The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) held its seventh plenary meeting of 2025 and reached a decision to sanction Woori Card Co., Ltd. (Woori Card) for data breaches on March 26, 2025. Administrative sanctions by the PIPC are as follows: A penalty for violations (Gwajingguem) of KRW 13.45 billion; A publication order of sanction results…
How to Self-Evaluate Privacy Services
“How to Self-Evaluate Privacy Services” by Stephen Gielda, founder of Cotse.net and CodaMail privacy services, was originally published at CodaMail and is republished here with permission. Trust Nothing But Your Own Analysis Nowadays, nearly all privacy service recommendations are compromised. Influencers get paid to promote, review sites earn commissions from services they recommend, “independent” audits…
Virginia’s Governor Vetos AI Bill
While Virginia’s governor signed into law a bill protecting reproductive and sexual health data, he vetoed an AI bill. Michelle Dunkin of JacksonLewis writes: On March 24, 2025, Virginia’s Governor vetoed House Bill (HB) 2094, known as the High-Risk Artificial Intelligence Developer and Deployer Act. This bill aimed to establish a regulatory framework for businesses developing…
Virginia Enacts Law Protecting Reproductive and Sexual Health Data
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On March 24, 2025, Virginia Governor Youngkin signed into law S.B. 754, which amends the Virginia Consumer Protection Data Act (“VCDPA”) to prohibit the collection, disclosure, sale or dissemination of consumers’ reproductive or sexual health data without consent. The law defines “reproductive or sexual health information” as “information relating to the past,…