On May 10, 2022, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law an Act Concerning Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring (“Connecticut Data Privacy Act”, “CTDPA” or the “Act”). Like the California Privacy Rights Act, Colorado Privacy Act, Utah Consumer Privacy Act, and Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act, the Act provides…
Millions of vaccinated Americans — now maskless — surely can’t wait to rekindle their love affair with their iPhone’s facial recognition technology. Meanwhile, these same people are probably less eager for the bars, restaurants, and theaters they visit to collect that same facial data and other biometric information without their…
On 13 April 2021, the British Virgin Islands (“BVI” or “Virgin Islands”) became the latest jurisdiction to enact a comprehensive information privacy law when the territory published the Data Protection Act, 2021 (the “DPA 2021” or the “Act”) in its Official Gazette. Despite being a territory of the United Kingdom, the Virgin…