Gabriella Borter and Sharon Bernstein report: A Michigan judge on Monday blocked local prosecutors from enforcing a 1931 abortion ban, just hours after an appeals court ruled that they could do so, state Attorney General Dana Nessel said. But in Kentucky the latest ruling from a judge reinstates two abortion bans for now, while the…
Category: Laws
Further Thoughts on ADPPA, the Federal Comprehensive Privacy Bill
Law professor and privacy scholar Daniel Solove writes: I recently wrote a post about my concerns about the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) (updated version after markup is here), a bill making its way through Congress that has progress further than many other attempts at a comprehensive privacy law. Despite grading the law a B+, I was skeptical of…
Federal Privacy Law Has Momentum, but There’s a Catch
The concerns over a federal privacy law that would pre-empt state laws continue. In addition to Daniel Solove’s thoughtful piece on the issue and EFF’s concerns, Julia Angwin had a conversation with Cameron Kerry. You can read that conversation on The Markup’s Newsletter.
India Delays Introduction of Data Protection Bill Before Parliament
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On July 24, 2022, the Financial Express published an article on Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the Indian Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, noting that the introduction of the Indian Data Protection Bill (the “Bill”) before Parliament will be delayed by a few months. The Bill was expected to be tabled during the…