As we enter the New Year, Wiley is looking ahead to the top privacy developments and trends to watch in 2025. On the state side, 2025 kicked off with several new privacy laws going into effect in January, and states continue...more
1/9/2025
/ Biometric Information ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Brokers ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
State Attorneys General ,
State Privacy Laws
It has been an active legislative season, with numerous states advancing new data privacy laws. In May, Indiana, Montana, and Tennessee joined Iowa in adopting new privacy laws, while the legislature in Texas sent an omnibus...more
6/8/2023
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
New Legislation ,
NIST ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws
Join us for a webinar where we will focus on the details of the recently finalised and published Executive Order to Implement the European Union-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. Alongside Alex Brown of UK-headquartered...more
10/25/2022
/ Biden Administration ,
Binding Corporate Rules ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Transfers ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
Executive Orders ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
UK ,
Webinars
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has provided further guidance on data transfers. Specifically, this most recent guidance clarifies what constitutes a “transfer.” While the concept of a transfer may seem...more
China’s Personal Information Protection Law, adopted August 20, 2021, becomes effective on November 1. The PIPL establishes a comprehensive data protection structure for the collection, use, and disclosure of the personal...more
On June 4, 2021, the European Commission (EC) released the long-awaited updated Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) for data transfers outside of the European Economic Area (EEA). The updated SCCs not only bring the SCCs...more
China's draft Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) has just gone through the second reading and is now near final form and expected to be finalized very soon. Once promulgated, it will be the first comprehensive law on...more
6/15/2021
/ Administrative Fines ,
Antitrust Violations ,
China ,
Criminal Liability ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
International Data Transfers ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Penalties ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Webinars
Earlier this week, the Commonwealth of Virginia became the second state to enact comprehensive consumer data privacy legislation, joining California. On March 2, Governor Ralph Northam signed the Consumer Data Protection Act...more
3/5/2021
/ CDPA ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Collection ,
Data Controller ,
Data Management ,
Data Protection ,
Information Governance ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Right to Delete ,
Right-To-Access ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Virginia
Virginia is for lovers and, in the near future, may be for privacy as well, as the Commonwealth’s legislature is currently considering adopting its own comprehensive consumer data privacy law: The Consumer Data Protection Act...more
2/17/2021
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Collection ,
Data Controller ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Information Governance ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Virginia
In the wake of the Schrems II decision that upended the transfer of personal data from the European Union (EU) to countries without an adequacy decision, such as the United States, companies have requested guidance from...more
On November 3, 2020, mere months after the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) took effect, California voters approved a ballot initiative that will significantly change that law and the privacy obligations for entities...more
Brazil’s long-debated privacy law – the Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD) – took effect on August 27, 2020. The LGPD is largely inspired by the European Union’s privacy regulation – the General Data Protection Regulation...more
Next month, California voters will cast their votes on Proposition 24, a ballot initiative that, if passed, will enact the California Privacy Rights and Enforcement Act of 2020 (CPRA). The CPRA would significantly amend the...more
10/27/2020
/ Ballot Measures ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Comment Period ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Information Governance ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Personal Data ,
State and Local Government
On October 12, 2020, California Attorney General Becerra’s office released a third set of proposed modifications to the California Consumer Act (CCPA) regulations. While these proposed changes to the final CCPA regulations...more