Stephanie Bodoni reports: The European Union’s “GDPR” privacy law suffers from “massive flaws” and endless infighting, according to one of the bloc’s top regulators. The General Data Protection Regulation — put in motion with great fanfare three years ago — promised multibillion-euro fines for global companies and faster action to solve 21st century problems. But in reality,…
Category: Laws
California Privacy Protection Agency Holds First Meeting, Preparing for Upcoming Rulemaking
Madeline Salinas, Libbie Canter, Lindsey Tonsager, Sarah Guerrero, and Alexandra Scott of Covington & Burling write: Earlier this month the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) held its inaugural public meeting. The CPPA was created under Proposition 24, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), which was approved by California voters on November 3, 2020. At the…
Public Comments Now Available on Proposed Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule
From HHS OCR: Public Comments Now Available on Proposed Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule Public comments submitted in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule are now available for public viewing on Regulations.gov at: https://www.regulations.gov/document/HHS-OCR-2021-0006-0001. The proposed changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule include strengthening individuals’ rights to…
City of Baltimore May Criminalize the Use of Facial Recognition Technologies by Businesses
Joseph J. Lazzarotti, Jason C. Gavejian, Jody Kahn Mason, Jason Selvey, and Maya Atrakchi of Jackson Lewis write: The Baltimore City Council recently passed an ordinance, in a vote of 13-2, barring the use of facial recognition technology by city residents, businesses, and most of the city government (excluding the city police department) until December…