Intelligence Feed: May & June 2023

Ireland’s DPC Issues Employee Data Protection Guidance Ireland’s Data Protection Commission announced fresh employer guidance on handling the data of current, former and prospective employees. The DPC said the guidance is aimed at standard data collection, including employees’ names and contact information, but added employers need to also consider nontraditional data like “information on occupational […]

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Intelligence Feed: April 2023

Washington Senate Passes Health Data Bill In a 27-21 vote, the Washington Senate passed HB 1155 proposed legislation on the collection, sharing, and selling of consumer health data. The bill grants consumers the right to access, delete and withdraw consent regarding health data, requires regulated entities and small businesses to obtain consent to collect, share or sell […]

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Intelligence Feed: February 2023

Latest Revisions to Colorado Privacy Act Draft Rules The Colorado attorney general’s office released the second set of revisions to the Colorado Privacy Act draft regulations. Changes from the last revisions released in January include tweaks to business requirements for privacy notices, universal opt-out mechanisms, and honoring consumer rights and opt-out requests. With rules for […]

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Intelligence Feed: December 2022

India’s Data Protection Bill Expected to Pass Summer 2023 Indian Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw is targeting July or August 2023 for passage of the proposed Digital Personal Data Protection Bill. Vaishnaw said “sea change over the years” has led to the drafting of the latest bill and prior proposals, […]

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Intelligence Feed: November 2022

CPRA Rulemaking Process Enters Final Steps The California Privacy Protection Agency’s approval of modifications to draft regulations and subsequent initiation of a public consultation concerning those modifications mark one of the last steps to what’s become an unexpectedly drawn-out process. Included in the updates to the draft rules was language for consideration of a potential […]

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Intelligence Feed: July 2022

CISA Updates Guidance on Secure Cloud Migrations The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency published the second version of its Cloud Security Technical Reference Architecture, providing guidance for organizations on secure transitions to the cloud, security management and more. CISA’s Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity Eric Goldstein said, “all organizations using or migrating to cloud environments […]

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