Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On April 8, 2021, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership (“CIPL”) at Hunton Andrews Kurth submitted comments in response to the Ministry of Public Security (“MPS”) of Vietnam’s Draft Decree on Personal Data Protection (“Draft Decree”). The Draft Decree was published on the MPS website on February 9, 2021 and the deadline to…
Category: Laws
Virginia to Ban Local Police from Using Facial Recognition
From EPIC.org: A bill passed in Virginia will ban local law-enforcement agencies from using facial recognition technology without prior legislative approval starting July 1, 2021. The bill further requires any local police agency eventually authorized to have “exclusive control” over the facial recognition system, preventing the use of Clearview AI and other commercial FR products. However, Virginia…
Effective dates for amended Data Privacy law in Japan announced
Hiroto Imai, Mizue Kakiuchi, and Eva-Marie Koenig of Hogan Lovells write: On 24 March 2021, the Japanese government released the effective dates of substantial amendments to the Japanese Act on the Protection of Personal Information (“APPI”) that had been announced in June 2020, requiring companies to take certain additional measures to protect personal data of data…
Alaska’s Consumer Data Privacy Act: Another CCPA Copycat, but With Its Own Unanswered Questions
Nancy Libin of Davis Wright Tremaine writes: Last week, Alaska joined the growing number of states considering comprehensive consumer privacy legislation when, at the behest of Governor Dunleavy, the Consumer Data Privacy Act was introduced in both chambers of the Alaska legislature. If enacted, the Act would become effective on January 1, 2023. The Act is modeled…