Thailand Delays Data Protection Law Because of COVID-19
Written by: Richard Sheinis, Esq. Thailand’s Personal Data Protection Act was passed in May 2019, and was scheduled to go into effect May 27, 2020. The Act is very similar to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation.
EDPB Issues Statement on Hungary’s Decree to Suspend Rights Bestowed to Data Subjects Under the GDPR
Written by: Brett Lawrence, Esq. On May 4, 2020, Hungary issued a governmental decree suspending the rights of data subjects under Articles 15 to 22 of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) in an attempt to contain the spre
Brazilian LGPD Effective and Enforcement Dates in Flux
Written by: Charles R. Langhorne IV, Esq. Brazil’s new data privacy law, the “LGPD,” was set to go into effect on August 15, 2020. The LGPD is based largely on the European Union’s GDPR. Due to the impact COVID-19 has had on businesses,
Dutch Court Goes Too Far In Enforcing Privacy Regulation
Written by: Richard Sheinis, Esq. A Dutch court has ruled that a grandmother is violating the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation by posting photographs of her grandchildren on her social media account without the consent of the children
Washington D.C. Amends Data Breach Notification Statute
Written by: Charles R. Langhorne IV, Esq. Washington D.C. amended its data breach notification statute at the end of March. The new law is set to take effect by June 13, 2020. This is the first update to the law since it was passed in 2007. Pers
HHS Reduces Enforcement of HIPAA Violations for COVID-19 Community Based Testing Sites
Written by: Brett Lawrence, Esq. On April 14, 2020, The Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced it will exercise further enforcement discretion in easing back penalties f
European Data Protection Board Calls Out Adtech Industry Over Cookie Consent Practices
Written by: Charles R. Langhorne, IV, Esq. As we continue to wait for the ePrivacy Regulation, the European Union is being left to govern cookie consent procedures on their own. Some individual member states are taking it upon themselves to iss
CCPA 2.0 May Be On the November Ballot
Written by: Charles R. Langhorne, IV, Esq. The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) is not set to be enforced until at least July, but just last week the group that spearheaded the CCPA ballot initiative in 2018 has submitted 900
European Data Protection Board Issues Guidelines On The Use of Location Data and Contact Tracing Tools In the Context of COVID-19
Written by: Richard Sheinis, Esq. Unlike the United States, where Senators are first introducing legislation to deal with the use of personal information in the context of COVID-19, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) relies
Senators Introduce Bill to Protect Personal Data Amidst COVID-19
Written by: Richard Sheinis, Esq. On April 30, 2020, Republican Senators Wicker (MS), Thune (SD), Moran (KS) and Blackburn (TN), announced the introduction of the “COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act,” intended to protect health, g