Employers struggle with COVID-19 for any number of reasons. However, perhaps one of the main challenges they face is how to keep employees safe, even when one of them tests positive for or is exposed to COVID-19. They are...more
On Monday, June 1, 2020, federal lawmakers proposed the Exposure Notification Privacy Act (“ENPA”), a piece of bipartisan legislation aimed at protecting consumer privacy and promoting public health in the development of...more
Over the years, Congress has put forth various legislative proposals regarding data privacy. None of the past legislation received the support necessary to enable passage of a comprehensive national data privacy law. However,...more
On May 14, 2020, Democratic Congresspersons introduced the Public Health Emergency Privacy Act (“PHEPA”) as a counterproposal to the Republican Senate’s recently-proposed privacy bill, COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act of...more
On May 7, 2020, in the face of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and as some states are “opening up”, U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; John Thune...more
Two competing bills have been introduced in Congress to protect personal data collected by businesses in response to the COVID-19 crisis. The bills, one introduced by Senate Democrats (The Public Health Emergency Privacy...more
On May 7, Republican members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee formally introduced the COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act of 2020 (the Act), which would put temporary rules in place regarding the...more