On August 16, California Assembly Member Cooley introduced amendments to Assembly Bill 1102 (AB1102) that would extend the California Consumer Privacy Act’s (“CCPA”) temporary exemptions for the collection of personal information derived from job applicants, employees, and contractors (collectively, the…
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…
Phishing Attacks on the Rise, and Other Data Privacy Trends in Asia A recent Kaspersky report noted that more than 11 million phishing links were blocked by its Anti-Phishing system a year in Southeast Asia, primarily in Vietnam, Indonesia and…
On September 14, South Korea’s Personal Information and Protection Commission (the “Commission”) announced it will levy more than $70 million in fines against Alphabet Inc.’s Google (Google) and Facebook’s parent Meta Platforms Inc. (Meta) over alleged privacy violations. According to…
In September 2022 the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published draft guidance to assist organizations with implementing a ‘data protection by design and by default’ approach via techniques like data anonymization and pseudonymization, as well as through the use of privacy…
Experts Respond to FTC’s ANPR The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) held a public comment hearing last week on its advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR). The hearing involved a panel of industry experts, and they provided perspective on commercial surveillance…
There are several types of digital data sharing practices that can be deployed by an organization in collecting consumer data, including first-, second-, third-, no-, and zero-party data. Each of these sharing practices differ in collection and purpose. First-party data…
Speaker Pelosi Makes Statement on Federal Data Privacy House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued a statement last week on the American Data Privacy and Protection Act, which has advanced out of the Energy and Commerce Committee. Pelosi commended the work of…
To help your organization guard against data loss or breach, we have compiled the following guide on the industry’s leading data assessment standard: Service Organization Control (SOC 2). SOC 2 outlines a set of voluntary compliance standards established by the…
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…
