2019 was the “Year of the CCPA” as companies around the world worked tirelessly to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018.
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FTC Points to Three Key Changes in Its Effort to Strengthen Data Security Orders
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In a January 6, 2020 blog post, the Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection reflected on how the FTC has taken action over the past year to strengthen its orders in data security cases.…
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Senate Democrats Unveil Privacy and Data Protection Framework
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On November 18, 2019, the ranking members from four Senate Committees¬ (Senator Maria Cantwell (WA) from Commerce, Senator Dianne Feinstein (CA) from Judiciary, Senator Sherrod Brown (OH), and Senator Patty Murray (WA) from Health, Education, Labor and Pensions) released a set of “core principles” for federal privacy legislation. …
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HHS Imposes 1.6 Million Dollar Civil Penalty on Texas State Agency for Health Data Breach
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On November 7, 2019, the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a $1.6 million civil penalty imposed against the Texas Health and Human Services Commission for violations of HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules.…
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China Issues Updated Draft Amendments to Information Security Technology Specification
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On October 22, 2019, the drafting group of China’s National Information Security Standardization Technology Committee released a third draft amendment to the Information Security Technology – Personal Information Security Specification.…
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FTC Brings First Case Against Developers of “Stalking” Apps
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On October 22, 2019, the FTC announced that, for the first time, it has brought a case against a developer of “Stalking” Apps. …
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California Amends Breach Notification Law
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On October 11, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law AB 1130, which expands the types of personal information covered by California’s breach notification law.…
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce Releases Principles on Artificial Intelligence
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The U.S. Chamber’s Technology Engagement Center (“C_TEC”) and Center for Global Regulatory Cooperation (“GRC”) recently released a set of ten principles essential for attaining the full potential of AI technologies.
The principles, drafted with input from more than 50 Chamber member companies, stress the importance of creating a sensible and innovation-forward approach to addressing the challenges and opportunities presented by AI.
Canada’s Privacy Commissioner Ends Effort to Require Consent for Transborder Data Transfer
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On September 23, 2019, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada announced that it completed its consultation on transfers for processing and that the OPC’s current guidelines for processing personal data across borders—under which consent for transfers to data processors is not required—remain unchanged.…
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CNIL Updates FAQs to Prepare for a No-deal Brexit
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On September 10, 2019, the French data protection authority updated its existing set of questions and answers (“FAQs”) on the impact of a no-deal Brexit on data transfers from the EU to the UK and discussed how controllers should prepare.…
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