September, 2021

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Movement on All Sides Toward Broader Data Privacy and Security Oversight by FTC

Troutman Sanders

Earlier this month, we reported on two Senate privacy bills reintroduced from last year’s legislative session. These reintroductions are part of a broader wave of federal privacy bills, none of which are making meaningful progress toward becoming law. FTC Privacy Bureau Appropriation.

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Bloomberg: Biden to nominate Georgetown prof and privacy expert Alvaro Bedoya for FTC

Public Citizen

Given the FTC's role as the leading federal agency on privacy issues, there is value in having a privacy advocate on the Commission. If confirmed, Bedoya would get Rohit Chopra's seat, assuming Chopra is in turn confirmed to lead the CFPB. 

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U.S. Lawmakers Seek $1 Bln To Fund FTC Privacy Probes

Collection Industry News

House Democratic lawmakers on Thursday proposed awarding the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) $1 billion to set up a bureau dedicated to improving data security and privacy and fighting identity theft. Lawmakers Seek $1 Bln To Fund FTC Privacy Probes appeared first on Collection Industry News. The post U.S.

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The Uniform Personal Data Protection Act: A New Approach to Scoping

Troutman Sanders

The final draft of the UPDPA deviates significantly from existing state privacy laws. For instance, processing in a manner that is inconsistent with the privacy policy is incompatible. To qualify as such, the state’s attorney general must determine that the other privacy law is “equally or more protective.” Conclusion.

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New UK Standards for Children’s Digital Services Take Effect — Provides Framework for New US Law

Troutman Sanders

Kathy Castor recently introduced an updated Protecting the Information of Our Vulnerable Children and Youth Act (the Kids PRIVCY Act), which incorporates key elements of the Children’s Code to amend the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). It is not enough to merely allow children to activate high privacy settings.

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India Vincent Profiled in Law.com “How I Made Law Firm Leader” Q&A

Burr Forman

India Vincent, Burr & Forman’s Chief Privacy Officer and Chairwoman of the firm’s Intellectual Property, Data Privacy and Cybersecurity practice group, was profiled in a Q&A by Law.com as part of the publication’s “How I Made Law Firm Leader” series. She was appointed Chief Privacy Officer shortly thereafter in 2018.

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services COVID-19 Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

Privacy and Cybersecurity Activities. The FTC’s statement is of particular importance for developers thinking about collecting vaccine status information for verification purposes; check out Troutman Pepper’s Law360 article to learn more about potential privacy issues. State Activities. For more information, click here.