Kristof Van Quathem and Anna Oberschelp de Meneses of Covington and Burling write: Several EU data protection supervisory authorities (“SAs”) have recently issued guidance on cookies. On January 11, 2024, the Spanish SA published guidance on cookies used for audience measurement (often referred to as analytics cookies) (available in Spanish only). On December 20, 2023, the Austrian…
Current Status of US State Privacy Law Deluge: It’s 2024, Do You Know Where Your Privacy Program’s At?
Liisa M. Thomas of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP writes: As we begin the new year, many are wondering whether the growing list of US state privacy laws apply to them, and if so, what steps they should take to address them. For companies that gather information from consumers, especially those that offer loyalty…
800 Chinese CCTV cameras that were banned in EU Parliament set for National Children’s Hospital
Nicola Byrne reports: More than 800 CCTV cameras will be installed at the new National Children’s Hospital, the Irish Mail on Sunday has learned. The CCTV technology at the new Dublin hospital will be provided by Chinese firm, Hikvision, whose cameras were banned from the EU Parliament and the parliament buildings of the US, UK,…
Rutherford Institute Opposes Census Bureau’s Plans to Question Citizens About Mental Health, Psychosocial Disabilities in Mandatory Survey
From The Rutherford Institute: The Rutherford Institute is once again pushing back against the U.S. Census Bureau’s efforts to amass sensitive private information about individual citizens and their property through its mandatory American Community Survey (ACS). In addition to the already extensive and invasive list of personal questions included on the ACS, the Census Bureau…