BREAKING: Calif. Appeals Court Restores #CPPA's Power To Enforce Delayed #Privacy Regulations Immediately (rather than in March): https://t.co/lErgUIJwyW
#Prop24, the California Privacy Rights Act, passes, 56% to 44%, starting the clock for companies to put in placed enhanced consumer data #privacy measures by 2023: https://t.co/v6h9d6XLFi
#Equifax's massive data breach was a "once in a corporate lifetime" event that led it to take a fresh look at how it handles consumer data, Chief Privacy Officer Nicholas Oldham says #PSR19#IAPP
Former #FCC chair @tewheels at #PSR19 says biz pushing for federal #privacy law after #CCPA already had that when the FCC put in place #broadbandprivacy rules, but they quickly "went to Congress and got it repealed"
"The #FTC is uniquely well situated to be the national #privacy agency. More than 20 years ago, we practically invented privacy." -Bureau of Consumer Protection Director Andrew Smith #GPS19
#FTC's Smith says future #privacy and #datasecurity enforcement orders will "be longer and be more tailored to the circumstances of each specific case" in response to 11th Circ.'s #LabMD ruling #GPS19
#FTC BCP Chief Andrew Smith: "At this point at the commission, we are not wedded to this idea that there has to be pecuniary harm or risk of money harm to bring a case alleging unfair or deceptive practices." #GPS19
#FTC's Phillips: "#Antitrust liability and #privacy liability are not the same thing." While tech firms are certainly not outside antitrust scrutiny, mixing the two topics likely to lead to "lack of clarity in the law." #GPS19
#FTC Commissioner Noah Phillips: "I don't think it makes sense to create liability after every data breach. But you want the government there .. so firms have more incentives to take the steps they have to take." #GPS19
#FTC Chair Joseph Simons says that agency is looking "more seriously" at emphasizing larger civil penalties in #privacy enforcement and we should "expect to see more records coming down the road." #GPS19
#CambridgeAnalytica only had 100 employees, so when it comes to #privacy regulation, "agility is a better metric to be thinking about than the size of the company," #Microsoft's Brill says #GPS19
@caprivacyorg's Alastair Mactaggart says he doesn't foresee any big changes to the #CCPA being enacted before it goes live in January: "Californians aren't used to having their rights taken away once they get them." #GPS19
#Microsoft's Julie Brill: Washington state privacy bill won't be law this year, but lawmakers "really interested in this issue" and "no doubt that some form of these baseline privacy principles will make their way back into the conversation in Washington state." #GPS19
Canadian #priavcy regulator Therrien: To say that Facebook's refusal to listen to commission's recommendations in #CambridgeAnalytica case was disappointing "would be an understatement." He said case "clearly underscores" the need for stronger enforcement powers in Canada #GPS19
UK #privacy commissioner Elizabeth Denham: The #GDPR's breach notification requirement is "a way in to looking at all kinds of governance and legal requirements" under the law #GPS19