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Via a recently released a press release describing how a group of bipartisan Senators including Joe Manchin (D-WV), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Jerry Moran (R-KS) have introduced the bipartisan Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act to make current telehealth flexibilities permanent.
Read MoreIn February 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order to direct a government-wide “approach to assessing vulnerabilities in, and strengthening the resilience of, critical supply chains.”
Read MoreAccording to press release, the House Committee on the Judiciary’s Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman Cicilline (D-RI) and Ranking Member Buck (R-CO) announced their antitrust bi-partisan agenda outlined below:
Read MoreThe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a June 15th press release announcing Lina Khan as the Chair of the FTC, with her term expiring on September 25, 2024. Ms. Khan was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 15, 2021.
Read MoreIn the wake of the Colonial Pipeline attack, President Biden has signed the Executive Order on Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity.
Read MoreH.B. 969 titled Consumer Data Privacy has failed to become the nation’s third comprehensive consumer privacy law.
Read MoreThe U.S. House Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman Cicilline (D-RI) issued a statement shortly after the Committee marked up and approved the Committee’s report which after a 16 month investigation examined the state of competition within the digital economy.
Read MoreAccording to Investopedia “a central bank digital currency (CBDC) uses an electronic record or digital token to represent the virtual form of a fiat currency of a particular nation (or region). A CBDC is centralized; it is issued and regulated by the competent monetary authority of the country.”
Read MoreThe President’s request for fiscal year 2022 discretionary funding has been released. Below are a few mentions for cybersecurity:
Read MoreAccording to a Verizon press release, the company announced its new telehealth venture called BlueJeans Telehealth.
Read MoreSenator Markey (D-MA) and Congressman Lieu (D-CA) have reintroduced the Cyber Shield Act. The proposed legislation will create a voluntary program to identify and promote internet-connected products that meet industry-leading cybersecurity and data security standards, guidelines, best practices, methodologies, procedures, and proc- esses, and for other purposes.
Read MoreCongresswoman DelBene (D-WA)and Congressman Katko (R-NY) have introduced the Internet of Things (IoT) Readiness Act of 2021.
Read MoreOn February 26, 2021 in the United States District Court Northern District of California, the Court found that Facebook was ordered to pay $650 million. This issue derived from the underlying lawsuit alleging whether the collection of an individual's biometric data in violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act is sufficient to establish Article III standing. As a result of this dispute, the company’s automatic facial recognition tagging features are now an opt-in feature instead of being an opt-out choice.
Read MoreA coalition of technology stakeholder associations that include the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), along with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Internet Association, are suing Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot (D), over the state’s recent enactment of the state’s online advertising tax; a first in the nation law. We previously wrote a blog post on this tax.
Read MoreThe North Dakota senate voted 36-11 in opposition of advancing a bill that would have required app stores to enable software developers to use their own payment processing software, thus avoiding fees issued by both Google and Apple. This is the first bill of its kind in that this proposed legislation sought to address these tech giants and the fees they charge, which include in-app purchases of digital items.
Read MoreLanton Law’s privacy practice has been closely monitoring the various state conversations around data privacy. We previously wrote a blog post titled California’s Consumer Privacy Act Could Be Coming to a State Near You, where we traced how California took the first step to create a consumer privacy law in the wake of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation.
Read MoreThe ‘‘Safeguarding Against Fraud, Exploitation, Threats, Extremism, and Consumer Harms Act’’ or the "SAFE TECH Act" has been introduced into Congress. The proposal is led by Senators Warner (D-VA), Hirono (D-HI) and Klobuchar (D-MN), as the bill seeks changes to 47 U.S. Code § 230.
Read MoreThe New York State legislature has introduced Assembly Bill 27, which seeks to make New York the fourth state to enact a biometric privacy law. If successful it will be the second state that will allow consumers a private right of action to see companies for improper data handling.
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