In today’s episode of “Let’s mitigate this data leak by violating the privacy of people who happened to view it,” we bring you the government of Nova Scotia and a privacy lawyer who didn’t appreciate them violating his privacy. Canadian privacy lawyer David Fraser has a story to share with you. It’s a story about…
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India proposes easier cross-border data transfers under new privacy law
Munsif Vengattil and Aditya Kaira report: India on Friday proposed a new data privacy law that will allow companies to transfer some users’ data abroad, while giving the federal government powers to exempt state agencies from the law in the interests of national security. The proposed law would be the latest regulation that could impact…
California Expands the Scope of the CMIA to Cover Certain Digital Mental Health Services and Information
Libbie Canter, Anna D. Kraus, Tara Carrier, Olivia Vega, and Elizabeth Brim of Covington and Burling write: In a new post on the Covington Digital Health blog, our colleagues discuss a recent amendment to California’s Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (“CMIA”) that expands the scope of the law to cover mental health services that are delivered…
FTC Announces Six-Month Extension for Compliance with Some Changes to Gramm-Leach-Bliley Safeguards Rule
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On November 15, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission announced a six-month extension for companies to comply with certain updated requirements of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act’s Safeguards Rule, a set of data security provisions covered financial institutions must implement to protect their customers’ personal information. The new deadline is June 9, 2023. The FTC announced updates to…