The Data Protection Blog
01February
Take our Data Privacy and Protection Self Assessment
- Tai Chesselet
- December 20 2022
How prepared are you? We have just released our Data Privacy Self Assessment tool for organizations. This service is free on our website and enables you to get a clear report of the risks you are exposed to, the probability and impact of those risks, as well as the actions you need to take in order ...
01February
US children privacy laws under revision
- Carina Schalhofer
- December 13 2022
The US is currently very active in updating and enhancing its privacy protection framework. We already examined the US proposal for a comprehensive federal data protection act. But additionally, US law on the protection of children’s privacy will likely undergo revision. So far, children’s online ...
01February
ADPPA vs GDPR: Comparing their enforcement
- Carina Schalhofer
- November 30 2022
In our past posts, we compared the scope, principles and individuals’ rights under the proposed US federal data privacy legislation, the American Data and Privacy Protection Act (ADPPA), and the EU GDPR. Both Acts provide for strict enforcement mechanisms for businesses violating their provisions. ...
01February
ADPPA vs GDPR: Comparing individuals’ rights
- Carina Schalhofer
- November 11 2022
Currently, the proposed adoption of the first US federal data privacy legislation, the American Data and Privacy Protection Act (ADPPA), is heavily discussed. In our past post, we have compared the Acts’ scope and principles to these under the EU GDPR. In this post, we will outline which rights the ...
01February
ADPPA vs GDPR: Comparing their scope and principles
- Carina Schalhofer
- October 27 2022
On 20 July 2022, a proposed US federal data privacy legislation has passed the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce: the American Data and Privacy Protection Act (ADPPA). If successfully passing the full house and the senate, the ADPPA would greatly harmonise the data ...