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Privacy Rules
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Michael Geist Blog
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 260: What the Government Didn’t Want You To Hear About Bill C-4 And Its Weak Political Party Privacy Rules
Last spring, the government quietly inserted provisions that exempt political parties from the application of privacy protections in Bill C-4, an “affordability measures” bill. The government barely acknowledged the provision…
Data Matters
U.S. SEC Regulation S-P and Checklist: Compliance Deadline, December 3, 2025, Approaching for Large Entities
By Ranah Esmaili, Jonathan M. Wilan
On May 16, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) issued amendments to Regulation S-P: Privacy of Consumer Financial Information and Safeguarding Customer Information, which became effective…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
FTC Issues GLBA Safeguard Rule FAQs: What Motor Vehicle Dealers Need to Know
By Odia Kagan
The FTC has issued FAQs for Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) Safeguards Rule compliance by Motor Vehicle Dealers. Here is what you need to know: Step 1: Are you a financial institution?…
Byte Back
New Colorado Privacy Act Rules Adopted
By David Stauss [Former Attorney]
Keypoint: The attorney general's office modified the Colorado Privacy Act Rules to create a process for issuing opinion letters and interpretative guidance and to address the biometric and children’s privacy…
Michael Geist
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 166: Colin Bennett on How the Government Is the Using the Budget Implementation Act to Weaken the Privacy Rules for Political Parties
For the second consecutive year, the government is using the Budget Implementation Act to quietly pass concerning legislation with minimal oversight or public attention. Last year, the BIA was used…
Global Policy Watch
CPPA Posts Updated Draft Rules
By Lindsey Tonsager, Libbie Canter, Jayne Ponder
The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) staff has posted updated draft rules implementing the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) today. As a next step, the rulemaking will undergo a 15-day public comment…
CyberAdviser
Colorado AG Publishes Draft Privacy Rules
By Gregory P. Szewczyk, Kelsey Fayer
On October 1, 2022, the Colorado Attorney General‘s Office announced that it had submitted the first draft of its Rules implementing the Colorado Privacy Act. The draft Colorado Rules run…
CyberAdviser
Colorado AG Gives First Public Comments on Privacy Rules Since April
By Gregory P. Szewczyk, Kelsey Fayer
Colorado Attorney General Philip Weiser gave his first public comments since April last Thursday at Ballard Spahr LLP’s 2022 Annual Colorado Privacy Summit. In an hour-long fireside chat with Ballard…
The Data Advisor
The FTC Privacy Rulemaking: What’s Next?
By Maneesha Mithal, Lydia Parnes
On August 11, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) took the first step toward creating national privacy and security rules that, if finalized, would apply across most sectors of the…
Global Policy Watch
FTC Announces Plans to Begin Privacy Rulemaking In June
Today, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it anticipates proposing a privacy rulemaking this month, with comments closing in August. This announcement follows the agency’s statement in December that it planned to begin…