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What should a US federal data privacy law ideally include?

July 10, 2019 admin AB 846, AB 873, Brave, Brave browser, California Consumer Privacy Act, data broker, Data Privacy, data privacy laws, data privacy legislation, digital bill of rights, Disconnect, DuckDuckGo, European Union, federal data privacy law, federal data privacy legislation, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, Ghostery, internet service provider, Lavabit, Maine, preempt, preemption, privacy, protonmail, Purism, right to access, social purpose company, US data privacy laws, US data privacy legislation, US Senate Judiciary Committee, Vermont, Vivaldi

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 15:00:00 +0000

What do small, privacy-protective companies think about a federal data privacy law for the US? It turns out, they’re all for it. Here are some of their ideas for US data privacy legislation.

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Maine governor signs ISP privacy bill

June 11, 2019 admin ACLU of Maine, Bangor Daily News, data privacy law, data privacy legislation, Governor Janet Mills, GSI, internet service provider, ISP, Janet Mills, LD 946, Maine, Maine State Chamber of Commerce, Online privacy, online privacy law, online privacy legislation, privacy, Senator Shenna Bellows, Shenna Bellows

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 16:57:38 +0000

Less than one week after Maine Governor Janet Mills received one of the nation’s most privacy-protective state bills on her desk, she signed it into law. The move makes Maine the latest US state to implement its own online privacy protections.

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Maine inches closer to shutting down ISP pay-for-privacy schemes

June 5, 2019 admin ACLU of Maine, AT&T, comcast, Data Privacy, data privacy laws, data privacy legislation, Facebook, google, GWI, internet service provider, ISP, L.D. 946, LD 946, Maine, Maine State Chamber of Commerce, pay-for-privacy, privacy, Ron Wyden, Senator Ron Wyden, Spectrum, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, Wyden

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Unlike a data privacy proposal in the US and a new data privacy law in California, the Maine data privacy bill aimed at Internet Service Providers (ISPs) explicitly shuts down any pay-for-privacy schemes.

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The top six takeaways for corporate data privacy compliance

May 3, 2019 admin apple, California Online Privacy Protection Act, cybersecurity law, cybersecurity laws, data breach notification, data breach notification law, Data Privacy, data privacy compliance, data privacy law, data privacy laws, data privacy legislation, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, Helix DNA, Mozilla, Online privacy, personal data, personal information, personally identifiable information, privacy, Privacy & Policy, protonmail, Security world, signal, Uber, user privacy, WhatsApp

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Fri, 03 May 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Here are Labs’ top six takeaways from our data privacy and cybersecurity law series on corporate data privacy compliance. From emerging startups to burgeoning enterprises, these rules help not just with legal liability, but also user trust.

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What is personal information? In legal terms, it depends

April 11, 2019 admin California Consumer Privacy Act, cybersecurity law, data breach notification, data breach notification law, data privacy legislation, data protection law, European Union, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, Online privacy, personal data, personal information, personally identifiable information, privacy, RSA conference, Security world

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 17:03:02 +0000

What exactly is the “personal information” that companies need to legally protect? Learn which data points organizations need to secure, from Social Security numbers to olfactory, smell-based data (!), to comply with the law.

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US Congress proposes comprehensive federal data privacy legislation—finally

March 28, 2019 admin Amy Klobuchar, Brian Schatz, California Consumer Privacy Act, CDT, Center for Democracy and Technology, comprehensive data privacy law, comprehensive data privacy legislation, Consumer Data Protection Act, data broker, Data Care Act, Data Dissemination Act, Data Privacy, data privacy law, data privacy laws, data privacy legislation, federal legislation, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, Klobuchar, Marco Rubio, privacy, Ron Wyden, Rubio, Schatz, Senator, statewide legislation, Wyden

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 15:00:00 +0000

The United States might be the only country of its size to lack a comprehensive data privacy law protecting its citizens’ online lives. That could change this year.

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