Virginia marks another data point in the states' answer to federal privacy legislation that seems further and further from enactment.  The same hold up might be said to exist for federal legislation in Canada.  At the international level, the final version of Schrems II still is outstanding, and the IAF has released its paper on HR data and balancing fundamental…

Virginia has joined the 2020-2021 privacy law parade with enactment of the Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA).  The CDPA has been sent to the Governor for signature who has previously expressed support for the CDPA and is expected to sign it into law. I don’t know about you, but I am tired of reading privacy bills. …

Last week I had the pleasure of participating virtually in the Reboot “Victoria Privacy and Security Conference” on the legislative panel.  The panel featured a push and pull between the legacy of existing law and the need to govern the current information age in a different way.  I was almost expecting the fiddler to jump on the roof and…