Compliance Perspectives: Rolling Out New Compliance Initiatives
In addition to holiday celebrations, the month of December typically ushers in a final round of enforcement actions by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR), and 2024 is no...more
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
This year has proven to be a turning point in the U.S. data protection law landscape with California’s amended data protection law coming into effect and Colorado’s, Connecticut’s, and Virginia’s data protection laws joining...more
The new laws introduce novel applicability thresholds and other requirements that businesses should consider when preparing for compliance with US state privacy laws, including those coming into effect from 2023 onwards....more
On April 27, 2023, the Washington state governor signed into law the My Health My Data Act, also known as the MHMDA. The majority of the law’s provisions will take effect on March 31, 2024, providing companies with one...more
As the calendar turns to a new year, the United States data protection law will also make a turn towards more states implementing and enforcing new data protection laws impacting a business’s collection, use, and disclosure...more
In May 2017, the world of data privacy was irreparably changed when four members of the Chinese military hacked into credit-reporting company Equifax, exposing the personal information of nearly 150 million Americans. The...more