European Parliament Discusses Privacy Framework With U.S. Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) will meet with Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan last week, as part of a trip to discuss international relations with the U.S. The EU Parliament recently…
Indiana Passes Data Privacy Law On May 1, Indiana became the seventh state to pass a comprehensive data privacy law when Governor Eric Holcomb signed the Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act (ICDPA) into law. Per Baker Botts, the ICDPA closely…
Definition of Protected Data Under HIPAA to Expand The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) just launched an investigation into online health data collection via its Office for Civil Rights. This follows a move by HHS last December to…
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…
TikTok to Migrate Data to European Servers Last month, both the U.S. House of Representatives and the European Commission ordered their respective staffs to remove TikTok—which is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance—from any and all work devices. And late last year,…
Congress Holds Data Privacy Hearing The Congressional Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce held a hearing last week to discuss the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA). Titled, “Promoting US Innovation and Individual Liberty through a National Standard for…
Governor Newsom, CPPA File Opposition to Federal Preemption This week, Governor Gavin Newsom, along with California Attorney General Rob Bonta, and the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) sent a joint letter to the House Energy & Commerce Committee in advance…
EDPB to Review Data Transfer Guidelines The European Data Protection Board will meet this week to discuss the proposed EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, elect a new chair and deputy chair, and discuss its WhatsApp decision. EU Issues Ruling on DPOs,…
Blockchain Rules Will Emerge On January 9, a group of 28 Blockchain technology companies released an open letter to U.S. legislators requesting they protect citizens’ safety, right to self-determination, freedom of press, and “other rights that compose the core of…
EU Takes Aim at TikTok Over Privacy Violations Though the U.S. has been exploring ways to curtail or even ban popular social media platform TikTok, it’s possible that European regulators might be closer to taking action against the Chinese-owned company.…
