Minnesota has become the 19th state to pass a comprehensive data privacy law. On May 24, Governor Tim Walz signed into law the Minnesota Consumer Privacy Act (H.F. 4757) (the “MCPA”), which takes effect July 31, 2025....more
Facial recognition technology, drones the size of a butterfly, secure microchips replacing magnetic stripes on credit cards, sensors the size of a grain of sand swallowed by patients that transmit data directly to the...more
1/19/2022
/ Best Practices ,
Big Data ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
CAN-SPAM Act ,
COPPA ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
ECPA ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
GLBA Privacy ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Internet of Things ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Public Health ,
Risk Management ,
State Privacy Laws ,
TCPA ,
VPPA
The European Union limits the transfer of EU personal data to countries whose privacy regimens are not deemed “adequate,” like the United States. American companies have tended to rely upon Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC)...more
What Happened? On July 16, 2020, in Schrems II, the EU Court of Justice invalidated the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield mechanism. The EU Court of Justice struck down a similar program, the EU-U.S. Safe Harbor, in 2015....more
What Happened? On July 16, 2020, in Schrems II, the EU Court of Justice, invalidated the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield mechanism. The over 5,000 companies that self-certified for Privacy Shield with the U.S. Commerce Department may...more