A Group of U.S. Senators Introduce the SAFE DATA Act
On September 17, 2020, Republican Senators Roger Wicker, John Thune, Deb Fischer, and Marsha Blackburn, introduced the Setting an American Framework to Ensure Data Access, Transparency, and Accountability (SAFE DATA) ...
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It’s Now Official: Brazil’s LGPD Goes into Effect
Brazil’s General Data Protection Law (“Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados” or “LGPD”) will take effect on September 18, 2020. President Bolsonaro signed a bill that establishes the beginning of ...
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California Legislators Extend the CCPA Exemptions for Employee and Business-to-Business Data
By the virtue of amendments enacted in October of 2019, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) currently exempts employee and business-to-business information from most of the Act’s requirements. The exemptions ...
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City of Portland Bans Facial Recognition Technology by Public and Private Entities
On September 9, 2020, lawmakers in Portland, Oregon passed the nation's most far-reaching facial recognition ban. The ban prohibits public agencies and private enterprises from using the facial recognition technology ...
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Irish Data Protection Commission Seeks to Suspend Personal Data Transfers from the European Union to the United States Based on the Standard Contractual Clauses
According to reports published on September 9, 2020, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (IDPC) issued a preliminary order requiring Facebook to suspend its data transfers from the European Union to the ...
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Swiss Data Protection Authority Concludes That the U.S.-Swiss Privacy Shield Does Not Provide Adequate Level of Data Protection
Following the recent ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) which invalidated the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) announced ...
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