Following privacy and data protection legislation through the process, into law, and into future court interpretations.
The clock is ticking on privacy and cybersecurity for Trudeau’s government
CCPA offers minimal advantages for deidentification, pseudonymization, and aggregation
The California Consumer Privacy Act is notorious for the haste with which it was drafted. Many provisions of the statute require clarification, and the attorney general’s office is holding a series of public forums before issuing clarifying regulations.
Among the concepts not well defined by the CC...
US Supreme Court case may have far-reaching privacy implications
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A case currently making its way through the Supreme Court’s docket may have far-reaching implications for the future of privacy litigation. The case, Frank v. Gaos, concerns cy pres class action settlements, and the core issue (for which the Court granted certiorari) regards the appropriateness of t...
Global News Roundup — Jan. 2–14, 2019
In this week's Privacy Tracker global legislative roundup, read about recent legislative efforts in the U.S. to introduce state and federal privacy laws. Advocate-General Maciej Szpunar delivered his non-binding opinion to the Court of Justice of the European Union, advising that court should rule i...
Argentina Court of Appeals ruling limits the right of access to public information
In a recent ruling (Federal Administrative Court of Appeals, Division II, "Association of State Workers v. Ministry of Modernization, on Law No. 16,986", October 25 2018), and following the criteria established by a prior decision, the Federal Administrative Court of Appeals recognized that public a...
Lawsuit against weather app sign of things to come?
Recently, the office of the Los Angeles City Attorney, Mike Feuer, filed a complaint against The Weather Channel Product and Technology, LLC (TWC)—the company owned by IBM and behind the popular Weather Channel mobile application. Feuer stated: “[W]e allege TWC elevates corporate profits over users’...
US federal privacy preemption part 2: Examining preemption proposals
As momentum continues to build for an over-arching U.S. federal privacy law, the issue of preemption looms large. In the first part of my look at preemption, I considered the history of how previous federal laws have handled preemption issues. Here, I’ll tackle issues that are likely to arise from a...
US federal privacy preemption part 1: History of federal preemption of stricter state laws
The IAPP has reported on the recent sharp increase in proposals for general U.S. privacy legislation, driven by developments such as the 2018 passage of the California Consumer Privacy Act. One of the most complex and politically charged aspects of such legislation is whether and to what extent a ne...
Spain's new data protection law: More than just GDPR implementation
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Dec. 6, 2018, the Official Gazette of Spain published the Organic Law 3/2018, of December 5, on the Protection of Personal Data and the Guarantee of Digital Rights. The date of the publication of the law is significant as the Constitution Day marks the anniversary of a referendum held in Spain on De...
2019 Global Legislative Predictions
What will the new year bring in privacy and data protection legislation? Well, to name just a few highlights, we've got a handful of EU member states still needing to pass laws addressing the General Data Protection Regulation, India is in the midst of debate over a new law, Brazil's law will get th...
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