The California Privacy Protection Agency Board will host its next meeting over two days beginning Oct. 21 at 2 p.m. local time. The second session begins at Oct. 22 at 9 a.m. local time. Both sessions will feature a discussion and possible action items for sections 7,000-7,304 of the California Consumer Privacy Act.Full Story
On Oct. 24, the European Union and Japan will begin negotiations to include rules on cross-border data flows in their Economic Partnership Agreement.
The U.S. Biden administration released a fact sheet on steps being taken to strengthen and safeguard United States’ cybersecurity, including the creation of a cybersecurity standards label for Internet of Things devices.
On Oct. 7, U.S. President Joe Biden issued an executive order enacting the long-awaited EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. Université Grenoble Alpes' Théodore Christakis, Georgetown University Law Center's Kenneth Propp, and Alston & Bird's Peter Swire, CIPP/US, outline the redress mechanism offered in the executive order, the effective powers of the Data Protection Review Court and if these U.S.
In this week’s global legislative roundup, U.S. President Joe Biden issued an executive order implementing the long-awaited the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. Following the cyberattack of telecommunications company Optus, the Australian government released new consumer privacy rules. And U.K. Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Michelle Donelan announced intent to alter the current approach to U.K. General Data Protection Regulation reform. (IAPP member exclusive.)Full Story
LifeBridge Health agreed to a $9.5 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit over a 2018 data breach that compromised personal data of more than 500,000 patients, HIPAA Journal reports.
U.S. President Joe Biden’s executive order creating a new EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework “clears a path for trans-Atlantic business and diplomacy,” IAPP Chief Knowledge Office Caitlin Fennessy, CIPP/US, writes.
The success of the next generation of cybersecurity and privacy professionals may hinge on their ability to understand their respective core functions.
The European Data Protection Board published its October plenary agenda, which includes a range of notable topics. General matters to be discussed include the selection of strategic enforcement cases and a "wish list" to the European Commission for harmonizing EU General Data Protection Regulation enforcement procedures to improve cooperation.