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proposal for a national privacy law also imposes new cybersecurity regulatory mandates onto the private sector. The inclusion of a data security section in draft privacy legislation shows the Washington consensus for voluntary industry measures is wearing thin.

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DECEMBER 20, 2022

European Commission Took Key Step in Finalizing Trans-Atlantic Data Flow Framework Europe took a key step in formalizing a framework to underpin the trans-Atlantic flow of commercial data but privacy activists say the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. agreement won't stand up to a legal challenge. The Commission on Dec.

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JULY 13, 2021

Connecticut Law Provides Security Incentives; Colorado Measure Addresses Consumers' Privacy Two states have recently taken steps to bolster cybersecurity and data privacy protections. And a new data privacy law in Colorado allows individuals to opt out of data collection.

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MARCH 22, 2023

OpenAI has disabled ChatGPT’s privacy history, almost certainly because they had a security flaw where users were seeing each others’ histories.

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AUGUST 25, 2022

million as part of a settlement agreement with California's attorney general, over accusations that it violated the California Consumer Privacy Act by failing to disclose that it was selling customers' data and not honoring their opt-out requests.

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AUGUST 13, 2021

Rebecca Herold, host of the podcast show "Data Security and Privacy with the Privacy Professor," weighs in on the state of cybersecurity and privacy education and gives her recommendations on how to remedy the many issues the security community faces today.

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JANUARY 26, 2023

Privacy Expert Safia Kazi on Privacy Skills, Building Privacy by Design ISACA's recently published Privacy in Practice 2023 survey report shares new research related to the privacy workforce, privacy skills, privacy by design and the future of privacy.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2021

States Would Join 3 Others That Have Already Enacted Laws Five states are making progress this year toward passing privacy legislation along the lines of California's Consumer Privacy Act, according to the International Association of Privacy Professionals. Here's a status report.

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MAY 11, 2023

4 , also known as the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (“TDPSA”). If the TDPSA is signed into law, Texas could become the tenth state to enact comprehensive privacy legislation. On May 10, 2023, the Texas Senate passed H.B. The TDPSA now heads to Texas Governor Greg Abbott for a final signature. In addition to the provisions of H.B.

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MAY 5, 2022

Rules Similar to Privacy Laws Passed in California, Colorado, Virginia and Utah Connecticut has just become the fifth U.S. state to get a comprehensive data privacy and online monitoring law, as Senate Bill No. 6 passed into law on Wednesday.

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MAY 24, 2023

It’s been a big month for US data privacy. Indiana, Iowa, and Tennessee all passed state privacy laws, bringing the total number of states with a privacy law up to eight. No private right of action in any of those, which means it’s up to the states to enforce the laws.

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APRIL 11, 2023

HHS Rules Aimed at Beefing Up Health IT Systems, Patient Data Privacy, Security Federal regulators have issued new rules aimed at securing certified healthcare software, helping patients decide which records to keep private, and protecting data used by AI and predictive tools.

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JANUARY 8, 2021

IAPP's Trevor Hughes Previews the Year's Global Trends, Challenges and Legislation From contact tracing to data transfer to the new California Privacy Rights Act, 2021 already is shaping up to be a big year for privacy.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Privacy never sleeps in California. In recent days and as California’s legislative session comes to a close, there have been a number of significant legislative and regulatory developments in the state, each of which will likely (again) change the privacy landscape in California and, by extension, the rest of the country.

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JUNE 30, 2022

Issues New HIPAA Guidance and Pledges Enforcement Against Violators Federal regulators issued health privacy guidance for medical providers and patients and promised to make privacy violations a top HIPAA enforcement priority in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v.

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JULY 13, 2022

But along with those efforts come critical privacy and security concerns, says attorney Iliana Peters of Polsinelli. Many healthcare sector entities are undertaking projects involving the collection, analysis and sharing of large volumes of health data.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2023

An Investigation by Dutch DPC Found Tesla Cars Recorded People Illegally Automaker Tesla revised settings for its in-built cameras after a probe by the Dutch data privacy agency found its default settings enabled illegal recording and retention of data.

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MAY 23, 2023

Preserving user privacy is a growing threat that the data supports and is the focus of this blog series. Understanding its criticality to endpoint security and identifying which data types are at risk helps IT and Security teams know what to look for and how to mitigate risk best.

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JULY 8, 2022

Executive Order Addresses Concerns in Aftermath of SCOTUS Ruling The Biden administration continues to react to the Supreme Court's overturn of precedent guaranteeing a constitutional right to abortion, issuing Friday an executive order that includes provisions to help safeguard the privacy of patients' data.

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AUGUST 11, 2022

No regulatory outcome is guaranteed, but today's advanced notice of proposed rule-making is a first step to new data security and privacy regulations. Commission Asks for Comment on Link Between Consumer Surveillance and Lax Security U.S.

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AUGUST 9, 2022

CSO on How OneTrust's Platform Brings Privacy, Compliance and Governance Together OneTrust has put nearly $1 billion in investment to good use, helping companies address data governance, security assurance, third-party risk and more, Chief Strategy Officer Blake Brannon says.

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MARCH 17, 2023

Attorney Kirk Nahra on Where FTC Is Headed in Disputes Such as GoodRx, BetterHelp The Federal Trade Commission's recent actions against two companies in separate health data privacy cases are significant developments signaling the FTC's "aggressive push" to enforce violations involving disclosures of consumer health data to third parties, said attorney (..)

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NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Privacy Regulator in UK Cautions Organizations to Conduct Thorough Due Diligence Hotel giant Marriott has been hit with the second largest privacy fine in British history, after it failed to contain a massive, long-running data breach. s privacy watchdog, owing in part to COVID-19's ongoing impact. But the final fine of $23.8

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

Million Fine for French Supermarket Giant Carrefour for Alleged GDPR Violations France's privacy regulator has hit retail giant Carrefour with a $3.7 million fine for violating privacy laws, including GDPR.

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JULY 7, 2022

Google's move to soon begin deleting location history pertaining to individuals' visits to facilities offering sensitive healthcare services is a step in the right direction, but experts say technology firms and others could do more to better protect the privacy of health data.

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APRIL 26, 2022

Ransomware Victims Typically Charged Less for Paying With Tougher-to-Trace Monero Almost all ransomware-wielding attackers accept Bitcoin for ransom payments, but many prefer Monero, thanks to the privacy-preserving coin being tougher for law enforcement officials to track.

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OCTOBER 18, 2022

A study by data privacy firm Lokker found thousands of healthcare providers deploying Facebook Pixel and other similar tracking tools. Those trackers reveal "medical and other data that consumers don't know is being tracked and haven't authorized," says Ian Cohen, Lokker's chief executive officer.

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MARCH 1, 2023

EDPB Chair Jelinek Says Agreement for EU-US Data Flows Raises 'Privacy Concerns' The European agency responsible for overseeing consistent application of privacy law on the continent says it has reservations about the legal framework underpinning commercial trans-Atlantic data flows as the framework moves toward formal acceptance by the European Commission. (..)

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JULY 18, 2022

A new assessment framework aims to help patients, healthcare providers and others examine the various privacy, security and other risks of digital health technologies, says Tim Andrews of the nonprofit Organization for the Review of Care and Health Applications, which co-developed the framework.

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JULY 26, 2021

Uber Must Tighten Data Handling, Regulator Says Australia's data regulator has found that Uber interfered with the privacy of 1.2 million of its customers as a result of a 2016 global data breach. Uber says it's made improvements to its systems and its internal security policies.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Max Schrems' NOYB Organization Says Default on iPhone Breaks EU Privacy Laws NOYB, a privacy group run by Austrian Max Schrems, has filed complaints against Apple with Spanish and German data protection regulators alleging the company's Identifier for Advertisers breaks EU privacy laws by allowing Apple and all apps on the iPhone to track a user without (..)

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AUGUST 16, 2022

Federal Trade Commission is the latest legal dispute spotlighting growing privacy concerns related to the tracking and collection of consumers' healthcare-related and location data. Analytics Firm Says FTC Is Overstepping Its Authority A lawsuit by an Idaho-based data marketing and analytics vendor against the U.S.

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JULY 11, 2022

Britain's lead cyber agency and privacy watchdog are now making that appeal directly to legal advisers, warning them that paying a ransom offers no data protection upsides and won't lessen any fine they might face.

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MAY 25, 2021

Three years later, legal and privacy experts say that while the global privacy discussion and expectations have evolved, GDPR still has some growing up to do. Regulators Increasingly 'Asking the Right Questions' After a Breach, Expert Says Where were you on May 25, 2018?

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JULY 9, 2021

White House Asks FTC to Develop New Rules on Consumer Data Collection In his new executive order, President Biden asks the FTC to establish new rules over how tech firms can collect and use data from their customers, as a way to offer more privacy protections for U.S.

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