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Massachusetts Imposes Data Privacy Rules on Sports Betting Operators: What You Need to Know

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission recently approved new Sports Wagering Data Privacy Rules that will likely require companies to implement new policies to protect their customer’s personal information. The rules, which...more

What Should Companies Do Following the Draft US Adequacy Decision?

The United States is adequate, at least according to a draft opinion on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. Here is a look at what the opinion says, and what U.S. companies involved in EU-U.S. transfers should be doing now....more

Arizona Personal Data Privacy Bill Moves Ahead

An Arizona bill relating to personal data (HB 2865) was reintroduced on February 11, 2021 in the Arizona House of Representatives and passed its second reading on February 15, 2021...more

New Data Privacy Legislation Introduced In West, Mountain States

North Dakota, Utah, Washington State. .. all three have recently introduced new pieces of data privacy legislation. UTAH- Utah State Rep. Walt Brooks, has introduced House Bill 80, which creates an “affirmative defense”...more

Oklahoma! Where The Privacy Legislation Comes Sweepin’ Down The Plain

Lawmakers in Oklahoma have introduced a new privacy bill. The state’s new privacy bill imposes a duty of posting a detailed data privacy disclosure for the collection of personal information on a website. If passed, it...more

Non-HIPAA Health Data: eHI And EDT Propose Self-Regulatory Framework

Key principles Definitions- •Aggregated data and de-identified data: Uses definitions similar to that in the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) requiring a public commitment not to re-identify and contractual...more

Effort To Extend CCPA’s Employee And B2B Exemptions Advances

To extend or not to extend? AB 1281, extending the employee and B2B exemptions for the California Consumer Privacy Act, has been amended in the California Senate. Previously a bill dealing with limitations on facial...more

CCPA Regulations: Are Audio Recordings Personal Information?

A comment submitted to the California Attorney General’s final California Consumer Privacy Act regulations asked if audio recordings are personal information under CCPA and should they be included in the specific pieces...more

CCPA Regulations: Are Vehicle ID Numbers Personal Information?

Commenters on the final California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations asked if a Vehicle Identification Number, even by itself, is personal information. Do you have to delete it? How do you address sharing of VINs with...more

Iceland Offers GDPR Compliance Advice For Handling Work-Related Data During The COVID-19 Outbreak

Iceland’s data protection authority offers advice on GDPR compliance during the COVID-19 outbreak. Key takeaways •Information that a person is quarantined is generally not considered to be sensitive personal...more

Canada Releases One-Year Report On National Breach Reporting Law

On November 1st of last year, businesses became subject to new mandatory breach reporting regulations under Canada’s federal private sector privacy law, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act...more

German Court Rules Company Can Disclose Shareholder Information To Other Shareholders

GDPR does not prohibit a company from disclosing to one company shareholder, information identifying other shareholders in the same company, says the Higher Regional Court of Munich. The legal basis under GDPR is that the...more

FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra Issues Dissent On Facebook Settlement

“The decision to impose documentation requirements, rather than bright line rules, represents a significant departure from how the government traditionally aims to protect the public. It is akin to if federal regulators,...more

FTC Issues Landmark $5 Billion Fine Against Facebook

Big Picture Takeaways: Facebook faces many detailed requirements for internal and external governance and oversight with extensive reporting requirements...more

FTC Reaches Consent Order With Sole Proprietor Over Failure To Protect Personal Information

The FTC has entered into a consent order with a sole proprietor for a failure to implement reasonable protections of personal information....more

Tips For Verifying Individual Requests For Data Access Or Deletion Under CCPA And GDPR

How do you verify the identity of an individual requesting access to their data or that data be deleted? The Dutch Data Protection Authority, Autoriteitpersoonsgegevens, offers guidance which can be helpful and instructive...more

FTC, Car Dealership Management Software Company Reach Settlement Over Storage Of Personal Information In Cleartext

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has entered into a settlement with a provider of management software for car dealerships that held personal information, including SSN’s and payroll information, in cleartext, holding its...more

California Measure Would Apply CCPA To Data Brokers

CCPA is coming to a data broker near you? If passed, AB 1202, one of the amendments making its way through the California legislature, will: require data brokers to register with the California Attorney General and...more

Nevada’s New Privacy Law Takes Effect In October

What is sold in Vegas, can be opted-out-of in Vegas. Nevada’s new privacy law will go into effect October 1, providing consumers with a right to opt out of the sale of their personal information....more

Where HIPAA Stops, CCPA Begins

Why Covered Entities and Business Associates Cannot Ignore the New California Data Privacy Law- The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) applies to a wide range of for-profit businesses that collect the personal...more

Does The California Consumer Privacy Act Apply To Me?

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), a broad-based law protecting information that identifies California residents, was passed in June 2018 and will take effect in 2020. Dubbed “GDPR Lite,” to denote its similarities...more

If At First You GDPR, CCPA, CCPA Again

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which takes effect in 2020, has been dubbed “GDPR-Lite” or “California GDPR” because it shares many concepts and compliance obligations with the EU General Data Protection...more

California Remains At The Center Of Data Privacy Debate

“When it comes to tech in California, the balance is making sure we continue to have an environment that fosters creativity and innovation, while … fighting to have the proper amount of consumer protection and privacy that...more

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