From the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, this announcement on September 17: The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) is inviting public feedback on draft guidance to help businesses comply with new mandatory breach reporting requirements under the federal private sector privacy law. Amendments to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic…
Category: Announcements
NIST Launches Development of Voluntary Privacy Risk Management Framework
Sheila L. Millar and Tracy P. Marshall of Keller and Heckman LLP write: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has launched a collaborative effort to develop a voluntary framework that will help organizations manage privacy risks and protect consumer privacy when developing and using innovative technologies. Read more on National Law Review.
Department of Commerce Launches Collaborative Privacy Framework Effort
From NIST: GAITHERSBURG, Md. – Innovative technologies such as the “internet of things” (IoT) and artificial intelligence enhance convenience, efficiency and economic growth. At the same time, these and other technologies increasingly require complex networking environments and use detailed data about individuals that can make protecting their privacy harder. To help meet this challenge, the U.S….
FTC Announces Hearings On Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century
June 20 – The Federal Trade Commission today announced that the agency will hold a series of public hearings on whether broad-based changes in the economy, evolving business practices, new technologies, or international developments might require adjustments to competition and consumer protection enforcement law, enforcement priorities, and policy. The multi-day, multi-part hearings, which will take…