California Privacy Protection Agency CPPA held a Board Meeting to discuss the modified proposed regulations promulgated for compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020.
GhangorCloud, a leading provider of intelligent information security and data privacy compliance enforcement solutions, today announced the release of a white paper that examines the pivotal role of deep artificial intelligent automation to ensure unified eDiscovery, compliance and data privacy enforcement.
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Companies providing information technology products and services to U.S. government agencies are now required to notify such agencies of cyber incidents and meet specific cybersecurity standards. The executive order attempts to modernize the federal government’s cybersecurity defenses by “protecting federal networks, improving information-sharing between the U.S. government and the private sector on cyber issues, and strengthening the [United States]’ ability to respond to incidents when they occur.” The executive order is just one example of the Biden administration’s push to improve the nation’s data privacy and cybersecurity practices in response to the recent series of ransomware attacks.
Cybersecurity and Data Privacy
Election 2020: Looking Forward to What a Biden Presidency May Mean for Data Privacy and Data Privacy Litigation
By Kristin Bryan, Lydia de la Torre, Glenn A. Brown, Aaron Garavaglia Share:
Winter 2021
The United States is in the process of completing its 59th presidential election and electing its 46th president. A change in administrations is inevitably accompanied by a change in executive priorities. Assuming that Vice President Biden is sworn in as President on January 20, 2021, the area of data privacy will likely be of particular focus under the Biden Administration, with consequences for data privacy litigation. Some top of mind questions regarding the anticipated impact a Biden presidency may have in this area are addressed below. Specifically, we anticipate that a Biden Administration will likely focus on the passage of federal data privacy legislation, renegotiate conditions for EU data transfers to the US, reintroduce a cybers
Tech giants in the US are preparing to operate under significant new regulation, to be ushered in by the Joe Biden administration. As the President announces quick-fire orders to tackle climate change, COVID-19 and inequality, we can expect to see a raft of changes soon that protect data privacy.
More than the matter of privacy – the issue closest to my heart – we can expect platforms like Facebook to be made liable for the content it shares – in a radical break from the very foundation of the social media business model. This means they will be held accountable in the same way media publishers are for the veracity and impact of the information they share. What’s more, tech giants will be broken up, to reduce their power.