Iowa’s Data Privacy Bill Mirrors Utah’s

Photo by Alexander Sinn on Unsplash The Wavelength is moving to the Ghost platform. The move will allow for a significant price decrease, so consider subscribing. It appears that the data privacy bill the Iowa House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted to send to the state Senate is dead. Supposedly, because a Senate committee did not … Continue reading Iowa’s Data Privacy Bill Mirrors Utah’s

Third State Privacy Act Enacted

Subscribe to my newsletter, The Wavelength, if you want updates on global technology developments four times a week. Colorado has enacted the United States’ (U.S.) third state privacy law, further complicating the task of the Congress in passing a federal privacy statute. The “Colorado Privacy Act” (SB 21-190) bears greater resemblance to Virginia’s “Consumer Data … Continue reading Third State Privacy Act Enacted

Further Reading, Other Developments, and Coming Events (22, 23, 24, and 25 February 2021)

Further Reading “The Long Hack: How China Exploited a U.S. Tech Supplier” By Jordan Robertson and Michael Riley — Bloomberg. This piece argues that the United States (U.S.) government knew of vulnerabilities in Super Micro Computer Inc.’s products used by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) but chose to keep them secret. This article follows … Continue reading Further Reading, Other Developments, and Coming Events (22, 23, 24, and 25 February 2021)

Don’t Look Now; Second State After CA On The Verge Of Enacting Privacy Legislation…and It Isn’t WA

Acting on bills introduced in January, the VA House and Senate have passed identical privacy bills. There are times where it seems there are far too many technology policy developments to stay on top of, and that is just in the United States (U.S.) And while I have written at some length about the Washington … Continue reading Don’t Look Now; Second State After CA On The Verge Of Enacting Privacy Legislation…and It Isn’t WA