Editor’s Note: In the U.S. laws and regulation space, the White House is focusing on privacy, evident through its session on accountability for big tech and the recent executive order highlighting cybersecurity risks....more
10/18/2022
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Background on the PIPL Security Assessment. On July 7, China’s top regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), released the final version of the Measures for Security Assessment of Data Exports (Security...more
Editor’s Note: This past month featured increased activity in privacy and data protection. U.S. Legislation and Regulation. Connecticut’s governor signed a comprehensive privacy bill, and President Biden has before him a bill...more
On April 28, the Connecticut House passed Senate Bill 6, an act concerning personal data privacy and online monitoring (SB 6 or Connecticut Act). The Senate unanimously passed SB 6 on April 20, and is now currently under...more
Editor’s Note: It may be the shortest month of the year, but February 2022 saw a flurry of privacy — especially biometric — legislation move closer to enactment. Kentucky, California, Maryland, and New York state introduced...more
On February 18, California lawmakers proposed two bills that further extend the existing employee and business-to-business (B2B) data exemptions included in the California Consumer Privacy Act and the California Privacy...more
Editor’s Note: Organizations continue calling for a comprehensive federal privacy law, and U.S. states continue trying to fill the void by proposing their own such laws. The latest states to do so include Mississippi and...more