Colorado and Connecticut’s Privacy Laws Take Effect July 1 In less than a month, on July 1, 2023, the Colorado Privacy Act and the Connecticut Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring Act will become enforceable. Read our compliance manuals here…
On March 28, the Iowa legislature unanimously approved a data privacy law, Senate File 262 (SF262). The law applies to any person or entity conducting business in Iowa or producing products or services targeted at Iowa residents, controls or processes…
U.S. Congresswoman Decries TikTok Ban According to The Hill, not all U.S. legislators are ready to ban TikTok, despite recent hearings that have placed the social media company’s CEO, Shou Zi Chew in the hot seat. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)…
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…
The U.S. Congress House Energy and Commerce Committee is scheduled to meet with TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew next month to discuss its fate in the U.S. The hearing is just the latest regulatory scrutiny of TikTok’s ownership by Beijing…
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…
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…
Meta Fined for GDPR Violation Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has incurred another fine for its mishandling of personal information. The most recent $275 million fine, levied by the Irish Data Protection Authority, brings Meta’s total GDPR fines in…
On November 1, the European Union (EU) published the details of the Digital Services Act (DSA). According to this article in Wilson Sonsini (WS), the DSA “complements” the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which took effect on November 1, 2022. The…
