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U.S. Privacy Law: Past, Present and Future

October 14, 2021
Editorial Team
CCPA, Consumer Privacy, CPRA, Data Governance, Data Privacy, Data Protection, Data Rights Management (DRM), Data Security, Data Sharing, GDPR, Privacy, State Laws, Uncategorized, US Data Privacy Legislation, US Regulatory, Virginia

Privacy law is a hot topic for legislatures in the United States at both the state and federal levels. With the advent of influential laws from international governments, including the European Union, the lack of significant privacy regulation in the U.S. has become glaringly apparent. In this article, we discuss the history of privacy regulation…

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Senate Hearings Call for Creation of New Data Privacy Bureau

October 2, 2021
Michael Reinhardt
Artificial Intelligence, CCPA, Compliance, Consumer Privacy, Data Privacy, Data Protection, Data Security, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Legislation, State Laws, US Data Privacy Legislation

On Wednesday, September 29, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation held a hearing on data privacy titled, “Protecting Consumer Privacy.” The issue of data privacy is of particular interest to Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the Committee Chair, who introduced the Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act (COPRA) in 2019. Much of the testimony revolved…

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The Information Transparency and Personal Data Control Act

September 29, 2021
Michael Reinhardt
CCPA, Compliance, Consumer Privacy, Data Privacy, Data Protection, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), GDPR, Legislation, US Data Privacy Legislation

On March 11, 2021, Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA) introduced the House of Representatives’ first major privacy bill in the 117th Congress. Rep. DelBene recently joined an episode of the Association for Data and Cyber Governance’s U.S. National Privacy and Cybersecurity Podcast to discuss The Information Transparency and Personal Data Control Act ( H.R. 1816 ).…

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Implementing the NIST Privacy Framework – Govern Function

September 23, 2021
Editorial Team
CCPA, Compliance, Consumer Privacy, Data Privacy, Data Protection, Data Security, Governance, NIST, Privacy

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Privacy Framework is a widely known control set used to assist organizations in identifying privacy risks within their business environment and allocating resources to mitigate these risks. Our team previously published an article outlining the best ways to leverage the NIST Privacy (NIST-P) Framework to assess data…

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Colorado Privacy Act: Another Piece to the Data Privacy Puzzle

September 16, 2021
Editorial Team
CCPA, Colorado, Compliance, Consumer Privacy, Data Privacy, GDPR, Privacy, State Laws

Introduction Privacy laws have entered the compliance world by storm and are quickly changing data privacy practices. The most recent state, Colorado, passed the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) into law on July 7, 2021. This new act follows California’s Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) but calls out several additional rights, actions, and policies. The CPA pulls…

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CCPA Enforcement is Picking Up. Are you Ready?

September 8, 2021
Editorial Team
CCPA, Compliance, Consumer Privacy, Data Privacy, Data Protection Agency, Penalties and Enforcement, Privacy

Although the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) has been in effect since January 1, 2020 and subject to enforcement since July 1, 2020, it seemed until recently that compliance had been somewhat spotty. Well, it’s time to wake from your compliance slumbers and start paying attention because California’s new Attorney General (“AG”) Rob Bonta has…

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Uniform Law Commission Approves Template for State Privacy Laws

August 11, 2021
Tim Crino
Breach Notification, CCPA, Compliance, Consumer Privacy, Data Privacy, Data Protection, Governance, Privacy, US Data Privacy Legislation

Last month, the Uniform Law Commission (ULC), a nonpartisan coalition of U.S. legal professionals, released a framework from which states can design privacy laws. The framework, called the Uniform Personal Data Protection Act (UPDPA), has been in development since 2019, and governs how organizations handle U.S. citizens’ sensitive personal data. The framework, or model bill,…

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Deleting Data: A Guide

August 7, 2021
Amy Willcox
CCPA, Compliance, CPRA, Data Mapping and Inventory, Data Privacy, Data Rights Management (DRM), GDPR

Of the many consumer rights established by the ever-expanding crop of data privacy legislation, the right to deletion is one of the ones you’ll see the most. Although different laws may have slightly different variations of the right, the general sentiment remains consistent – consumers have the right to have their personal data deleted from…

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A Guide to Recent CCPA Updates

April 5, 2021
Amy Willcox
CCPA
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Since the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) was established, California's privacy legislation has seen its fair share of evolutions--from the CCPA’s initial amendments to the creation of a completely new supplemental law (the California Privacy Rights Act). Now, the California…

A Guide to FINRA’s 2021 Compliance Goals

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) recently published their 2021 Report on FINRA’s Examination and Risk Monitoring Program. The report contains insights for FINRA’s regulatory operations and is designed to guide the compliance efforts of member firms. In the broadest sense, FINRA declares cybersecurity as “one of the principal operational risks facing broker-dealers,” expecting firms…

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