Biden Signs Executive Order to Facilitate Transatlantic Data Transfers Last week, President Biden signed an executive order that would place limits on the personal data that U.S. intelligence agencies can access. The order comes—after drawn out negotiations—as part of a…
On September 20, Indonesian parliament passed a new personal data protection law (PDP) that will provide Indonesian consumers with increased data protections. Reportedly, the new law comes as a response to several data breaches that have occurred in recent months…
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…
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In September 2022 the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published draft guidance to assist organizations with implementing a ‘data protection by design and by default’ approach via techniques like data anonymization and pseudonymization, as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…
