Tagged as: Privacy Compliance

New Jersey Privacy Law Helps Expand US Consumer Privacy System

On Jan. 16, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) signed the New Jersey Data Privacy Act into law. Its passage makes New Jersey the 14th state to adopt a comprehensive consumer data privacy law. Given the NJDPA’s nuances compared to other current state privacy laws, companies subject to the New Jersey law will have…

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CJEU ADM Decision Casts Wide Net Over Credit Scoring Agencies

On December 7, 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) delivered a landmark decision against SCHUFA Holding AG (“SCHUFA”) that will likely impact how the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) applies to credit scoring agencies. In the decision, OQ v. Land Hessen, the CJEU decided that…

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Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act: What Businesses Need to Know

On September 11, 2023, Delaware Governor John Carney signed House Bill No. 154, referred to as the Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (DPDPA), into law. With the passage of the DPDPA, Delaware became the thirteenth state to adopt a comprehensive consumer data privacy law, joining California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Iowa, Indiana, Tennessee, Montana, Florida, Texas, and Oregon. The DPDPA…

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Massachusetts Proposes Sweeping Requirements for Processing Mobile Device Location Data

In January 2023, companion bills on “An act protecting reproductive health access, LGBTQ lives, religious liberty and freedom of movement by banning the sale of cell phone location information” were proposed in the Massachusetts House of Representatives (H357) and in the Senate (S148). This proposed legislation is also known as…

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EU/UK Privacy & Cybersecurity News Roundup – Week of May 22, 2023

Data privacy case law and legislation is constantly updated in the United Kingdom and European Union to address key issues. In order to track the latest developments, we have set out a brief overview of case law updates, legislation, guidance and news.         Case Law Updates and…

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EU/UK Privacy & Cybersecurity News Roundup - Week of May 15, 2023

Data privacy case law and legislation is constantly updated in the United Kingdom and European Union to address key issues. In order to track the latest developments, we have set out a brief overview of case law updates, legislation, guidance and news.         Case Law Updates and…

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EU/UK Privacy & Cybersecurity News Roundup - Week of March 27, 2023

Data privacy case law and legislation is constantly updated in the United Kingdom and European Union to address key issues. In order to track the latest developments, we have set out a brief overview of case law updates, legislation, guidance and news. Case Law Updates On 16 March 2023, the…

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EU/UK Privacy & Cybersecurity News Roundup - Week of February 27, 2023

Data privacy case law and legislation is constantly updated in the United Kingdom and European Union to address key issues. In order to track the latest developments, we have set out a brief overview of case law updates, legislation, guidance and news. Case Law Updates In October 2020, the ICO…

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New Swiss Data Protection Law Will Become Effective September 1st, 2023 – What You Need to Know

On September 25, 2020, the Swiss Parliament approved revisions to Switzerland’s data protection law, the Federal Act on Data Protection of June 19, 1992 or FADP (“Revised FADP”). On August 31, 2022, the Swiss Federal Council decided that the Revised FADP will be brought into force on September 1st, 2023…

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