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White House Releases Draft Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights Act

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Data Protection Report - Norton Rose FulbrightLate afternoon last Friday, the White House released its draft Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights Act (the “Act”).  This follows on the heels on the President’s announcement of cybersecurity as a top priority of the administration, which foreshadowed the release of the Act and included other initiatives, including one for a single national breach notification … Continue reading

German draft bill to authorize privacy “class actions”

Photo of Jamie Nowak (DE)Photo of Christoph Ritzer (DE)By Jamie Nowak (DE) and Christoph Ritzer (DE) on Posted in Compliance and risk management
Data Protection Report - Norton Rose FulbrightThe German government recently released a draft bill seeking to grant authority to the country’s consumer and business associations to enforce compliance with data protection laws. Because the proposed draft bill appears to have received support from the governing parties, we believe there is a high probability of the bill being enacted in the near … Continue reading

Employee privacy regulations on the agenda for Abu Dhabi Global Market

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Data Protection Report - Norton Rose FulbrightOmnibus data privacy laws are few and far between in the Middle East. None of the six states of the Gulf Co-Operation Council (GCC)—which comprises Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates—have issued national privacy legislation, although several have draft regulations under consideration. By contrast, the financial “free zone” jurisdictions of … Continue reading
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