Dozens of laws, regulations, statutes and other guidance have been issued ondata protectionand privacy by the federal government, many states and local municipalities over the past several years. Considering the growing pressure on business leaders to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availabilit...
While the FTC uses its authority to issue regulations, enforce privacy laws, and take enforcement actions to protect consumers. For example, the FTC might take impose action against organizations that: Fail to implement and maintain reasonable data security measures Fail to abide by any applicable ...
PRIVACY[Purpose] Cyberspace technology has become an unavoidable forum for communications, connections, and transactions. This phenomenon, however, led to cybercrimes and hi -tech crimes such as data leaking, stealing, blackmailing, digital fraud, bullying and hacking, and all this...
Federal data privacy laws The U.S. does not yet have a comprehensive federal consumer data protection law that covers all varieties of private data. But it does have several federal laws that protect specific data sets, such as the U.S. Privacy Act of 1974, HIPAA, COPPA, and the Gramm-...
Online privacy Key contacts Data protection laws in Albania On 19 December 2024, the Parliament of the Republic of Albania passed Law No. 124/2024, titled “On Personal Data Protection” (the “Data Protection Law”) (Official Gazette of the Republic of Albania No. 9, dated 17 January...
The speed with which the US data privacy law wave is spreading from state to state also seems to be increasing – it took California several years to get its CCPA/CPRA legal regime in place (and some would argue that it’s still a moving target), while Virginia became the second state ...
With massive new penalties already in play, a more active regulator, stricter privacy rules and the prospect of a privacy tort, it will be important to monitor how insurers react. We may see cyber or data specific insurance become more unattainable, see more carve-outs from other insurance pol...
their own laws pertaining to video surveillance. Florida passed a law that ties criminal penalties to hidden videotaping of individuals anywhere they have a reasonable expectation of privacy, such as their bathroom. The law does not, however, protect individuals in public places, such as the ...
Online privacy Key contacts There is not a single comprehensive data protection law in the People's Republic of China (PRC). Instead, rules relating to personal information protection and data security are part of a complex framework and are found across various laws and regulations. That said...
The laws also require businesses to protect personal information, conduct privacy assessments, and not give consumers less favorable terms when they exercise their rights. The laws also contain special protections for children, purpose limitations, data minimization requirements, and required provisions ...