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January 10, 2013 – California Attorney General Kamala Harris today issued “Privacy on The Go: Recommendations For The Mobile Ecosystem,” the goal of which is to provide mobile app developers and other parties with guidance for considering privacy early in the app development process. Not surprisingly, the guidance recommends minimizing data collected by apps, developing […]

On October 15, 2012, the Singapore Parliament passed the Bill for the Personal Data Protection Act 2012. The enactment of this Act is a fundamental shift in Singapore’s approach to data protection, away from the current sectoral approach to a more European-like general data protection approach. The Act aims to establish a framework for personal […]

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), an independent bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, recently released an alert to CEOs of all national banks, federal branches and agencies, and associated interested parties, calling for a heightened sense of awareness and offering risk mitigation information in response to a series of […]

Last evening, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved by voice vote a location privacy bill — S. 1223, the Location Privacy Protection Act — sponsored by Senator Al Franken (D-MN) and cosponsored by four other Democratic members of the committee. In his remarks before the vote, Senator Franken stated that “companies that collect our location information are […]

This morning, Congressmen Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Joe Barton, (R-TX), Co-Chairmen of the Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus, hosted a roundtable briefing with Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Jonathan Leibowitz, FTC Commissioner Julie Brill, and invited representatives of companies and consumer advocacy groups to discuss the “data broker” industry and consumer concerns with the transparency of data collection […]