Joseph J. Lazzarotti, Jason C. Gavejian and Maya Atrakchi of Jackson Lewis write: The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which goes into effect January 1, 2020, is considered the most expansive state privacy law in the United States. Organizations familiar with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which became effective on May 25,…
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Thailand’s National Legislative Assembly Passes Data Protection Law
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On February 28, 2019, Thailand’s National Legislative Assembly finally approved and endorsed the draft Personal Data Protection Act (the “PDPA”), which will now be submitted for royal endorsement and subsequent publication in the Government Gazette. Publication is anticipated to occur within the next few weeks. The PDPA provides for a one-year…
‘Privacy Is Becoming a Luxury’: What Data Leaks Are Like for the Poor
Elizabeth Brico reports: When Jayne checked her email on the morning of February 13, she didn’t expect to find anything particularly exciting. The 34-year-old, who asked her real name be withheld out of fear that speaking out could affect her housing benefits, was enjoying a rare moment of relative peace on a snow day in…
UW campuses using big data to predict students at risk of dropping out
Kelly Meyerhofer reports: The University of Wisconsin System recently hired a big-data consulting company to help campuses, other than Madison’s, identify at-risk students and save them from dropping out. The UW System Board of Regents signed in December a $10.8 million contract with Education Advisory Board, buying themselves five years of access to the company’s…