Seen at Hunton Andrews Kurth: On June 30, 2023, the Delaware House of Representatives passed the Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (H.B. 154) (the “DPDPA”), a day after the Delaware Senate passed the legislation. The DPDPA heads to Governor John Carney for a final signature. This could make Delaware the 13th U.S. state to enact…
Category: Laws
Ill. Supreme Ct. Refuses to Reconsider BIPA Ruling, Despite Warning About ‘Astronomical’ Penalties
Jim Sams reports an update to a case previously noted on this site: The Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to reconsider its 4-3 decision that found violations of the state’s Biometric Privacy Act occur each time an unauthorized scan is made, rejecting arguments that such an interpretation will lead to astronomical damage awards that could destroy…
What Meta’s $1.3 Billion Fine Means For Threads And For Organizations When It Comes To Data Protection
Shelly Kramer at V3B writes: In May 2023, Meta was fined a record-breaking 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) for breaching the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The DPC ruled that Meta broke privacy laws by transferring Facebook EU users’ data illegally from Europe to the United States—and I believe this…
Webinar – The New Breed of State Health Privacy Laws
There are so many webinars each week that I generally don’t sign up for them or post links to them, but this one really caught my eye because there have been so many recent changes at the state level. The New Breed of State Health Privacy Laws Thursday, July 27, 2023 at 2 PM ET…