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California Enacts Broad Privacy Laws Modeled on GDPR

Data Matters

Jerry Brown signed into law the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (AB 375). This legislation was enacted on an extraordinarily accelerated timeframe as part of compromise with the sponsor of a comparable privacy ballot initiative, which had qualified to be placed before state voters on Election Day in November 2018.

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California Enacts Broad Privacy Protections Modeled on GDPR

Data Matters

Jerry Brown signed into law the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (AB 375). This legislation was enacted on an extraordinarily accelerated timeframe as part of compromise with the sponsor of a comparable privacy ballot initiative, which had qualified to be placed before state voters on Election Day in November 2018.

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MY TAKE: Michigan’s cybersecurity readiness initiatives provide roadmap others should follow

The Last Watchdog

Related: California’s pioneering privacy law ripples through other states. In 2015, construction began on a dedicated facility located a 12-acre business incubator campus, called the Velocity Collaboration Center , in Sterling Heights, a Detroit suburb. This new nickname may not roll off the tongue.

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Council of Europe Considers Amendments to Convention 108

Hunton Privacy

On June 28-30, 2011, the Council of Europe’s Bureau of the Consultative Committee of the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to the Automatic Processing of Personal Data (known as the “T-PD-Bureau”) met in Strasbourg, France, to discuss, among other things, amending the Council of Europe’s Convention 108.

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The debate on the Data Protection Bill in the House of Lords

Data Protector

Banks must still be allowed to process data to prevent fraud; regulators must still be allowed to process data to investigate malpractice and corruption; sports governing bodies must be allowed to process data to keep the cheats out; and journalists must still be able to investigate scandal and malpractice. change it substantially.

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EU: Competition policy in the digital era (Part 1)

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

The Report contrasts the financial magnitude of the “Happy Few” with the disappointed hopes of internet pioneer John Perry Barlow, who had wished for a decentralized, self-governing world (p. “ A broad scope of societal values is at stake, ranging from privacy to consumer protection to media diversity. Stay tuned.

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A Flurry of Recent Cybersecurity Activity from the Trump Administration

Data Matters

On May 22, 2018, the Secretaries issued the Botnet Report, which, consistent with longstanding Federal policy, promotes the longstanding partnership between the federal government and the private sector in combating cyber-attacks. government engagement with international and domestic partners to address the growing cyber threat.