The regulatory landscape for privacy and data protection in the U.S. is ever-changing. The IAPP Resource Center aims to keep privacy professionals in the know with a section dedicated to federal and state privacy updates. The page carries a link to the IAPP "US State Privacy Legislation Tracker," which is updated weekly with the latest bill introductions and status updates.
Nigeria released its draft Data Protection Bill, 2022 outlining a legal framework for personal data protection.
A Dutch court ordered a Florida-based software development company to pay 75,000 euros to a former employee who refused to leave their webcam on, NL Times reports. The Netherlands resident who worked for Chetu's Rijswijk branch said the company’s screen-sharing and webcam workday requirements were “an invasion” of privacy and violated data privacy regulations.
The California Privacy Protection Agency Board will host its next meeting over two days beginning Oct. 21 at 2 p.m. local time. The second session begins at Oct. 22 at 9 a.m. local time. Both sessions will feature a discussion and possible action items for sections 7,000-7,304 of the California Consumer Privacy Act.Full Story
On Oct. 24, the European Union and Japan will begin negotiations to include rules on cross-border data flows in their Economic Partnership Agreement.
The U.S. Biden administration released a fact sheet on steps being taken to strengthen and safeguard United States’ cybersecurity, including the creation of a cybersecurity standards label for Internet of Things devices.
On Oct. 7, U.S. President Joe Biden issued an executive order enacting the long-awaited EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. Université Grenoble Alpes' Théodore Christakis, Georgetown University Law Center's Kenneth Propp, and Alston & Bird's Peter Swire, CIPP/US, outline the redress mechanism offered in the executive order, the effective powers of the Data Protection Review Court and if these U.S.
In this week’s global legislative roundup, U.S. President Joe Biden issued an executive order implementing the long-awaited the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. Following the cyberattack of telecommunications company Optus, the Australian government released new consumer privacy rules. And U.K. Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Michelle Donelan announced intent to alter the current approach to U.K. General Data Protection Regulation reform. (IAPP member exclusive.)Full Story
LifeBridge Health agreed to a $9.5 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit over a 2018 data breach that compromised personal data of more than 500,000 patients, HIPAA Journal reports.