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Our developments section tracks activities of the legislature, regulatory activities and court decisions as well as other relevant developments in the jurisdictions we follow.
Jurisdiction: India Status: Received presidential assent on 11th August 2023. History and What It’s About The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 was introduced in the Lok Sabha (Indian Parliament) as Bill No. 113 of 2023. The Bill aims to regulate the processing of digital personal data while balancing the right to privacy of individuals with the necessity of processing personal data for … Read more
Jurisdiction: European Union / Economic Area Status: Adopted. European countries have until 17 October 2024 to impose through national law. History and what it’s about The NIS2 Directive (Directive (EU) 2022/2555) was adopted on December 14, 2022, as a revision to the original NIS Directive (Directive on Security of Network and Information Systems) that was … Read more
Jurisdiction: European Union / Economic Area Status: Adopted. European countries have until 28 June 2025 to impose through national law. History and what it’s about The European Accessibility Act (EAA) was adopted on April 17, 2019, and is intended to enhance the accessibility of products and services for persons with disabilities across the European Union … Read more
Jurisdiction: European Union / Economic Area Status: Adopted and Enforceable History and what it’s about The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was adopted on April 27, 2016. It became enforceable on May 25, 2018. The GDPR’s purpose is to protect the fundamental rights of individuals in the European Union (EU), and specifically their personal data … Read more
The Federal Trade Commission denied a petition seeking to reopen and set aside a final consent order involving a $5.2 billion cash-and-stock deal between private equity firm Quantum Energy Partners and natural gas producer EQT Corporation. View Press Release
Illegal deal stunts multifamily rental advertising competition, harming American renters and property managers, the FTC alleges Today, the Federal Trade Commission sued Zillow and Redfin over an unlawful agreement that eliminates Redfin as a competitor in the market for placing advertising of rental housing on internet listing services (ILSs)—the websites that millions of Americans use … Read more
Defendants gathered information on vulnerable consumers through websites offering prizes, coupons, and other services, and subjected them to illegal telemarketing calls Citizens Disability, LLC and its subsidiary will pay a $1 million penalty to resolve Federal Trade Commission allegations that they made tens of millions of illegal calls to consumers, including to numbers on the … Read more
Over the past few months, NIST has been revising and updating Foundational Activities for IoT Product Manufacturers (NIST IR 8259 Revision 1 Initial Public Draft), which describes recommended pre-market and post-market activities for manufacturers to develop products that meet their customers’ cybersecurity needs and expectations. Thank you so much for the thoughtful comments and feedback … Read more
In addition to violating COPPA, Sendit’s operator allegedly deceived users by falsely promising that buying a subscription would reveal the senders of anonymous messages The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against the operator of the Sendit anonymous messaging app for unlawfully collecting personal data from children, misleading users by sending messages from fake “people,” … Read more
Alleged violations include misrepresenting prices and products and harming American businesses Business credit report service provider Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) has agreed to a $5.7 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over allegations the firm violated a 2022 order.View Press Release