Stephanie Bodoni and Katharine Gemmell of Bloomberg report: Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp was ordered to pay a 225 million-euro ($266 million) penalty for failing to be transparent about how it handled personal information, its first fine under beefed-up European Union data protection law. The Irish Data Protection Commission — Silicon Valley’s main privacy watchdog in Europe…
Category: Laws
In 5-4 vote, Supreme Court leaves Texas abortion ban in place
Amy Howe reports: Nearly 24 hours after a Texas law that bans nearly all abortions in the state went into effect, the Supreme Court on Wednesday confirmed what it had previously only implied through its failure to act the night before: The court rejected a request to block enforcement of the law, which abortion providers…
Illinois’ Protecting Household Privacy Act Was Signed Into Law. Now What?
Odia Kagan of Fox Rothschild writes: On August 27, 2021, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed the Protecting Household Privacy Act into law. It goes into effect Jan. 1, 2022. House Bill 2553 prohibits Illinois law enforcement agencies from obtaining household electronic data or direct the acquisition of household electronic data from a private third party….
Ohio Introduces CCPA-like Consumer Privacy Bill
Delonie A. Plummer of JacksonLewis writes: Consumer privacy issues are as a hot as ever, and on the radar of the state and federal legislature alike. Following in the footsteps of California, and most recently Virginia and Colorado, Ohio introduced a comprehensive consumer privacy bill, the Ohio Personal Privacy Act (the “Act”). By introducing the Act, Ohio…