DOJ’s data transfer rule goes into full force Tuesday, but many companies are still seeking clarity from the department about compliance, privacy attorneys told us in interviews this week (see 2504140047).
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Understanding “data flows” and “who has access" are the most important steps in making a good-faith effort to comply with the DOJ’s bulk data transfer rule before a three-month grace period ends, said privacy attorney Nancy Libin during a Davis Wright webinar Tuesday. DOJ will begin full enforcement July 8 (see 2504140047).
Remote patient monitoring company Smart Meter warned the public of the privacy and security risks associated with connected medical devices, whose sensitive personal data could be routed to China and other adversarial countries.
U.S. companies can use state privacy laws to better gauge when they’re considered data brokers under DOJ’s data transfer rule, Hunton privacy attorney Michael La Marca said during a Tuesday webinar.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday filed an appeal seeking a stay against a federal court’s ruling reinstating fired members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (see 2505210073).
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision upholding President Donald Trump’s recent board firings suggests FTC Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya shouldn’t be reinstated, FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson and the Trump administration said in a filing Friday (see 2505060040).
Since data-protection litigation and enforcement are on the rise, companies can't assume data practices instituted years ago will insulate them from compliance issues, said privacy experts during a webinar hosted Thursday by Privado, a privacy vendor. New regulations and older laws leveraged to cover evolving technologies have made overseeing data and privacy a corporate priority, they said.
State attorneys general last week made unfounded claims against House Republicans’ proposed AI moratorium, Rep. Jay Obernolte, R-Calif., told us Tuesday. The moratorium doesn’t block states from enforcing traditional consumer protection laws, he added.