There is little debate that the United States needs a comprehensive privacy law. There also is little debate that the U.S. is no closer...

Richard Thomas, when he was Information Commissioner of the United Kingdom, said: “To be effective as a regulator, one needs to be...

Writing privacy legislation that is fit for its intended purpose is not easy.  Just using the term “privacy legislation” can be...

The stresses of 2020 have challenged the data protection community’s understanding of data protection and how to apply its practices....

Privacy law is less settled today than it was when the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect two...

There is general agreement that privacy analysis and enforcement should be more risk based.  The IAF increasingly is looking at risk in...

Laws to govern the data age are extremely hard to draft.  Policymakers will encounter this  when they revise competition law to deal with...

A federal privacy law in the U.S. seems increasingly likely.  When?  It is not yet clear.  However, we can say with much certainty that...

Privacy legislation again is a hot topic in the United States.  The California Consumer Privacy Act has added to the pressure provided by...

Draft 6 08282018 0800 The time is right to discuss an updated privacy framework for the United States that maintains the ability to think...

“Data should serve people, people should not serve data.” With those words Giovanni Buttarrelli summarized the intersection of privacy...

A comprehensive privacy law is again being considered in the United States, with numerous draft bills out for discussion.  Key elements...

Authored by Lynn Goldstein and Peter Cullen Last December the European Union’s Article 29 Data Protection Working Party (Working Party)...

In 2016 and 2017, the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party (WP29) adopted Action Plans which set forth its global implementation...