Latest Data Privacy Headlines
All the headlines from our Data Privacy Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Tennessee Insurance Data Security Law to Take Effect July 1
May 24 2021 // A law passed by the Tennessee General Assembly in its latest session will give insurance consumers in the state new protections for their personal, medical and financial information, according to the Tennessee Department...
Maine One of Latest States to Enact NAIC-Inspired Insurance Data Security Act
May 6 2021 // Maine is one of the latest states to enact its own version of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) model data security law, signing the Maine Insurance Data Security Act into law on March 17. The NAIC...
U.S.-Style Google iPhone Privacy Case Viewed as a Landmark for UK Class Actions
Apr 29 2021 // A proposed multi-billion pound British class action against Google, which alleges the internet giant secretly tracked millions of iPhone users, is not viable and should not be allowed to proceed, the Supreme Court was told...
Florida House Overwhelmingly Approves Consumer Privacy Bill
Apr 23 2021 // The Florida House resoundingly approved a consumer privacy bill on Wednesday, giving the public an opportunity to regain ownership of the personal data collected by companies and the right to sue companies for mishandling...
TikTok Faces Damages Claim Worth Billions in London Child-Privacy Lawsuit
Apr 21 2021 // LONDON – TikTok, the wildly popular video app, and its Chinese parent ByteDance could face a damages claim worth billions of pounds (dollars) in London’s High Court over allegations they illegally harvested the...
Oklahoma House Passes Computer Data Privacy Act
Mar 8 2021 // Concerned about data privacy and data manipulation, the Oklahoma House of Representatives has passed an opt-in data privacy bill with a bipartisan vote of 85 to 11. The Oklahoma Computer Data Privacy Act, House Bill 1602,...
Judge Questions Why Facebook May Have Overpaid in Data Privacy Settlement
Feb 11 2021 // Facebook Inc. may have paid $4.9 billion more than the maximum penalty it faced under a settlement agreement with regulators related to allegations it mishandled user privacy, according to a Wednesday court ruling. The...
Opt-In Data Privacy Legislation Moves Forward in Oklahoma
Feb 10 2021 // Bipartisan legislation to address concerns over data privacy and data manipulation unanimously passed out of the Oklahoma House Technology Committee with a vote of 6 to 0. The Oklahoma Computer Data Privacy Act, House Bill...
Consumers Open to Sharing Personal Data with Insurers But Worry About Data Security
Jan 26 2021 // If it means reduced premiums, consumers are willing to share their personal information with insurers but they question whether insurers can protect their data. The number of consumers willing to share significant data on...
EU Privacy Agency Does Not Expect New EU-US Data Privacy Accord Any Time Soon
Dec 7 2020 // Companies hoping the EU and the new U.S. administration will soon strike a new transatlantic data transfer pact to replace one struck down by a court will probably have to wait months for any result, the head of the EU...
Top Biden Tech Advisor Is Critic of Internet Firms; Helped Craft California Privacy Law
Nov 25 2020 // President-elect Joe Biden’s top technology adviser helped craft California’s landmark online privacy law and recently condemned a controversial federal statute that protects internet companies from liability,...
Data Privacy Law Expansion Approved by California Voters
Nov 9 2020 // In the state that is home to Silicon Valley and serves as the headquarters for Google, Facebook and other tech titans, voters strengthened data privacy protections by approving a ballot measure that supporters tout as a...
UK’s Post-Brexit Privacy Protections Fail EU Data Protections, Activist Warns
Oct 12 2020 // UK privacy protections were criticized by an activist who told the European Union that the British shouldn’t be trusted to protect user data after Brexit. The personal data of EU citizens “do not at present...
Major U.S. Tech Firms Look to Be Ignoring Europe’s Data Privacy Rules
Sep 28 2020 // Technology firms’ compliance with European restrictions on transatlantic data transfers is shockingly poor, Austrian privacy campaigner Max Schrems said on Monday, publishing a survey of companies including Facebook...
How Spain’s COVID Tracing App Navigates Europe’s Privacy Protections
Sep 17 2020 // “What does RadarCOVID not do?” a promotional video for Spain’s contact-tracing app asks. The answer: while navigating the country’s decentralized healthcare system, it does not locate users,...
Dispute Among EU Regulators Delays Twitter Data Privacy Fine
Aug 20 2020 // Some European Union regulators objected to Ireland’s preliminary ruling in a landmark privacy investigation of Twitter, the lead regulator said on Thursday, triggering a process where a majority decision will be...
Cable Appointed Chief of New Data Privacy and Security Division in Mass. AG’s Office
Aug 14 2020 // Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has announced the creation of the Data Privacy and Security Division within her office to protect consumers from threats to the privacy and security of their data. Healey has...
European Union Court Invalidates Special Data Privacy Shield Granted U.S. Firms
Jul 16 2020 // LUXEMBOURG – Europe’s highest court ruled on Thursday that a transatlantic data transfer deal is invalid because of concerns about U.S. surveillance in a decision that could disrupt thousands of companies that...
Ireland, Luxembourg Lag in Support for Policing EU Data Privacy Compliance
Jun 25 2020 // Ireland and Luxembourg, European headquarters to Google, Facebook, Twitter and Amazon, need a substantial boost in resources to deal with data breaches by U.S. tech giants, a European Union report said. The report by the...
States Sharing of COVID-19 Patients’ Data With First Responders Sparks Privacy Concern
May 21 2020 // More than 11 million people have been tested in the U.S. for COVID-19, all with the assurance that their private medical information would remain protected and undisclosed. Yet, public officials in at least two-thirds of...
