Patience Haggin reports: Facebook Inc. has told advertisers it doesn’t need to make changes to its web-tracking services to comply with California’s new consumer-privacy law, setting up a potential early clash over how the closely watched law will be enforced once it goes into effect. Facebook is one of several companies in the $130 billion U.S….
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California’s landmark privacy law will have ‘subtle’ effect on hospitals
Jessica Kim Cohen reports that CCPA’s impact on hospitals is not totally clear at this point, and some hospitals will be exempt because they are not-for-profit. Here’s a snippet from her report: Only large, investor-owned hospitals will fall under its purview, according to Lois Richardson, the California Hospital Association’s vice president and legal counsel. But…
India Proposes Updated Personal Data Protection Bill
Kurt Wimmer and Gabe Maldoff of Covington and Burling write More than a year after the Government of India’s Committee of Experts released a draft Personal Data Protection Bill in July 2018 (the “2018 draft”), India is one step closer to passing a comprehensive data privacy law. […] The updated Bill retains the core structure of the…
New Hampshire Bill Would Limit Warrantless Drone Surveillance
Mike Maharrey writes: A bill prefiled in the New Hampshire House would restrict the warrantless and weaponized use of drones by law enforcement. The legislation would not only establish important privacy protections at the state level; it would also help thwart the federal surveillance state. A coalition of four Republicans filed House Bill 1580 (HB1580)…