Abdulaziz Al-Bosaily, Masha Ooijevaar, and Dino Wilkinson of Clyde & Co write: Saudi Arabia has issued its first comprehensive national data protection law to regulate the collection and processing of personal information. In this article we consider the implications of this important development for organisations operating in the Kingdom. What is the new law? The…
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All California Privacy Protection Agency Comments due November 8, 2021
Alexandra Scott, Libbie Canter & Lindsey Tonsager of Covington and Burling remind us: The California Privacy Protection Agency refreshed its invitation for public comments on the California Privacy Rights Act regulations. It clarified that commenters can comment on the enumerated topics we discussed here or any others. The deadline for the comments is November 8, 2021. Source: InsidePrivacy
Illinois Panel Issues Important Ruling on BIPA Statute of Limitations
Jody Kahn Mason, Joseph J. Lazzarotti, Jason C. Gavejian, and Maya Atrakchi of JacksonLewis write: On September 17, 2021, a three-judge panel of the Illinois Appellate Court for the First Judicial District issued a long-awaited decision regarding the statute of limitations for claims under the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) in Tims v. Black Horse Carriers, Inc. The Tims decision marks the…
Is China’s New Personal Information Privacy Law the New GDPR?
Catherine Zhu of Foley & Lardner writes: China’s new Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL)—the first comprehensive law in China for the protection of personal information of individuals in China—will take effect Nov. 1. Given that China makes up almost a fifth of the world’s population, this means the PIPL’s privacy regulatory framework will soon apply…