Amid consideration of building upon the FTC’s role in policing consumer privacy, the agency held a roundtable to discuss current rules and enforcement challenges.
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While supportive, tech companies haggle over federal privacy law
Well past the point of omens, it seems that a federal consumer privacy law is imminent. But what should that law be? How should it mimic GDPR requirements and those of states like California? The devil may be uploaded with the details.
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OneTrust launches California privacy law assessment tool
OneTrust, a privacy management software provider, has launched a free assessment for companies to use to benchmark their preparedness with the California Consumer Privacy Act.
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California data privacy law creates complications beyond GDPR compliance
To consider California’s new Consumer Privacy Act a locally ported version of the EU’s GDPR regime may be understating the full scope of the newly enacted approach to data privacy.
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California is first state to enact a domestic take on EU data protections
Despite the economic clout of the tech sector, California’s state legislators have passed an extensive slate of data privacy rules that take their cue from the EU’s recently enacted General Data Protection Regulation rules.
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Yahoo fined over historic data breach
The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined Yahoo £250,000 (U.S. $331,203) for a cyber-attack that placed 500 million users’ personal information at risk.
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It could get messy for U.S. companies doing business in EU
Don’t be surprised if the EU uses new data privacy laws to combat any secondary sanctions it might face by the Trump administration for continuing to do business in Iran.
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SEC, CFTC make their case for more funding, boosting cyber-security
Requesting increased funding for Fiscal Year 2019 before a Senate committee, the heads of the SEC and CFTC touted the need to ramp up their internal cyber-security efforts and external supervision and enforcement of breaches.
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Taking a pull-the-plug approach to GDPR compliance
Given the two-year lead time, few would have guessed that the best way some organisations would comply with the European Union’s stringent new data rules would be to simply cut access to services.
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1touch.io launches privacy management solution built for GDPR
Technology startup 1touch.io has launched the first data protection and privacy management and control solution born of the enormous growth of privacy regulation globally.
