Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On September 9, 2020, Portland, Oregon became the first jurisdiction in the country to ban the private-sector use of facial recognition technology in public places within the city, including stores, restaurants and hotels. The city Ordinance was unanimously passed by the Portland City Council and will take effect on January 1, 2021….
Category: Laws
European Data Protection Board publishes draft guidelines on the concepts of controller and processor
Yung Shin Van Der Sype and Wim Nauwelaerts of Alston & Bird write: The European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) has published draft guidelines on the concepts of controller and processor for public consultation. While its predecessor – the Article 29 Working Party – had issued guidance on the concepts of controller/processor (Opinion 1/2010, WP169) back in…
Here come the Covid Detention Centers
Bill Sardi writes: New York State bill A99 which is now under consideration in the NY State legislature. It allows the state to take an individual “suspected” of being infected or contaminated to a detention center and there compel her or him to receive any medical treatment deemed necessary – including forced vaccination. – See…
Brazil’s LGPD to take immediate effect
Julian Flamant of Hogan Lovells writes: As we have reported, Brazil’s Congress and President have traded proposals over the past few months to delay the effective date of the LGPD in order to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on companies (see our previous stories here, here, and here). Most recently, the Chamber of Deputies voted to approve a…