New Privacy Laws Taking Effect Next Year Five new privacy laws will come into effect in 2023. State laws from California and Virginia will take effect January 1, 2023, while laws from Colorado, and Connecticut laws will take effect in…
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…
New KLAS Report Shows Healthcare Organizations Tightening Security A new report from KLAS Research shows that more healthcare organizations are working with cybersecurity and data privacy vendors to tighten cybersecurity. The report, based on survey responses from healthcare professionals, asked…
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…
Virginia Passes Amendments to VCDPA Governor Glenn Young of Virginia last week approved three amendments to the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA). The first amendment, H 381, creates an exemption to consumers’ right to delete, and will allow data…
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…
