Ashkan Soltani is the First Leader of the CPPA
On October 4, 2021, Ashkan Soltani was appointed as the Executive Director of the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA). He was appointed by the five-member board of the CPPA. As ...
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Pandora Papers: Accountability and Privacy
On October 3, 2021, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) began publishing the Pandora Papers. The Pandora Papers represent 11.9 million leaked documents and a total of 2.9 terabytes ...
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Instagram for Kids is put on Hold
On September 27, Facebook announced that it is putting on hold its work on a kids’ version of Instagram. Reports in March of 2021 indicated that Facebook was planning to ...
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New York City’s Biometrics Privacy Law Goes into Effect
Data Privacy is becoming increasingly more difficult to keep tabs on. It can be regulated federally (i.e. Brazil). It can be regulated by a political and economic union (i.e. the ...
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A European Regulator Proposes to Impose the Largest GDPR Fine Ever
The National Data Protection Commission for Luxembourg (CNPD) has reportedly proposed to impose a $425 million fine – which would be the largest GDPR fine ever – on Amazon. Amazon ...
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Nevada Governor Approves Expansion of Opt-Out of Sale Right for State Consumers
On June 2, 2021, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak approved SB 260, an amendment to the opt-out of sale of personal information statute, expanding the opt-out right enjoyed by the state ...
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