Arendse Huld writes: China has been expanding its legal framework for cybersecurity and data protection in recent years, with further advancements seen in 2023. This year witnessed the refinement of legal requirements governing the procedures to export personal information (PI), bringing further clarity to the responsibilities and accountabilities of companies. At the same time, 2023…
Category: Laws
Local, state, national, and international legislation or laws that impact privacy.
Social media under scrutiny as data privacy regulation, fines ramp up
Kris Cooper reports: A combined $7.7bn worth of regulatory fines for breaching data privacy laws over ad-targeting practices has been handed out to Alphabet, Amazon, Byte Dance and Meta since the start of 2023, according to a new report. GlobalData’s Thematic Intelligence: Social Media report explores key technological, macroeconomic and regulatory trends within the social media industry. It…
EDPB Publishes Guidelines to Clarify Scope of EU “Cookie” Notice and Consent Requirements
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On November 16, 2023, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) published its Guidelines 2/2023 on the Technical Scope of Art. 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive (the “Guidelines”). Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive is most commonly known for establishing the cookie notice and cookie consent requirements in the EU. That said, Article 5(3)…
HHS’ Office for Civil Rights Settles HIPAA Investigation of St. Joseph’s Medical Center for Disclosure of Patients’ Protected Health Information to a News Reporter
HHS has announced another settlement: Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement with Saint Joseph’s Medical Center for potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule. Saint Joseph’s Medical Center is a non-profit academic medical center in…
State Landscape Privacy
Some helpful information on state privacy law changes in 2023 from the Computers & Communication Industry Association. Download your free copy of the 6-page file from ccianet.org. Thanks to Joe Cadillic, for sending this along.
Hospitals Accuse HHS of Double Standard Amid Pixel Privacy Row
Skye Witley reports: After nearly a year navigating the Biden administration’s efforts to push heath-care providers away from tracking technology that can associate website visitors with specific medical conditions, hospital associations alleged government agencies are still using those same tools in violation of the guidance. A quartet of hospital associations are challenging a December 2022 US Health…