The governmental march focused on improving laws regarding data privacy continues to move forward with China passing a data protection law this week and Connecticut set to enact a law requiring much stricter data standards (as well as safeguards) to businesses collecting data. “China Passes One of the World’s Strictest Data-Privacy Laws,” Wall Street Journal- […]
This week, we saw Ohio propose privacy legislation and Connecticut pass a law protecting companies that rigorously deploy privacy security measures. Most importantly, the Biden administration designated the study of data privacy as one of its initiatives in an executive order. “Ohio Legislation May Create Data Rights for Residents,” Government Technology- July 14th, 2021 Ohio […]
It was a monumental week for the data privacy movement as Colorado became the third state to pass data privacy legislation. In addition, the FTC is flexing its muscle over the data privacy debate. 1. “Colorado third state to enact comprehensive privacy law,” Compliance Week- July 8th, 2021 It was a historic week as Colorado […]
Fingers crossed that Colorado becomes the third state with a data privacy law. At the same time, it is becoming increasingly more important for the federal government to get involved in this war to protect privacy and help reduce major data breaches at large companies. “Colorado Lawmakers Advance Data Privacy Legislation,” Government Technology- June 1st, […]
In a novel and unprecedented approach to address privacy issues, New York declares a 2% tax on technology companies’ use of consumer data. Further, sacred healthcare information is becoming more vulnerable as Big Tech gains more access to this data. The healthcare “data scare” and other privacy practices necessitates improved defenses including class-action lawsuits and […]
Last week, state privacy rulings included failures in Florida and Washington. At this point, to the disappointment of privacy rights supporters, Virginia is the only state to pass a privacy law in 2021. Each week, it becomes increasingly clear that the privacy issue will only be effectively resolved at the federal level. “State Data Privacy […]