From EPIC.org: The House of Representatives passed the Consumer Protection and Recovery Act (H.R. 2668) Tuesday on a 221-205 vote. The bill explicitly authorizes the Federal Trade Commission to seek monetary relief for injured consumers in federal court and to require bad actors to return money obtained through illegal actions. The amendment to the FTC…
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Covid 19: Italy’s Privacy Guarantor “warns” the Sicily Region
The Guarantor for the protection of personal data has warned the Region of Sicily and all the subjects involved (provincial health companies, employers, competent doctors) that the processing of personal data carried out in implementation of the ordinance n. 75 of 7 July 2021 of the President of the Sicily Region, in the absence of corrective…
The Past, Present and Future of US Privacy Law
From WilmerHale: In this article published by the Seton Hall Law Review (Vol. 51: Iss. 5, Article 5), Kirk Nahra discusses the history of privacy law, the current privacy structure, and what to expect for the future. Excerpt: Modern United States privacy law is roughly twenty years old. Even though still in its relative infancy, privacy law is…
50-State Survey of Health Care Information Privacy Laws
Seyfarth Shaw LLP has made a resource freely available: Seyfarth is pleased to provide you with our 50-State Survey of Health Care Information Privacy Laws. The world continues to struggle with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and pressures mount on health care organizations to properly share personal health information. While resources abound on how federal…