On May 19, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it reached an agreement with a Swiss digital game developer to settle allegations that it had misled consumers about its membership in a COPPA safe harbor program.
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Democrats in House and Senate Introduce Public Health Emergency Privacy Act
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On May 14, 2020 Democrats in both the House and Senate introduced the Public Health Emergency Privacy Act.…
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Lisa Sotto Speaks on the New Frontier of Privacy
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In a “Ten Years Hence” lecture series featuring Lisa Sotto of Hunton Andrews Kurth, Sotto discusses both present and emerging trends regarding the new frontier of privacy. …
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White House Issues Executive Order on Securing the U.S. Bulk-Power System
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On May 1, 2020, the White House issued an executive order on securing the United States bulk-power system, finding that foreign adversaries are creating and exploiting vulnerabilities in the U.S. bulk-power system and determining that unrestricted foreign supply of BPS equipment constitutes an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to national security. …
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FTC Postpones Safeguards Rule Workshop until July
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As part of its regulatory review of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Safeguards Rule, the Federal Trade Commission will hold a workshop, Information Security and Financial Institutions: An FTC Workshop to Examine the Safeguards Rule. The workshop, originally scheduled for May, has been postponed until July 13, 2020.…
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Senate Republicans Unveil COVID-19-specific Privacy Bill
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On April 30, 2020, Senate Republicans announced plans to introduce the COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act of 2020 which would put temporary rules in place regarding the collection, processing and transfer of data used to combat the spread of the coronavirus.…
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Senate Commerce Committee Holds Hearing on Data and the Coronavirus
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On April 9, 2020 the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation held a “paper hearing” entitled Enlisting Big Data in the Fight Against Coronavirus. …
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Washington, D.C. Amends Data Breach Notification Law, Adds Data Security Requirements
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On March 26, 2020, Washington D.C. enacted bill number B23-0215, amending D.C.’s data breach notification law.…
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Senator Moran Introduces Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act
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On March 12, 2020, Senator Jerry Moran introduced a comprehensive federal privacy bill entitled the Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act of 2020.…
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CIPL: Eight Privacy Priorities for 2020 and Beyond
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The proliferation of privacy laws is bound to continue as around the world, new privacy laws are coming into force and outdated laws continue to be updated. What should our privacy priorities be for 2020? …
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