California legislators refined a proposed update to the California Delete Act on Tuesday. Now on third reading and awaiting a floor vote in the Assembly, SB-361 by Sen. Josh Becker (D) would require data brokers to disclose more types of personal information in their state registrations than they do now.
A Michigan-based health system with more than 70 providers suffered a data breach last year that exposed personal information of almost 140,000 individuals, a law firm said Monday. Two states also recently reported the breach of Aspire Rural Health System. The company may have violated state and federal laws by disclosing the breach well after it occurred.
While recent court decisions have added to a circuit split on the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) of 1988 (see 2508190026), some have also introduced notable interpretations of how the statute should apply, privacy lawyers said in interviews with Privacy Daily.
A Montana neurotechnology privacy law enacted this year “signals a shift toward integrating neural data protections within existing biological data laws,” Morrison Foerster lawyers Linda Clark, Melissa Crespo and Katherine Wang blogged Friday.
The U.K. Home Office is rolling out 10 Live Facial Recognition (LFR) vans across the country to help catch high-harm criminals, it announced Wednesday. The move brought howls from a civil liberties group and a response from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
Legislation significantly revamping Israel's data protection law took effect Thursday, but the country's privacy watchdog said it will delay enforcement of one of its provisions until October.
Understanding definitions for “data broker” and sensitive personal data will help companies determine if they’re subject to FTC compliance under its new data broker law, Wiley attorneys said Wednesday.
Colorado's proposed draft amendment on kids' privacy in a rulemaking for implementing changes to the Colorado Privacy Act reflect the ongoing trend of states expanding privacy protections for their constituents beyond federal law, said Morgan Lewis lawyers in a blog post Tuesday.
Canada’s Privacy Commissioner on Monday issued guidance for private and public sector entities handling biometric data.
States show growing interest in privacy laws covering neural and neurotechnology data, Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) said Tuesday. Four states have enacted laws so far: Montana, California, Connecticut, and Colorado.