On December 20, 2022, a former employee in Illinois, brought a class action suit against Five Guys Enterprises, LLC, alleging that Five Guys violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act.
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CPPA Announces Meeting to Discuss CPRA Rulemaking and Other Updates
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On December 6, 2022, the California Privacy Protection Agency announced that it will hold a virtual public meeting to discuss the status of the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 rulemaking process and other topics.
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Italian Supreme Court Grants Global Delisting Order Under National Law
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On November 15, 2022, the Italian Supreme Court held that an Italian court or competent data protection authority has jurisdiction to issue a global delisting order. …
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NYDFS Amends Cybersecurity Rules for Financial Services Companies
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On November 9, 2022, the New York Department of Financial Services released their second amendments to their Part 500 Cybersecurity Rules.
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India Releases Fourth Draft of Data Protection Bill
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Kochhar & Co. reports that, on November 18, 2022, the Government of India released the long-awaited fourth draft of India’s proposed privacy law, now renamed the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill. …
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FTC Announces Six-Month Extension for Compliance with Some Changes to Gramm-Leach-Bliley Safeguards Rule
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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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Google Enters into Agreement with DOJ over 2016 Search Warrant Data Loss
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On October 25, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Google had entered into an agreement to resolve a dispute over the loss of data responsive to a search warrant issued in 2016.
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Indonesia Ratifies Country’s First Comprehensive Legal Framework for Personal Data Protection
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SHIFT Counsellors at Law reports from Indonesia that The People’s Representative Council of the Republic of Indonesia has ratified Indonesia’s draft law on personal data protection. …
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CPPA Releases New Modified Proposed CPRA Regulations
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On November 3, 2022, the California Privacy Protection Agency released new modified proposed California Privacy Rights Act regulations, which make updates to the draft CPRA regulations released on October 17, 2022. …
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CIPL Publishes White Paper on Protecting Children’s Data Privacy
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On October 20, 2022, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth published a white paper entitled Protecting Children’s Data Privacy, Policy Paper I, International Issues and Compliance Challenges.
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