Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On November 8, 2021, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law A.430/S.2628 (the “Act”), which requires private employers with a place of business in New York State to provide their employees prior written notice, upon hiring, of any electronic monitoring, as defined in the Act, to which the employees will be subjected…
Category: Laws
Progress on the Pending EU ePrivacy Regulation
Dan Cooper, Kristof Van Quathem, and Anna Oberschelp de Meneses of Covington & Burling write: According to a leaked draft, on November 4, 2021, the Council of the European Union (“Council”) and the European Parliament (“Parliament”) agreed a number of amendments to the following three chapters of the draft ePrivacy Regulation, which will replace the…
Russia Slaps Google With New Fine For Violating Internet Law
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports: A Russian court has ordered Google to pay 2 million rubles ($28,085) for violating the country’s rules on banned content. In recent months, Russian courts have ordered Google to pay fines totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars for failing to delete banned content on its search engine and YouTube. Read…
Illinois Enacts Protecting Household Privacy Act
Jim Garland, Alexander Berengaut, Megan Crowley, and Chloe Goodwin of Covington & Burling write: On August 27, 2021, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law the Protecting Household Privacy Act (“PHPA”). The law governs how, and under what conditions, Illinois law enforcement agencies may acquire and use data from household electronic devices, commonly referred to as “smart…