Legislators Express Concern About ANPR to FTC Last week, U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), and Marco Rubio (R-FL) sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan, urging her to reevaluate the FTC’s Proposed Rulemaking…
Montana to Vote on Adding Data Privacy to Constitution In November, Montana voters will have the opportunity to codify the protection of electronic data privacy in their state’s constitution. Amendment C-48 would update Article II, Section 11—which protects against unreasonable…
News Alerts and Breach Report for Week of October 17, 2022 Implications of Pending EU-US Data Transfer Agreement Earlier this month, President Biden issued an executive order restricting how US intelligence services gather data that belongs to EU citizens. The…
Italy Takes Aim at Targeted Ads After TikTok alerted users that they’d receive “personalized” advertising based on their activity and preferences earlier this year, Italy’s data privacy protection authority issued a warning to the social media platform. The Garante per…
Indonesia Passes Data Privacy Law On September 20, 2022, Indonesian parliament passed a new law that will provide Indonesian consumers with increased protections. Under the law, data holders are prohibited from “leaking,” misusing, or falsifying Indonesian consumers’ personal information for…
House Advances American Data Privacy and Protection Act In a landmark step forward for consumer data privacy, the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee voted to move forward with the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) last week. Lawmakers…
