On June 17, 2021, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) announced the reintroduction of the Data Protection Act of 2021, which would create an independent federal agency, the Data Protection Agency, to “regulate high-risk data practices and the collection, processing, and sharing of personal data.”
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Texas Amends Breach Notification Law to Require Public Reporting of Breach Notices
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On June 14, 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed HB 3746, a bill amending Texas’s data breach notification law.…
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China Issues Data Security Law
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After two rounds of public comments, the Data Security Law of the People’s Republic of China was formally issued on June 10, 2021, and will become effective on September 1, 2021. This blog entry provides highlights of the new law.…
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White House Issues Executive Order on Protecting Americans’ Sensitive Data from Foreign Adversaries
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On June 9, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order on Protecting Americans’ Sensitive Data from Foreign Adversaries, which elaborates on measures to address the national emergency regarding the information technology supply chain declared in 2019 by the Trump administration in Executive Order 13873.…
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European Commission Publishes Final Version of Updated Standard Contractual Clauses
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On June 4, 2021, the European Commission published the final version of the implementing decision on standard contractual clauses for transfers of personal data to third countries under the EU General Data Protection Regulation, as well as the final version of the new standard contractual clauses.…
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Ecuador Approves Data Protection Law
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The Ecuadorian National Assembly has unanimously approved the Organic Law on Data Protection, which President Moreno is expected to sign.…
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New York City Council Passes Tenant Data Privacy Act
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On April 29, 2021, the New York City Council passed the Tenant Data Privacy Act, which would regulate the collection, use, safeguarding and retention of tenant data by owners of “smart access” buildings. The TDPA has now been sent to the New York City Mayor’s desk for signature.…
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China Issues Second Version of the Draft Personal Information Protection Law for Public Comments
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On April 29, 2021, China issued a second version of the draft Personal Information Protection Law. The draft will be open for public comments until May 28, 2021. …
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China Issues the Second Version of the Draft of Data Security Law for Public Comments
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On April 29, 2021, China issued a second draft version of the Data Security Law (“Draft DSL”). The Draft DSL will be open for public comments until May 28, 2021.
While the framework of this version of the Draft DSL is the same as the prior version issued on July 3, 2020, below we summarize the material changes in the second version of the Draft DSL.…
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CIPL Organizes Webinar on EU Approach to Regulating AI and Regulatory Experimentation
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On March 25, 2021, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth organized an expert roundtable on the EU Approach to Regulating AI–How Can Experimentation Help Bridge Innovation and Regulation? Roundtable panelists explored how methodologies, such as policy prototyping and regulatory sandboxes, can help create the right rules and frameworks and interpret them constructively for regulating AI in a way that enables responsible innovation and risk mitigation.…
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