Wouter Seinen of Pinsent Masons writes: Under Article 27 of the GDPR, controllers or processors that are not established in the EU but nevertheless process EU citizens’ personal data for the purposes of offering goods or services or monitoring their behaviour must “designate in writing a representative in the Union”, subject to limited exceptions. The designated representative…
Category: Laws
NYC Council Passes Data Privacy Bill That Would Impose Rigorous Requirements On Owners of “Smart Access” Buildings
Damon W. Silver and Gregory C. Brown Jr. of JacksonLewis write: As we noted in our last post, there has been a flurry of data privacy and security activity in New York, with the State appearing poised to join California as a leader in this space. Most recently, on April 29, 2021, the New York City…
Senate Bill Would Expand Federal Children’s Privacy Protections
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On May 11, 2021, Senators Edward Markey (D-MA) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (the “Bill”). The Bill, which would amend the existing Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”), would prohibit companies from collecting personal information from children ages 13 to 15 without their…
Ca: Commissioner: Reform bill “a step back overall” for privacy
GATINEAU, QC, May 11, 2021 – A bill aimed at modernizing Canada’s outdated private sector privacy law would be “a step back overall” from the current law and needs significant changes if confidence in the digital economy is to be restored, the federal Privacy Commissioner says. At the request of the House of Commons Standing Committee on…