As we enter a new year, the patchwork of US privacy laws continues to expand and become more complex. With the change in control of the White House and Congress, the prospects for a federal privacy law have grown even less...more
1/29/2025
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Corporate Counsel ,
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State and Local Government ,
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State Privacy Laws
On the heels of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), another bridge has been built across the Atlantic to streamline data transfers between businesses.
In July, the European Commission adopted its much-anticipated...more
10/2/2023
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Data Privacy ,
Data Transfers ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Framework ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
UK
On July 10, 2023, the European Commission adopted its much-anticipated adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The decision concludes that the US ensures an adequate level of protection—comparable to...more
A UK High Court decision of 8 March 2022 in the case of SMO v TikTok, Inc. and Others has attracted attention in the wake of the UK Supreme Court’s decision last year in Lloyd v Google. The Supreme Court’s decision put the...more
4/1/2022
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Data Privacy ,
EU ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Invasion of Privacy ,
Monetization ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Personal Data ,
Social Media ,
TikTok ,
UK
Utah is poised to become the fourth state to pass comprehensive consumer privacy legislation, after California, Virginia, and Colorado. The Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA) was approved by the Utah House of Representatives on...more
3/7/2022
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Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Information Governance ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Pending Legislation ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform
The new California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) has made two recent notable announcements. On September 22, 2021, CPPA issued an Invitation for Preliminary Comments on Proposed Rulemaking Under the California Privacy...more
10/18/2021
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
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Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Information Governance ,
Personal Data ,
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