Colleen O’Dea reports: In a case with potentially broad implications for both public schools and public access to student records, the state Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that those records are confidential and not subject to disclosure, even if redacted, under New Jersey’s public records law. Still, in limited instances and under a separate state…
Category: Laws
NY’s Data Privacy Bill Failed; Is There Hope Next Session?
Lucas Ropek reports: Though it was hailed as a potentially groundbreaking bill, the New York Privacy Act (NYPA) failed to materialize during the state’s most recent session. Had it done so, the bill would have introduced a regulatory framework that rivaled or potentially even surpassed that of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the first major…
When May ICE Agents Enter Residences or Private Premises to Make Arrests?
Dan Cadman writes: An interesting question has arisen in the context of the much-ballyhooed recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) enforcement operations to apprehend alien fugitives: when can ICE agents enter private premises to effect an arrest? […] Here’s a short primer on the “rules of engagement”: In the course of their duties, ICE agents…
The European Data Protection Board and the European Data Protection Supervisor consider the European Commission to be a processor of patient data in the eHealth Digital Service Infrastructure
Kristof Van Quathem and Anna Oberschelp de Meneses of Covington & Burling write: On July 12, 2019, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (“EDPS”) issued a joint opinion on the processing of patient data and the role of the European Commission within the eHealth Digital Service Infrastructure (“eHDSI”). […]…