On May 14, 2020 Democrats in both the House and Senate introduced the Public Health Emergency Privacy Act.
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Pakistan Introduces New Draft of Personal Data Protection Bill
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Pakistan’s Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication recently introduced a new draft of the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2020 and launched a public consultation regarding the same. The public consultation period will end on May 15, 2020.…
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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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CIPL Submits Comments to European Commission on GDPR Two-Year Evaluation
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On April 28, 2020, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP submitted formal comments to the European Commission’s consultation on its roadmap for the two-year evaluation of the GDPR.…
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BREAKING: Californians for Consumer Privacy Introduces California Privacy Rights Act for November 2020 Ballot
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On May 4, 2020, Californians for Consumer Privacy (the group behind the ballot initiative that inspired the CCPA) announced that it had collected over 900,000 signatures to qualify the California Privacy Rights Act for the November 2020 ballot. …
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Brazilian President Provisionally Delays LGPD Applicability
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On April 29, 2020, the Brazilian President issued Provisional Measure #959/2020, which provisionally delays the date the Brazilian data protection law takes force to May 3, 2021.…
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California Attorney General Emphasizes CCPA Rights During COVID-19
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California Attorney General Xavier Becerra recently issued an alert emphasizing the rights of California consumers under the California Consumer Privacy Act during the COVID-19 pandemic, indicating that the California AG’s office is committed to begin enforcing CCPA violations on July 1, 2020.…
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House to Vote on Senate’s Proposed Delay of Brazil’s Data Protection Law
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On April 3, 2020, the Brazilian Senate approved Bill of Law, which includes a number of emergency measures intended to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Importantly, one provision delays the effective date of the Brazilian Data Protection Law until January 2021. …
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Washington State Amends Agency Breach Notification Law
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On March 18, 2020, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed into law a bill amending Washington State’s Agency Breach Notification Law. …
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New EDPB Statement on Data Protection During the COVID-19 Outbreak
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On March 19, 2020, the European Data Protection Board published a new statement regarding processing personal data in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak.…
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