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…
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 Signs Data Privacy Bill Into Law Last week, Iowa became the sixth U.S. state to pass a data privacy law when Governor Kim Reynold signed Senate File 262 into law. Like other state data privacy laws, SF 262, broadly,…
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.)…
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…
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…
Scammers Using Fake Chat GPT Apps OpenAI’s new AI chatbot, ChatGPT, has been heralded as a critical moment in the evolution of artificial intelligence. But the software’s popularity has spawned a host of fake mobile apps that charge users money…
Cybersecurity Market to Reach $403 Billion by 2027 ADCG’s report on 2023 privacy predictions noted a deficit in skilled privacy professionals. This week, Fortune confirms the lack, citing a global survey of 1,890 data privacy IT, audit, compliance, and risk…
Massachusetts Privacy Bill Moves Forward The Massachusetts Information Privacy and Security Act (MIPSA) won’t just apply to businesses based in the commonwealth, it’ll apply to any data controller that collects, processes or sells data belonging to commonwealth citizens. That’s if…
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…
