Neil C. Hughes writes: While much of the world is focussed on the COVID-19 pandemic, the US Senate recently voted to expand its surveillance powers. As part of a reauthorization of the Patriot Act, law enforcement agencies such as the FBI and CIA can continue to look through the browsing history of American citizens without the…
Category: Laws
Democrats in House and Senate Introduce Public Health Emergency Privacy Act
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On May 14, 2020 Democrats in both the House and Senate introduced the Public Health Emergency Privacy Act (“the Act”). In the House, the Act was sponsored by Representatives Jan Schakowsky (IL), Anna Eshoo (CA) and Suzan DelBene (WA), and in the Senate was sponsored by Senators Richard Blumenthal (CT) and Mark Warner…
Singapore: Important Changes Proposed To Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act
DLA Piper writes: Organisations should plan ahead for significant changes to Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act (“PDPA”), proposed in a consultation paper published on 14 May 2020. It is likely that most of the amendments set out in the draft Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Bill 2020 (“Bill”) will be passed, since the PDPC has previously…
Do we need tougher breach notification rules?
Hell, yes! Oh, you want more rationale and calm analysis? Read Nic Fearn’s reporting: When Travelex was hit by a ransomware attack on New Year’s Eve, not just taking down its website, but the systems that enable it to do business, it was days before it even admitted it. Even then, it would only say…