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Dozens of states across the US are pinning their hopes on contact tracing to control the spread of the coronavirus and enable regions to reopen without sparking major resurgences of the outbreak. Alaska, California, Massachusetts, New York, and others are collectively hiring and training tens of thousands of people to…

The US Senate has voted to give law enforcement agencies access to web browsing data without a warrant, dramatically expanding the government’s surveillance powers in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The power grab was led by Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell as part of a reauthorization of the Patriot…

As companies grapple with complying with the California Consumer Privacy Act, they will need to decide whether the internet protocol addresses they collect from consumers are considered “personal information” and thus within the scope of this new law. It will not be easy. The CCPA defines “personal information” to include…

Senate Republicans introduced a new bill during the tail end of last week that seeks to increase transparency and ownership of personal health, geolocation, proximity and other related data collected by digital devices or systems during the COVID-19 public health emergency. The so-called COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act was introduced…

On May 4, the Californians for Consumer Privacy, led by founder Alastair Mactaggart, announced its submission to qualify the California Privacy Rights Act for the November 2020 ballot. Because of COVID-19 social distancing measures in place in California and the huge number of signatures required, the announcement surprised many political…

SACRAMENTO – Today, Californians for Consumer Privacy announced that it is submitting well over 900,000 signatures to qualify the California Privacy Rights Act for the November 2020 ballot.  Submission has begun in counties across the state and will continue for several days. “Even as we’ve worked to strengthen privacy laws here…

Following the GDPR, the CCPA quickly presented additional and different requirements that organizations must include in their privacy programs if they are subject to the regulation. With more disclosures surrounding personal information required, privacy is not limited to a designated office – stakeholders from various departments must be aware of…

In this Privacy Tracker series, we look at laws from across the globe and match them up against the EU General Data Protection Regulation. The aim is to help you determine how much duplication of operational effort you might avoid as you work toward compliance and help you focus your efforts.…

By Daniel Waltz, Sadia Mirza & Stephen C. Piepgrass on April 17, 2020POSTED IN ALL ENTRIES, COVID-19, CYBER SECURITY, INFORMATION GOVERNANCE & PRIVACY, FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION (FTC) The Federal Trade Commission released guidance for increasing privacy and data security while videoconferencing over the internet. The FTC is recommending that video conference users take the following steps: Make sure that only those individuals who…

April 30, 2020   U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, John Thune, R-S.D, chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet, Jerry Moran, R-Kan., chairman of the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance and Data Security, and…