Data Privacy Monitor

Thank you to our clients and relationships, as well as to the BakerHostetler team who made the creation of the new Digital Assets and Data Management (DADM) Practice Group possible. In a world de...

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Along with the California Consumer Privacy Act, the new year brought us a trio of updated breach notification laws, in Oregon, Texas and Illinois. The Oregon law is of the most interest because i...

https://www.bakerdatacounsel.com/breach-notification/new-year-brings-trio-of-u-s-breach-notification-amendments/

On Aug. 29, 2019, the Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) issued Bulletin 19-14. The purpose of the bulletin is to inform insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organiza...

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On Jan. 10, 2019, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker signed legislation that will significantly amend the state’s data breach notification law. The amendments become effective on April 11, 2019. ...

https://www.bakerdatacounsel.com/data-breach-notification-laws/massachusetts-enacts-significant-changes-to-its-data-breach-notification-law/

As organizations continue to grapple with the requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) even months after its effective date, one thing is clear: The impact of the regulati...

https://www.bakerdatacounsel.com/gdpr/gdpr-spurring-legal-reforms-in-south-america-with-new-legislation-in-brazil/

In large security incidents, the differences among state breach notification laws usually do not come into play. In smaller matters, where individuals in only a few states are potentially affecte...

https://www.bakerdatacounsel.com/data-breach-notification-laws/navigating-the-state-data-breach-laws-an-enhanced-resource-is-available/

Effective August 1, 2018, the House Bill 2154 recently signed by the Arizona governor will expand the current Arizona data breach notification law. Following the trend of other states, the amende...

https://www.bakerdatacounsel.com/breach-notification/arizona-expands-its-data-breach-notification-statute/

Then there were two. On March 16, 2017, the New Mexico state legislature passed a bill requiring that New Mexico residents be notified if their “personal identifying information” was affected...

https://www.bakerdatacounsel.com/data-breach-notification-laws/new-mexico-passes-data-breach-notification-and-protection-bill/

On February 13, 2017, the Australian Senate passed a bill establishing a mandatory requirement to notify the Privacy Commissioner and affected individuals of “eligible” data breaches. The Pri...

https://www.bakerdatacounsel.com/breach-notification/australias-new-breach-notification-law-set-to-take-effect-february-2018/

The White House has made a step toward implementing in federal agencies some breach response best practices currently used in the private sector. On Jan. 3, the White House issued a memorandum (M...

https://www.bakerdatacounsel.com/breach-notification/federal-agencies-given-new-breach-response-and-preparation-guidelines/