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Data Security Legislation Gets Partisan
The previously bi-partisan approach to data security has fallen victim to the increasingly rigid and high pitched partisan divide on Capitol Hill. Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed three data…
House Hearing Looks at Lessons from EU Privacy Model, Burdens on U.S. Companies
On September 15, 2011, the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade held a hearing examining the European Union’s (EU’s) privacy and data collection regulations and their impact…
FTC Proposes Changes to Children's Privacy Rule
Late this week, the FTC issued its proposed amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule ("COPPA Rule"). The proposed revisions are intended to maintain privacy protections for children who increasingly…
California's Data Breach Notification Law Amended to Require More Information for Consumers
["On August 31, 2011, California amended its consumer data breach notification statute (Cal. Civ. Code §§ 1798.29 & 1798.82) to require that an entity, following a breach of its electronic data, provide certain…
Groupon Privacy Statement Revisions Reflect Evolving Legal and Regulatory Landscape
Groupon recently made sweeping and material changes to its web-posted privacy statement, allowing the company to collect more information and share it more freely with other companies. The changes allow Groupon to…