Iowa Legislature Passes Data Privacy Bill Iowa is a signature away from passing a data privacy bill. Last week, the Iowa House passed Senate Bill 262, which had already been approved by the Iowa Senate on March 6, was passed…
Privacy Experts Voice Concern Over FTC’s Data Privacy Agenda The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last week announced its intent to create and enforce new rules governing commercial surveillance—a term the FTC is using to describe the far-reaching ways that businesses…
In June 10, the New York State Supreme Court’s Appellate Division issued a joint order adopting amendments to its continuing education requirements. Under these requirements, attorneys that are newly admitted to the New York State Bar must complete Continuing legal…
Quebec Updates Data Privacy Law Starting in September 2022, Quebec’s Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector (Act) will take effect. Recent updates have been passed to the Act regarding biometric privacy. A summary of the…
One of the most important ways to demonstrate your company’s compliance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is to prepare a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) for any high-risk data processing activities. The GDPR requires a DPIA for…
On Tuesday, March 2, the U.S. Senate passed the Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act of 2022 (Act). Introduced less than one month ago by Sens. Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), the spending bill combines three bills introduced in late…
On March 2, 2021, Virginia enacted the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA), becoming the second U.S. state, after California, to enact a comprehensive data privacy law. Although the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the VCDPA are at the…
When the European Union (EU) enacted the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on May 2, 2018, the world was introduced to the concept of data minimization. According to Article 5 of the GDPR, data minimization means “personal data shall be…
