The European Commission proposed a new set of data governance rules to help facilitate data sharing across the European Union. The proposed regulation includes several measures to increase trust in data sharing, rules on neutrality to allow "novel data intermediaries" to function as safe data-sharin...

A law endorsed by the European Parliament would allow consumers to bring collective actions against organizations accused of violating EU rules. Under the law, citizens would be able to file a lawsuit against organizations for alleged failures to comply with rules in a number of areas, including dat...

Ireland's Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications published details on its implementation of the EU's Framework for the Free Flow of Non-Personal Data. The law requires, among other things, that invalid data localization efforts across EU member states be repealed by May 30, 2021, ...

Brazil's Special Secretariat for Debureaucratization, Management and Digital Government issued instructions for appointing data protection officers under the General Data Protection Law. Under the privacy law, DPOs must have multidisciplinary knowledge in the areas of privacy, data protection and da...

The U.S. Government Accountability Office recommended the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau update the model privacy notice form it provides for financial institutions. The recommendation comes after the GAO's review of the personal information collected and shared by banks and credit unions. The...