The Irish Data Protection Commission has issued guidance on data breach notification under GDPR. Attorneys at Fox Rothschild have prepared a summary that begins: Key takeaways: A personal data breach is a security incident that negatively impacts the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of personal data, with the consequence that the controller is unable to ensure…
Category: Legislation
Massachusetts Senator Introduces Legislation Imposing Obligations on Data Brokers
Odia Kagan of Fox Rothschild writes: Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., has introduced a bill (S. 2577) imposing considerable obligations on data brokers regarding their handling of personal information. Key provisions: […] Upon a verified request, disclose to the requesting individual information about the information collected, time of collection, who it was shared with and how…
Texas State Senator Jane Nelson’s cybersecurity bills signed into law
Chris Roark reports: Several bills authored by Texas State Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, that bolster state cybersecurity, expand the cyber workforce and better protect sensitive data have been signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott. These bills will take effect on Sept. 1. The remainder of this news article has information on SB 64,…
Legislation Seeks to Regulate Privacy and Security of Wearables and Genetic Testing Kits
Lindsey Tonsager, Anna D. Kraus and Jayne Ponder of Covington & Burling write: Last week, Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced the Protecting Personal Health Data Act (S. 1842), which would provide new privacy and security rules from the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) for technologies that collect personal health…
Maryland Amends Data Breach Law
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: Maryland Governor Larry Hogan recently signed into law House Bill 1154 (the “Bill”), which amends the state’s data breach notification law. Among other obligations, the amendments expand the required actions a business must take after becoming aware of a data security breach. Under the existing data breach notification law, a business…
Violation of Nigerian data protection law attracts N2m fine, others
Ife Ogunfuwa reports: Nigerians and businesses’ risk losing N2m [USD $5,556.00] or more to the government for violating the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation 2019. The National Information Technology Development Agency made this known on Wednesday in a public notice signed by the Director-General/Chief Executive Officer, NITDA, Dr Isa Patanmi. […] [Pantanmi] said the penalty for…