Statutes, Rules & Regulations

On March 26, 2015, the House of Representative introduced bill H.R. 1704, Personal Data Notification and Protection Act of 2015. Among other purposes, the bill aims at establishing a national data breach notification standard for business entities reaching a certain threshold. The bill was assigned to a congressional committee on March 26, 2015, which will […]

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) might provide for the free flow of data across the ocean. However, now the priority is the data protection regulation, source says. More information is available at http://www.euractiv… Follow us on& Like us on   

On March 13, 2015, the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council (one of the configurations of the Council of the European Union) made some progress on the EU data protection framework and the Proposal for a European Regulation on data protection. The EU Council agreed on a partial general approach (7178/15) on the “One Stop Shop” mechanism and the principles for […]

On March 18, 2015, the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade of the US House of Representatives will review a recently proposed draft legislation that aims to tackle data security threats at a national level. The “Data Security and Breach Notification Act,” is a bipartisan bill authored by full committee Vice Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) […]

On March 12, 2015, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released an order detailing how it would regulate network neutrality. According to the statement by the Chairman Tom Wheeler, by reclassifying broadband Internet access service as a public utility, the FCC aims, among others, at ensuring incentives for private investment and fast, fair, and open […]

On February 27, 2015, the Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security of the Parliament of Australia released a report containing 39 recommendations for the Government to change several privacy law provisions: Advisory Report on the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Bill 2014. Among others, the Report would require internet providers to store personal data for a minimum of […]

  On February 27, 2015, the White House presented a Discussion Draft on Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights. The proposed Privacy Bill aims at establishing protections for individual privacy and at implementing it through enforceable codes of conduct. According to the draft, covered entities shall process consumers personal data abiding, among others, to the following […]

On February 26, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to regulate broadband Internet access service as a public utility (e.g., water and telephone). Reclassification as a telecommunication service utility will allow for network neutrality. In order to safeguard net neutrality, the FCC’s rules provide for: (i) no blocking: access to content and services shall […]

The German Government approved a draft law to improve enforcement of certain data protection law provisions that aim to strengthen consumers’ protection. In particular, the draft law empowers consumers and business associations to commence actions against and issue warnings to companies who impermissibly collect, process or utilize personal data. The draft law, “Entwurf eines Gesetzes […]

On 28 January 2015, the Brazilian government issued a Draft Bill for the Protection of Personal Data (Anteprojeto de Lei para a Proteção de Dados Pessoais). The Draft establishes a comprehensive, European-style data protection framework for the processing of all personal data. It applies to individuals and companies that process personal data via automated means, […]