Hayley Tsukayama writes: Momentum for state privacy bills has been growing over the past couple of years, as lawmakers respond to privacy invasions and constituent demand to address them. As several states end their legislative sessions for the year and lawmakers begin to plan for next year, we urge them to pay special attention to…
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Virginia’s New Data Privacy Law: An Uncertain Next Step for State Data Protection
Colin Zick and Christopher Escobedo Hart of Foley Hoag write: On March 2, 2021, Governor Ralph Northam signed the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA) into law. This made Virginia the second state to enact a consumer privacy and data security law, and follows hot the heels of California’s Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the newly-enacted California…
Madison School District spent $30K to investigate evidence of hidden cameras at East High
Elizabeth Beyer reports: The Madison School District paid more than $30,000 for a third-party investigator to look into circumstances surrounding the installation of hidden cameras in an East High School coach’s office. The district has so far not released the full report put together by MWH Law Group, the firm tapped to conduct the investigation….
Orange County Prosecutors Operate “Vast, Secretive” Genetic Surveillance Program
Jordan Smith reports: William Thompson, a professor emeritus of criminology and law at the University of California, Irvine, lives in University Hills, an on-campus residential community that affords, as he says, “poorly paid academics” in an area with high housing costs the ability to live near work. He was outside one day a few years ago…