The Data Protection Blog

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...