s draft guidelines on the calculation of GDPR administrative fines....more

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FTC to Embark on New Privacy Rulemaking

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Privacy and data security professionals have been closely monitoring the ongoing battle regarding a new proposed federal law, the American Data Privacy and Protection Act ( ADPPA), which in July made it out of committee with...more

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CFPB and FTC Take Aim at Bevy of Data Practices

In the heat of summer, the nation’s top consumer protection agencies have issued startling and transformative statements and rules regarding data practice.  First up, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a...more

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FTC Issues Long-Awaited Privacy-Focused Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

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On August 11, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (the FTC or the Commission) published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) to request public comment on the prevalence of “commercial surveillance and data security...more

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Privacy Report

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CPPA Amends Draft CPRA Regulations & Announces Public Comment Dates - The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) has announced amendments to the California Privacy Rights Act proposed regulations, which primarily...more

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CFPB Issues Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Section 1033 for Consumer-Authorized Access to Financial Data

On October 22, 2020, the CFPB issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) soliciting comments on implementation of Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act. As outlined in the ANPR, Section 1033 will require consumer...more

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