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Senator Wicker Circulates Draft Privacy Bill

Posted on December 3, 2019
Posted in U.S. Federal Law

On November 29, 2019, Senator Roger Wicker, Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, circulated a draft of a comprehensive federal privacy bill entitled the United States Consumer Data Privacy Act of 2019. …
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Senate Democrats Reveal Comprehensive Privacy Bill

Posted on November 27, 2019
Posted in U.S. Federal Law

On November 26, 2019, Senate Commerce Committee Member Maria Cantwell (WA), alongside Senators Brian Schatz (HI), Amy Klobuchar (MN) and Ed Markey (MA), unveiled a new comprehensive federal privacy bill entitled the Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act.…
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Senate Democrats Unveil Privacy and Data Protection Framework

Posted on November 22, 2019
Posted in Information Security, U.S. Federal Law

On November 18, 2019, the ranking members from four Senate Committees¬ (Senator Maria Cantwell (WA) from Commerce, Senator Dianne Feinstein (CA) from Judiciary, Senator Sherrod Brown (OH), and Senator Patty Murray (WA) from Health, Education, Labor and Pensions) released a set of “core principles” for federal privacy legislation. …
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Status Update: Pending CCPA Amendment Bills

Posted on September 12, 2019
Posted in Information Security, U.S. State Law

There are six bills pending before the California legislature that would amend the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, and these bills could significantly alter the law’s application and associated compliance obligations.…
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NIST Releases Draft Privacy Framework

Posted on September 12, 2019
Posted in Information Security, U.S. Federal Law

On September 6, 2019, the National Institute of Standards and Technology released a preliminary draft of its Privacy Framework: A Tool for Improving Privacy Through Enterprise Risk Management.…
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DOJ Releases a White Paper on the CLOUD Act

Posted on April 22, 2019
Posted in U.S. Federal Law

Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Justice published a white paper entitled “Promoting Public Safety, Privacy, and the Rule of Law Around the World: The Purpose and Impact of the CLOUD Act.”…
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Utah Governor Signs Electronic Data Privacy Bill Requiring Warrants to Access Certain Types of Data

Posted on April 1, 2019
Posted in Online Privacy, U.S. State Law

On March 27, 2019, Utah Governor Gary Herbert signed HB57, the first U.S. law to protect electronic information that individuals have shared with certain third parties.…
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FTC Proposes Changes to GLB Privacy and Safeguards Rules

Posted on March 8, 2019
Posted in Financial Privacy, U.S. Federal Law

On March 5, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it is seeking comment on proposed changes to the FTC’s Safeguards Rule and Privacy Rule under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.…
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U.S. Senate Commerce Committee to Hold Hearings on Privacy: February 27

Posted on February 12, 2019
Posted in Events, U.S. Federal Law

On February 27, 2019, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation will hold a hearing titled “Privacy Principles for a Federal Data Privacy Framework in the United States.”…
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Senate Commerce Committee Members Rumored to be Discussing Online Privacy Bill

Posted on August 31, 2018
Posted in Enforcement, Online Privacy, U.S. Federal Law

On August 29, 2018, Bloomberg Law reported that four Senate Commerce Committee members are said to be discussing a potential online privacy bill. …
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