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UK ICO Publishes New Guidance on Subject Access Requests

United Kingdom - May 25 2023 On May 24, 2023, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) announced it published new guidance for businesses and employers on responding to…

FTC Proposes Amendments to Health Breach Notification Rule

USA - May 25 2023 On May 18, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission announced it is seeking comment to proposed changes to the Health Breach Notification Rule (the “Rule”)…

UK Information Commissioner Delivers Opening Remarks at European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

European Union, United Kingdom - May 23 2023 On May 23, 2023, the UK Information Commissioner, John Edwards, delivered the opening remarks at the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil…

New York State Passes Prohibition on Geofences Around Health Care Facilities

USA - May 22 2023 On May 3, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law fiscal bill A.3007C/S.4007, which contains provisions prohibiting the establishment of…

FTC Brings Enforcement Action Against Pregnancy App for Sharing Sensitive Data

USA - May 22 2023 On May 17, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission issued a consumer alert regarding the Premom Ovulation Tracker app (“Premom”) sharing sensitive…

Irish Regulator Fines Meta 1.2 Billion Euros and Orders it to Cease Data Transfers to the U.S.

European Union, Ireland, USA - May 22 2023 On May 22, 2023, the Irish Data Protection Commission (the “DPC”) announced a €1.2 billion fine against Meta Ireland for unlawfully transferring…

FTC Issues Policy Statement on Biometric Information and Section 5 of the FTC Act to Address Concerns about Misuse

USA - May 19 2023 On May 18, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission issued a policy statement on “Biometric Information and Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act.”…

EDPB Adopts Guidelines on Facial Recognition in the Area of Law Enforcement

European Union, USA - May 18 2023 On May 17, 2023, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted the final version of its Guidelines on facial recognition Technologies in the area…

Florida Comprehensive State Privacy Law Sent to Governor for Signature

USA - May 17 2023 On May 4, 2023, the Florida Senate and House of Representatives voted in favor of sending the Florida Digital Bill of Rights (“FDBR”) and other…

CNIL Publishes Action Plan on AI

France - May 16 2023 On May 16, 2023, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) announced its action plan on artificial intelligence (the “AI Action Plan”). The…