BRUSSELS -- Geopolitical issues are affecting privacy and digital regulation this year, speakers said Wednesday at the IAPP Data Protection Europe Congress. Polarization is influencing the policies that affect privacy practitioners' work, said Hogan Lovells data protection attorney Eduardo Ustaran.
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BRUSSELS -- It has taken time for DPAs to get up to speed on what the GDPR means in practice and how to carry out fast, objectively fair enforcement actions, Irish Data Protection Commissioner Dale Sunderland said Wednesday at the IAPP Data Protection Europe Congress.
BRUSSELS -- The European Commission's digital omnibus, published Wednesday, tweaks the GDPR without affecting its core as it tries to bring the regulation more in line with current practices, Hogan Lovells privacy attorney Eduardo Ustaran said at the IAPP Data Protection Europe Congress. The tech sector called for broader change, while digital rights and consumer groups accused the EC of harming individuals.
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Rules implementing India's 2023 Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA) went live Friday (available here, English version begins on page 24).
European Commission simplification efforts could help organizations boost compliance and make meaningful changes to their digital governance structures, IAPP officials told us Friday.
Though California’s Opt Me Out Act will make effectuating privacy rights easier for consumers, there are lingering issues about specifics that privacy professionals should consider, Shook Hardy attorney Josh Hansen said during a Thursday webinar hosted by compliance vendor Privado.
Expect vibrant, passionate debate among stakeholders over the European Commission's digital simplification package, similar to what transpired during development of the GDPR, IAPP officials said at a briefing Thursday, which was prompted by an apparently leaked draft (see Ref:2511100006]).
Last month's addition of Minnesota and New Hampshire to states’ Consortium of Privacy Regulators (see 2510080008) “highlights a growing movement at the state level of coordinated privacy regulation and enforcement,” Constangy privacy attorney Ryan Steidl blogged Monday. With about half the states with comprehensive privacy laws now in the club, “it is likely that other states will join as their laws come into effect in 2026,” he said.
Zero states passing new comprehensive privacy laws in 2025 so far “is conspicuous and enigmatic,” said IAPP in a retrospective analysis posted Monday that also said privacy regulation was busy this year.