The Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP has issued a white paper on Ten Principles for a Revised U.S. Privacy Framework.
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CNIL Details Rules on Audience and Traffic Measuring in Publicly Accessible Areas
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On October 17, 2018, the French data protection authority published a press release, detailing the rules applicable to devices that collect personal data from users’ mobile phones (media access control address) for the purposes of measuring the advertising audience and traffic in shopping malls and other public areas.…
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CIPL Submits Comments on Draft Indian Data Protection Bill
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On September 26, 2018, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP submitted formal comments to the Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on the draft Indian Data Protection Bill 2018.…
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FTC Issues Tips on VPN Apps
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On February 22, 2018, the Federal Trade Commission published a blog post that provides tips on how consumers can use Virtual Private Network apps to protect their information while in transit over public networks.…
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China Releases National Standard on Personal Information Security
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On January 25, 2018, the Standardization Administration of China published the full text of the Information Security Technology – Personal Information Security Specification.…
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FERC Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Aimed at Expanding Data Breach Reporting Obligations
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On December 21, 2017, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking aimed at expanding mandatory reporting obligations in relation to cybersecurity incidents. …
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Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners Issue Global Connected Car Guidance
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Last week, at the 39th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners in Hong Kong, data protection authorities from around the world issued non-binding guidance on the processing of personal data collected by connected cars. …
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Working Party Adopts Opinion on Proposed ePrivacy Regulation
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On April 4, 2017, the Article 29 Working Party adopted an Opinion on the Proposed Regulation of the European Commission for the ePrivacy Regulation. The Proposed ePrivacy Regulation is intended to replace the ePrivacy Directive and to increase harmonization of ePrivacy rules in the EU. …
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China’s State Administration for Industry and Commerce Publishes Draft Regulations on the Protection of Consumer Rights
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The State Administration for Industry and Commerce of the People’s Republic of China published a draft of its Implementing Regulations for the P.R.C. Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Consumers for public comment. The draft is open for comment until September 5, 2016.…
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Article 29 Working Party and EDPS Release Opinions on the ePrivacy Directive
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On July 25, 2016, the Article 29 Working Party and the European Data Protection Supervisor released their respective Opinions regarding the evaluation and review of Directive 2002/58/EC on privacy and electronic communications. Both the Working Party and the EDPS stressed that new rules should complement the protections available under the EU General Data Protection Regulation. …
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