Libbie Canter and Tara Carrier of Covington & Burling write: On September 1, the California legislature passed AB 713, a bill that creates a new healthcare-related exemption under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”). All provisions of the bill will take effect immediately to prevent the CCPA from “negatively impact[ing] certain health-related information and…
Category: Laws
Senate’s encryption backdoor bill is ‘dangerous for Americans,’ says Rep. Lofgren
Zack Whittaker reports: A Senate bill that would compel tech companies to build backdoors to allow law enforcement access to encrypted devices and data would be “very dangerous” for Americans, said a leading House Democrat. […] Senate Republicans in June introduced their latest “lawful access” bill, renewing previous efforts to force tech companies to allow law enforcement…
Seventh Circuit Examines Lifetime GPS Tracking of Sex Offenders
Joe Kelly reports: The Seventh Circuit on Friday weighed the intrusiveness of a Wisconsin statute that institutes lifetime GPS monitoring of certain convicted sex offenders against the necessity of preventing further offenses from that particular class of criminals. The underlying suit was first filed as a federal class action by eight registered sex offenders in…
Republicans Introduce Privacy Bill That Would Override State Laws
Wendy Davis reports: Four Republican senators have introduced a privacy bill that would override state privacy laws, other than ones requiring notifications of data breaches. “The Setting an American Framework to Ensure Data Access, Transparency, and Accountability Act” (SAFE DATA Act), introduced by Sens. Roger Wicker (Mississippi), John Thune (South Dakota), Marsha Blackburn (Tennessee), and Deb Fischer (Nebraska), would also require companies…