The Virginia legislature is considering looking at amending the state’s Consumer Data Protection Act to expand protections related to children’s data.
Some key points in the bill:
- Child defined
My Health, My Data: New Bill Aims to Protect Health Data in Washington
A new Washington State bill works to close the gap between consumer knowledge and industry practice by providing stronger privacy protections for all Washington consumers’ health data.
The bill provides
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FTC Fines Epic Games $520 Million: What You Need to Know
If your website, app or game targets kids (or sort of targets kids) and you haven’t been taking your obligations under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 seriously
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What Does the EU-US “Draftequacy” Decision Mean for Companies Right Now?
If you are a GDPR-compliant company, does that mean you can start doing business in the United States with no additional thoughts about privacy?
As Simon Cowell says: “It’s a
Continue Reading What Does the EU-US “Draftequacy” Decision Mean for Companies Right Now?President Biden’s Executive Order Is a Big Step Forward, but Will There Be Two Steps Back?
President Joe Biden’s executive order on EU-U.S. data privacy is a “huge step” towards resolving the ongoing data transfer crisis.
It imposes limits on the collection and processing of information
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7 Things Nordic Companies Should Think About When Doing Business in the US
While speaking recently at the Nordic Privacy Arena in Sweden, I offered Nordic companies seven things they should think about when doing business in the United States.
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Data Protection Professionals Like it Hot: 7 Hot Topics and Trends in Data Privacy Today
I was lucky enough to give the keynote this week at the InfoGov World conference in San Diego.
Between panels and speeches, I came up with these seven hot topics
Continue Reading Data Protection Professionals Like it Hot: 7 Hot Topics and Trends in Data Privacy TodayU.S. Chamber Opposes FTC Rulemaking on Data Privacy
In public comments during the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) data privacy rulemaking open forum, a senior U.S. Chamber of Commerce came out against the agency making broad rules on data
Continue Reading U.S. Chamber Opposes FTC Rulemaking on Data PrivacyThe FTC Is Coming After Your Faulty Location Data Practices
Federal Trade Commission Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya wants companies that collect location information to take a hard look at their practices and what they can do to better protect their users.
Continue Reading The FTC Is Coming After Your Faulty Location Data PracticesFTC Launches Detailed Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Commercial Surveillance, Data Security
The FTC launched a detailed notice of proposed rulemaking on August 11, 2022 regarding commercial surveillance and data security. The commission also released a fact sheet on commercial surveillance.
For
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