Libbie Canter, Lindsey Tonsager, Jayne Ponder, and Madeline Salinas of Covington & Burling write: Colorado is poised to join the growing number of states enacting a comprehensive privacy law. On Monday, June 7, both houses of the legislature passed the Colorado Privacy Act. The bill will now be sent to the [Read More…]
March 2021 brought two significant amendments to Russia’s Personal Data Law: one related to processing of publicly available personal data, and another increasing fines for violations of various data privacy requirements. This article provides a summary of the amendments. Natalia Gulyaeva, Julia Gurieva, and Alla Gorbushina of Hogan Lovells write: Special requirements [Read More…]
Lars Lensdorf, Dan Cooper, Sophie Herold, and Anna Oberschelp de Meneses of Covington & Burling write: On June 1, 2021, several German supervisory authorities (“SAs”) announced the launch of a “nationwide investigation” into German companies transferring personal data outside of the European Economic Area. Currently, there is no official list [Read More…]
Saja Hindi reports: Social media ads sometimes seem to know a little too much about you — where you shop, the products you buy or what websites you’ve been frequenting. Big tech companies store this information about consumers, and it’s long been fueling a debate about how to balance data [Read More…]