Dan Cooper, Kristof Van Quathem, Nicholas Shepherd, and Anna Oberschelp de Meneses of Covington & Burling write: On June 24, 2020, the European Commission (“Commission”) published its much-anticipated assessment of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) two years after it went into effect. The assessment takes into account contributions from the European Council, the European Parliament,…
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In Privacy Legislation, a Private Right of Action Is Not an All-or-Nothing Proposition
This article is part of a three-part Lawfare series on how to address federal privacy legislation in the United States. The recommendations in this article, along with a recently published section on preemption, are adapted from a June 2020 Brookings Institution report, “Bridging the Gaps: A Path Forward to Federal Privacy Legislation.” Cameron F. Kerry and John B….
California Privacy Rights Act to Appear on November 2020 Ballot
Bret Cohen, Mark Brennan, Timothy Tobin, and Filippo Raso of Hogan Lovells write: It’s official. The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) has received enough valid signatures to appear on the November 2020 ballot. And if polling from late last year remains accurate, California voters are likely to approve it. If voters approve the initiative, the CPRA would significantly expand…
Jamaican Senate passes privacy bill
Meera Narendra reports that Jamaica’s new Data Protection Act 2020 was passed in the Senate and will take effect in 2022. Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, Leader of Government Business, said the bill will take effect after a two-year transitional period, whereby a public education exercise will be undertaken. “It is anticipated that during this transition…