Libbie Canter, Sarah Parker, Jayne Ponder, and Hensey A. Fenton III of Covington & Burling write: On February 24, Congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10) formally introduced his bill to modernize the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLBA”) in the House as H.R. 1165. The bill was first released as a discussion draft in June 2022, although the latest version reflects a number…
Category: Laws
A Proposed Compromise: the State Data Privacy and Protection Act
Caitriona Fitzgerald, EPIC Deputy Director, writes: Americans faces a data privacy crisis. For more than two decades, without any meaningful restrictions on their business practices, powerful technology companies have built systems that invade our private lives, spy on our families, and gather the most intimate details about us for profit. Through a vast, opaque system…
State Child Privacy Law Update
Kirk J. Nahra, Ali A. Jessani, and Genesis Ruano of WilmerHale write : In addition to the numerous comprehensive privacy laws that have been proposed in at least 20 states thus far in 2023, legislative trends demonstrate an emerging focus on regulations that address specific types of information, including the personal information of children. To…
Signal says it’ll shut down in UK if Online Safety Bill approved
Thomas Claburn reports: Encrypted chat service Signal says it will stop operating in the UK if the British government goes ahead with its Online Safety Bill. The Online Safety Bill contemplates bypassing encryption using device-side scanning to protect children from harmful material, and coincidentally breaking the security of end-to-end encryption at the same time. It’s currently being considered in…