- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Adrianne Appel2024-02-07T14:00:00
When it comes to data privacy rights in the United States, it’s a brave, new world for individuals and companies, Marian Agarwal, partner at law firm Morrison Foerster, said Thursday during Compliance Week’s virtual Cyber Risk & Data Privacy Summit.
Thirteen states have approved comprehensive—and different—data privacy laws. New Hampshire is poised to become the 14th state, once the governor signs a bill approved by the legislature.
The laws are designed to grant more data privacy rights to individuals, including rules about disclosing data collection, protecting data, and regularly assessing those protection programs.
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Vermont Republican Gov. Phil Scott vetoed a data privacy bill approved by the state’s Democrat-led legislature, which plans an override vote this week.
A bipartisan consumer privacy bill released by Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) would provide the broad, comprehensive protections businesses and Americans have called for, according to the lawmakers.
Ride-hailing company Uber Technologies was assessed a penalty of €10 million (U.S. $11 million) by the Dutch Data Protection Authority for alleged privacy rights violations regarding the handling of European drivers’ personal data.
The European Union’s Digital Markets Act is forcing many Big Tech companies to postpone the launch of artificial intelligence-powered features, like Apple Intelligence, over user privacy and data security concerns.
Location-based dating apps are not doing enough to protect user privacy, with exact location and other personal data being exploited by stalkers and bad actors, a recent analysis found.
Michael Macko, deputy director of enforcement at the California Privacy Protection Agency, described priorities for the agency now and in the near future during a recent board meeting.
