Tag: Personal data

March 12, 2024

On February 28, 2024, the Biden administration announced the creation of a new national security regulatory regime that will prohibit or restrict certain transactions involving bulk sensitive US personal data or government-related data and specified “countries of concern.” The Biden […]

January 30, 2024

New Jersey and New Hampshire are the latest states to pass comprehensive privacy legislation, joining California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Iowa, Indiana, Tennessee, Montana, Oregon, Texas, Florida, and Delaware. Below is a summary of key takeaways. New Jersey On January […]

December 28, 2023

Looking back sometimes means looking forward. That is absolutely the case for new comprehensive data privacy statutes enacted in a number of U.S. states during 2023, including Indiana, Tennessee, Montana, Florida, Texas and Oregon. While these states have now codified […]

November 13, 2023

The Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (DPDPA) takes effect January 1, 2025. Delaware generally followed the Connecticut model, but has some unique terms. We provide a non-exhaustive list of some of Delaware’s requirements here. A lower threshold for application; no […]

November 2, 2023

On October 27, 2023, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) adopted an urgent binding decision instructing the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (the “Irish DPC”) to take final measures against Meta Ireland Limited (“Meta”) within two weeks and impose a ban […]

September 20, 2023

On September 12, 2023, Delaware governor John Carney signed the Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (the “DPDPA” or the “Act”) into law. The DPDPA protects the privacy rights of consumers in Delaware and regulates the collection, use, and disclosure of […]

August 18, 2023

On 18 July 2023, Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) issued its Proposed Advisory Guidelines on Use of Personal Data In AI Recommendation and Decision Systems (the Proposed AI Advisory Guidelines) for public consultation. The Proposed AI Advisory Guidelines address […]

May 4, 2023

Indiana has now become the seventh US state to enact a comprehensive privacy law after Senate Bill 5 (“SB5”) was signed by the governor on May 1, 2023. The new law will go into effect January 1, 2026, and is […]

January 23, 2023

Though perhaps falling short of being a universally accept­ed one, it is a truth that any organisation processing per­sonal data needs a privacy programme. But how best should an internal compli­ance framework be structured in order to keep apace with […]

December 9, 2022

If you manage a company that collects and otherwise processes personal data (which is just about every company, these days), you may need to protect your own pocketbook. As governments across the globe continue to enact and enforce data privacy, […]

October 11, 2022

On October 7, 2022, President Biden signed an Executive Order (Order) on Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities. This marks the latest step towards the new EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Framework), a replacement for the defunct EU-U.S. Privacy […]

July 6, 2022

Royal Decree 6/2022 promulgating the Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL) was issued in February 2022. The PDPL comes into force on 13 February 2023. The new law follows the global trend of increased adoption of dedicated general data protection laws, […]

November 18, 2021

With the passage of the Colorado Privacy Act, Colorado joins Virginia and California as early adopters of state-level privacy legislation. These laws impose higher restrictions on companies processing specific sensitive categories of data that reveal information such as sexual orientation […]

February 22, 2021

Two weeks after a new privacy policy was set to take effect, WhatsApp is still scrambling to inform users of their digital rights. The chat service came under fire last month when it warned folks they had until Feb. 8 […]

February 1, 2021

Facebook Inc. plans to roll out an in-app prompt aimed at educating users about the handling of their data as it battles Apple Inc. over the iPhone maker’s new privacy changes that would require users’ consent to track their behavior […]