Jessica Belton reports: The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) last month issued a €27,802,946 fine to telecoms company TIM S.p.A for several GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) infringements and a lack of accountability. The unlawful practices, which occurred between 2017 and 2019, affected millions of individuals, some of whom…
Category: Laws
Sen. Gillibrand proposes a new government agency to protect privacy on the internet
Lauren Feiner reports: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., just unveiled her new proposal for digital privacy legislation, including a new federal agency to enforce consumers’ privacy rights online. It adds to a growing stack of bills aimed at empowering consumers with new digital rights and keeping tech companies’ data collection in check. In a Medium post announcing the bill, Gillibrand name-checks Google and Facebook as…
Face Surveillance Moratorium Introduced in the Senate
From EPIC.org: Senators Cory Booker and Jeff Merkley introduced the Ethical Use of Facial Recognition Act, which would ban the federal government’s use of facial recognition until Congress passes legislation regulating the technology. The bill also prevents state and local government from using federal funds for facial recognition systems and creates a commission to develop guidelines…
Arizona House of Representatives Proposes New Privacy Law
Kevin Heaphy of Ryley Carlock & Applewhite writes: Last week, the Arizona House of Representatives proposed HB 2729, a new privacy law. HB 2729 is more narrow than the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in several ways, and has a few kinks to be ironed out. However, it shows that Arizona, like many states, has an…