Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On April 29, 2021, China issued a second version of the draft Personal Information Protection Law (“Draft PIPL”). The Draft PIPL will be open for public comments until May 28, 2021. While the framework of this version of the Draft PIPL is the same as the prior version issued on October 21, 2020,…
Category: Laws
US State Privacy Law Check-In
Christopher J. Buontempo and Cynthia J. Larose of Mintz write: In a previous update, we provided a comprehensive round-up of several notable pending US state privacy laws. We are checking-in on the progression of some of those laws in this further update. The next installment will update the remaining state laws in progress. New Laws Virginia…
China Publishes Draft Security Standard on Facial Recognition
Hunton Andrews Kurth write: On April 23, 2021, the National Information Security Standardization Technical Committee of China published a draft standard (in Chinese) on Security Requirements of Facial Recognition Data (the “Standard”). The Standard, which is non-mandatory, details requirements for collecting, processing, sharing and transferring data used for facial recognition. The Standard is one of many new…
The Washington Privacy Act goes 0 for 3
Jim Halpert and Samantha Kersul write: For the third straight year, the Washington State Legislature missed an opportunity to pass a multi-rights general data privacy bill before it adjourned Sunday. The failure illustrates the difficulty of passing broad privacy legislation in an environment where both business and privacy and trial lawyer groups are well organized and…