Statutes, Rules & Regulations

On January 16, 2015, President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron agreed to deepen their cybersecurity cooperation to better protect American and British citizens. Obama assured that they will work “to find … a consistent framework whereby our publics have confidence that their government can both protect them, but not abuse our capacity to operate in […]

On January 29, 2015, the House Technology & Economic Development Committee passed Bill 1093 which prohibits flying drones onto someone’s private property and record them without their consent. “The legislature intends to protect personal privacy by prohibiting the use of unmanned aircraft equipped with sensing devices that collect personal information, including images of individuals on […]

German data watchdogs met in Berlin on January 28, 2015, to discuss the transfer of data between the EU and the USA. The leaders debated on the validity of the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework in the post-Snowden era. The details of the discussion are available at https://www.huntonprivacyblog… More information is available at http://www.zdnet… The conference’s program (in […]

The Chilean government has just published an open consultation about its data protection bill. The text of the bill – which is expected to be a “European style” data protection law – will be published soon. More information are available in English here, and here, and in Spanish here and here Follow us on& Like us on   

January 16, 2015: “We would like to keep you informed on progress of the amendments to the Federal Law № 242-FZ introducing amendments to the Federal Law “On personal data” and to the Federal Law “On information, information technologies and protection of information” (hereinafter – the “Law”) that has been adopted earlier on July 21, […]

New Jersey Bill no. 562 requires health insurers in the state to encrypt personal information stored in their system. Insurance carriers shall not maintain computerized records that include personal information, “unless that information is secured by encryption or by any other method or technology”. The requirement is stronger than what’s included in HIPAA, which considers encryption […]

On January 13, 2015, President Obama announced a New Cybersecurity Legislative Proposal and other cybersecurity efforts. The proposal – which the Congress will evaluate – increases the prosecution of cybercrimes and toughen penalties for them. It also encourages cybersecurity information sharing and proposes one federal statute for data breach reporting. More information available at http://www.whitehouse… […]

Senate Bill n. 1710 amended sections 1798.81.5, 1798.82, and 1798.85 of California Civil Code. Cal. Civ. Code §§ 1798.81.5, 1798.82, and 1798.85 (personal information privacy) will go into effect on January 1, 2015. The amendments enhanced the protection of California residents’ personal information by: requiring the entity notifying a data breach to provide appropriate identity theft prevention […]

On November 12, 2014, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and the Association of Global Automakers issued the Consumer Privacy Protection Principles for vehicle technologies and services. The Principles apply to the collection, use, and sharing of personal information in association with vehicles’ technologies and services available on cars and light trucks sold or leased to […]

Senate Bill n. 568 added chapter 22.1 (commencing with Section 22580) to Division 8 of California Business and Professions Code. The law will go into effect on January 1, 2015. The law requires the operator of a website, online service or application directed to minors under 18 – or an operator that has actual knowledge that […]