During a Board Meeting on July 24, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) unanimously approved the long-awaited final text of its second rulemaking package, implementing a broad swath of new requirements...more
8/1/2025
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Automated Decision Systems (ADS) ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Final Rules ,
New Rules ,
Risk Assessment ,
State Privacy Laws
On June 20, 2025, the New York Child Data Protection Act (CDPA) took effect, ushering in some of the most comprehensive child and teen privacy protections in the United States. The law applies to operators of websites, apps,...more
6/24/2025
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Behavioral Advertising ,
Child Protection Laws ,
Congressional Committees ,
Connected Items ,
COPPA ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
Data Selling ,
Data-Sharing ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Minors ,
Mobile Apps ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Website Design ,
Websites
One hundred days into the new administration, recent developments across multiple US federal agencies reflect a quickly evolving approach to digital governance, with notable shifts in regulatory priorities related to AI, data...more
Life sciences companies have long been outside the scope of US national security regulations and benefited from significant exemptions under US privacy laws. ...more
4/15/2025
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China ,
Clinical Trials ,
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Foreign Investment ,
Life Sciences ,
National Security ,
Personal Data ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Sensitive Personal Information
It would be an understatement to say that the Trump administration has had a busy first week. Within just a few hours of the new administration coming into power, it repealed a number of Biden-era executive orders across a...more
On January 16, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission finalized changes to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule. ...more
1/31/2025
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Consent ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
COPPA ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Retention ,
EdTech ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Online Platforms ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Parental Consent ,
Privacy Laws ,
Websites
On December 27, 2024, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a final rule establishing a new national security program to prevent access to Americans’ bulk sensitive personal data and government-related data by China...more
Since the passing of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in 2018, California has led the nation in privacy regulation and enforcement. But, beginning July 1, 2024, Texas will be the new sheriff in town....more
In a sweeping, coordinated effort across federal agencies, the US government has taken a giant leap forward to prevent access to data that could be exploited to the detriment of national security. On February 28, 2024,...more
3/8/2024
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Biden Administration ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
CFIUS ,
China ,
Covered Person ,
Covered Transactions ,
Cuba ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Executive Orders ,
International Data Transfers ,
Iran ,
North Korea ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Personal Data ,
Prohibited Transactions ,
Russia ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
Venezuela
On 25 March 2022, President Biden and the President of the European Commission (“EC”) von der Leyen announced that the U.S. and EU reached an agreement in principle on a new Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy framework for...more
3/30/2022
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Data Protection ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Standard Contractual Clauses