The California Privacy Rights and Enforcement Act (“CPRA”) - the latest ballot initiative spearheaded by Alastair MacTaggart and his group Californians for Consumer Privacy - has qualified for the November 3, 2020 ballot,...more
The automobile industry has been racing full speed ahead in recent years on its quest for increased connectivity and automation, but it may soon find itself swept up in the wave of privacy and data security laws and...more
1/3/2020
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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
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As many businesses occupy themselves with coming into compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) before the law’s effective date of January 1, 2020, Congress is renewing discussion of a possible comprehensive...more
12/11/2019
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Private Right of Action ,
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State Data Privacy Laws
Since our reports on February 20, 2019 and April 30, 2019, no states have followed California in adopting comprehensive privacy legislation but three states have enacted targeted privacy laws. In May Nevada enacted a law...more
On May 1, 2019, the Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing on “Consumer Perspectives: Policy Principles for a Federal Data Privacy Framework”—the Committee’s third hearing during this session discussing principles for...more
5/7/2019
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Since our February 20, 2019 report on privacy bills moving through state legislatures around the country, four new bills modeled on the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) have been introduced—in Connecticut, New York,...more
Continuing Congress’s consideration of possible comprehensive federal privacy legislation, the Senate Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Manufacturing, Trade, and Consumer Protection held a hearing on March 26, 2019 on...more
4/1/2019
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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
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Privacy Concerns ,
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Small Business
This week both the House and Senate held hearings kicking off the legislative process for federal privacy legislation. Legislators from both parties voiced support for comprehensive and bipartisan legislation. ...more
3/4/2019
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Small Business ,
State and Local Government
On October 10, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation conducted a hearing titled “Consumer Privacy: Examining Lessons From the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation and the California...more
On September 4, 2018, the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced that it “has launched a collaborative project to develop a voluntary privacy framework to help organizations...more
The Indian government is currently considering a sweeping data privacy law which, if enacted, would mean significant changes for foreign companies doing business in the world’s fastest-growing digital economy. The Personal...more
What are the promises and potential privacy pitfalls when you take an old-fashioned television and connect it to the Internet? On December 7, 2016, the FTC hosted the final installment its Fall Technology Series in an effort...more