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Two New Bills on TikTok and Beyond: The DATA Act and RESTRICT Act
Ahead of TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew’s testimony to the House, two new bills to place restrictions on TikTok and non-U.S. tech companies are in the mix.
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Ahead of TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew’s testimony to the House, two new bills to place restrictions on TikTok and non-U.S. tech companies are in the mix.
The proposal regurgitates antiquated ideas from the very laws that it seeks to amend, threatens human rights, and sanctions unchecked state surveillance.
In 2015, a data broker helped anti-abortion groups target women in clinic waiting rooms. The Massachusetts attorney general decided to act.
The federal privacy bill currently being considered by the House of Representatives would be a huge improvement over the current state of law with respect to the cybersecurity of personal information, but a few key areas need adjustment.
Federal departments are poised to expand their use of facial recognition systems across a wide range of use cases in the absence of federal regulation.
There are long-overlooked dangers embedded within the adoption of digital technologies—and as society shifts online during the pandemic, consumers and policymakers must figure out how to address those risks.
The context and possible implications of Advocate General Henrik Saugmandsgaard Øe’s opinion in Data Protection Commissions v. Facebook Ireland.
The advocate general’s opinion details some important new jurisprudence about how the EU may look at foreign intelligence surveillance in the future.
Since it took effect in 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has become one of the toughest data privacy regimes in the world.
After last year’s passage of the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act (Cloud Act), officials and journalists in the European Union have ramped up criticism of the American desire for extraterritorial access to electronic evidence, with some accusing the United States of being motivated by the desire to conduct economic espionage for the benefit of U.S. economic interests.