Late last year, India passed the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA) and joined the growing number of countries to pass a broad consumer protection law. After years of amendments and debates, the DPDPA will replace...more
On Jan. 16, 2024, the New Jersey Governor signed the New Jersey Data Privacy Act (the Act) into law, making New Jersey the 13th state to adopt a broad consumer protection law. While the Act follows the suit of many other...more
Expect another year of regulatory ambiguity for international data privacy laws in 2023, as the European Commission reviews the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. European Union courts indicate increased scrutiny for behavioral...more
Data privacy continues to be a primary focus of several recently enacted or amended state laws. Employees’ right to privacy is of particular interest in light of the various ways personnel can maintain connectivity to the...more
Launching a website is one of the most exciting steps in setting up a new nonprofit. But the launch also presents some big questions: What organizational information can or should be made public or kept confidential? Do we...more
Cybersecurity Awareness Month serves as a great reminder that all organizations should continue to prevent and prepare for a data breach. With the increased risk of cybersecurity incidents or data breaches, keeping up with...more
The cybersecurity and data privacy legal landscape continues its rapid evolution. Below is an outline of some of the most significant developments in the last quarter.
Federal Legislation:
In June, a bipartisan...more
Higher education institutions have become all too familiar with the extraterritorial approach of international privacy laws. When the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect in 2018, higher...more
To kick off the countdown to World Data Privacy Day, we want to provide businesses, organizations and individuals with a few import reminders going into 2022. With the increase in data privacy laws and enforcement, data...more
On Aug. 20, 2021, the Standing Committee of China’s National’s People’s Congress, the top legislative body of the People’s Republic of China, adopted a national privacy law. The extensive law, named the Personal Information...more
Colorado has officially become the third state to enact a comprehensive consumer privacy act. The Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) passed the state’s legislature in June and had been awaiting the Governor’s signature. On July 7,...more
On Nov. 17, 2020 the government of Canada introduced Bill C-11, also known as the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2020 (the Act). The Act would create the Consumer Privacy Protection Act (CPPA), not to be confused with...more