On February 14, 2023, in a Draft Motion for a Resolution on the adequacy of the protection afforded by the proposed EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs urged the European Commission not to adopt the Framework, on the basis that it “fails to create actual equivalence” with the EU in the level of data protection that it provides.
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On January 23, 2023, the California Privacy Protection Agency Board announced that it will hold a public meeting on February 3, 2023 regarding the status of the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 rulemaking process, particularly with respect to the issuance of new draft rules on risk assessments, cybersecurity audits and automated decisionmaking.
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On December 16, 2022, the California Privacy Protection Agency Board held a public meeting regarding the status of the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 rulemaking process and other topics, such as the CPPA’s advocacy regarding proposed federal and state privacy legislation.
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On November 21, 2022, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth filed comments on the Federal Trade Commission’s Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on commercial surveillance and data security.
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On November 15, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission announced a six-month extension for companies to comply with certain updated requirements of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act’s Safeguards Rule, a set of data security provisions covered financial institutions must implement to protect their customers’ personal information.
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