More than 10 U.S. health care systems were breached during a cyberattack of Seattle-based MCG Health, affecting up to 1.1 million patients, HIPAA Journal reports. MCG Health, a subsidiary of Hearst Health, is facing multiple class-action lawsuits as a result of the breach, during which an “unauthori...

The Ada Lovelace Institute, a U.K.-based artificial intelligence advocacy group, filed an independent review of the U.K.'s regulation of biometric technologies, TechCrunch reports. Matrix Chambers Queen's Counsel Matthew Ryder authored the review and found the U.K. requires "an ambitious new legisla...

EU General Data Protection Regulation enforcement was at the center of a conference last week organized by the European Data Protection Supervisor. Stakeholders pointed out several structural problems within the GDPR’s architecture and potential ways to address them. "Some of you might ask: 'why is...

Canada's federal privacy regime is on the cusp of an overhaul with the recent introduction of Bill C-27, an omnibus legislative package for data protection and artificial intelligence. Many have called for this reform in recent years to address growing privacy issues. Former Privacy Commissioner of ...

The California Consumer Privacy Act gives California residents the right to know what personal information a business collects about them and how it is used. The law likewise imposes obligations on businesses to ensure consumers can exercise this right. Although the CCPA and its regulations provide ...