On Monday 29 April, new cyber security requirements entered into force in the United Kingdom. They apply to connected products sold to consumers and place obligations on the manufacturers, importers and distributors of those products.
Background
On April 4, 2024, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear signed House Bill 15, an act related to Kentucky consumer data privacy (“KCDPA”). Kentucky now joins the expanding list of states with comprehensive state privacy legislation, with the KCDPA set to
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) is taking bold actions to challenge business’s collection and monetization of consumers’ personal data—particularly sensitive personal data. This month, the FTC reached settlements with a data broker, X-Mode Social and its successor Outlogic LLC (“X-Mode”),
Disclaimer: The blogpost below is based on a previously published Thomson Reuters Practical Law practice note (EU AI Act: data protection aspects (EU)) and only presents a short overview of and key takeaways from this practice note. This blogpost has
The California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) has been active since the start of the year. In this blog post we summarize some key activities of the CPPA to date in 2024, including:
The European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) has adopted an Opinion (“EDPB Opinion”) on the validity of consent to process personal data for the purposes of behavioural advertising in the context of ‘consent or pay’ models deployed by large online platforms. The
Data classification and grading is an obligation that each data handler must comply with under the Chinese data protection laws. Data handlers have been waiting for clear requirements and standards on how to carry out the relevant work. The newly
This month, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”) released its long-awaited proposed draft regulations pursuant to the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (“CIRCIA” or the “Act”).
The Act was enacted
On March 6, 2024, the New Hampshire Governor signed into law Senate Bill 255 (the “NH Act”), making New Hampshire the 15th state to adopt a comprehensive state privacy law. The NH Act will take effect January 1, 2025. This
On 7 March 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its judgment in the Endemol Shine case (C-740/22), holding that the concept of ‘processing’ under the GDPR includes the oral disclosure of personal data.
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