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News Alerts and Breach Report for Week of August 1, 2022

August 2, 2022
Editorial Team
Amazon, Consumer Privacy, Data Protection, Weekly Update
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Ireland Appoints New Privacy Commissioners Last week the Irish government announced the appointment of two new data privacy commissioners to its Data Protection Commission (DPC). According to Reuters, “Minister for Justice Helen McEntee said the appointments will support existing commissioner…

News Alerts and Breach Report for Week of July 18, 2022

July 21, 2022
Editorial Team
Amazon, Compliance, Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Privacy, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), GDPR, Network and Information Security, Weekly Update
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Government Agencies at Odds Over Location Data Privacy According to records obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Department of Homeland Security has for several years purchased data from the mobile advertising industry, including location information from phones…

Senate Hearing on Promoting Competition and Privacy in the Tech Sector: Two Hearings in One?

December 16, 2021
Editorial Team
Amazon, Consumer Privacy, Cross-Border Data Transfers, Data Brokers, Data Privacy, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Senate, US Data Privacy Legislation

On December 7, 2021, the Senate Finance Committee’s Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth conducted a hearing on “promoting competition, growth, and privacy protection in the technology sector.” The hearing could have been conducted using a split-screen format, since one group of Senators and witnesses focused on anti-competitive behavior by the tech giants and…

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Interest Groups Exert Influence as Support Grows for Federal Privacy Law

November 27, 2021
Michael Reinhardt
Amazon, Biometric, Chamber of Commerce, Cross-Border Data Transfers, Data Privacy, Legislation, Lobbying, Privacy Shield, State Laws, US Data Privacy Legislation

As calls for comprehensive national privacy legislation grow louder in the United States, Big Tech and Big Business are deploying armies of lobbyists and monied interests to influence state and federal legislation. Legislators from both parties have rallied around the need for stronger consumer protection laws. This sentiment was echoed at a recent hearing held…

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