Chad Marlow of the ACLU writes: Did you hear the story about the do-gooder tech company that is pushing new state “privacy” bills across the nation? The pitch by that company, Hu-manity.co — which is so effective its Oregon bill was introduced with more than 40 co-sponsors — is that [Read More…]
Jim Waterson reports: The government will next week confirm the launch date for a UK-wide age block on online pornography as privacy campaigners continue to raise concerns about how websites and age verification companies will use the data they collect. The plan for implementing the long-delayed age block, which has [Read More…]
Joseph J. Lazzarotti, Jason C. Gavejian and Maya Atrakchi of Jackson Lewis write: The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which goes into effect January 1, 2020, is considered the most expansive state privacy law in the United States. Organizations familiar with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which [Read More…]
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On February 28, 2019, Thailand’s National Legislative Assembly finally approved and endorsed the draft Personal Data Protection Act (the “PDPA”), which will now be submitted for royal endorsement and subsequent publication in the Government Gazette. Publication is anticipated to occur within the next few weeks. The [Read More…]