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No harm, no foul? For those who find the developments around awarding compensation for non-material (i.e., distress/anxiety) data protection harms as interesting as I do, the English High Court handed down a judgment last Friday that considered the issue. The litigation concerns a data breach involving nearly 450 current and former police officers whose pension letters were sent to the wrong addresses. After the UK ICO found that no further action needed to be taken in relation to the breach, the officers collectively sued the company that sent the letters, alleging breaches of UK data protection laws and the misuse of private information. They each sought damages of between £3,000 and £4,000. Last week’s pre-hearing judgment turned on whether the letters were actually opened, and the judge found that most were not. Indeed, of the 446 claimants, only 14 were allowed to proceed — but even those 14 were “very far from being serious cases”, and may ultimately be dismissed as the proceedings continue. For example, in each case the letter was handed back to the relevant claimant, and in 11 of the 14 cases, the letter was apparently opened by a relative before being passed back to the relevant claimant. Nevertheless, the 14 claimants variously alleged that the breach caused them anxiety, distress, exacerbation of unrelated symptoms (in one case, of post-natal depression), and annoyance and irritation. ***** The question you likely want to ask is whether — and if so what — the judge had anything to say about a minimum threshold of seriousness of harm being suffered. And the answer is that he kicked the can down the road. The European Court of Justice’s decision last year in Austrian Post (in which the ECJ found that there is no minimum threshold for non-material harm claims) isn’t binding on English courts post-Brexit, albeit they may choose to give it weight. Here, the judge wrote: " ... it is not necessary (nor is it desirable) for me to reach a concluded view on the very interesting points as to whether the law in this jurisdiction imposes a threshold of seriousness in data protection claims ... I think it is better for me not to express any view. It is sufficient ... that I have decided that whether each Claimant could surmount a threshold of seriousness (were one found to apply in data protection claims) is a factual question that ... can only fairly be resolved at a trial". So the wait goes on for a post-Austrian Post decision by the (senior) English courts on non-material data protection harms. Frankly, I'm not sure that this is the case to get it over the line, given the facts discussed above, but time will tell. #dataprotection #gdpr #damages #databreach
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Another comprehensive state privacy law on the books!
Three's a Pattern: Kentucky Becomes the 15th State to Enact a Comprehensive Privacy Law
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Notable U.S. comprehensive state privacy law developments taking shape in recent days. - Kentucky is in an interesting spot. House Bill 15, which tracks closely with Virginia, is set to be heard in Senate committee today (Feb. 29) following overwhelming passage in the House last week. The intrigue? This lighter-touch bill is a competitor of Senate Bill 15, a stronger bill that passed the Senate in 2023 and now lays dormant in the same committee that has put priority on HB 15. Been a while since we've seen a bill competition like this (Florida in 2021 is an example). - Georgia Senate Bill 473 is through its first chamber with a month to go in the legislature's 2024 session. Interestingly, this bill follows along with the law passed Tennessee in 2023. Nuanced coverage thresholds compared to VA/CT models, the NIST Privacy Framework affirmative defense clause and a 60-day cure period. The bill is notable given these slight divergences from the alignments lawmakers are hoping to make in a state patchwork. Here's Kentucky's bill: https://lnkd.in/eTEazchN And the Georgia bill: https://lnkd.in/ePDr23_a
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🌟 New Hampshire is poised to become the 14th U.S. state to pass the comprehensive privacy law Senate Bill 255. After the Senate's approval, it moves to the Governor's desk for signature, with an anticipated effective date of January 1, 2025. 🔍 Applicability involves organizations processing data on either over 35,000 state residents or more than 10,000 residents, with over 25% of their revenue from data sales. Key Provisions: ✅Opt-ins for sensitive data and data of children under 13. ✅Recognition of universal opt-out mechanisms. ✅Clear consent criteria, banning implied consent and deceptive design patterns. ✅Controllers and processors get a 60-day cure period for compliance violations. SB 255 aligns with Connecticut DPA and Virginia CDPA Learn more about the specifics of New Hampshire Senate Bill 255 https://lnkd.in/gD-gkxc7. #privacylaws #DataProtection #dataprivacy #privacylaw
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Maryland just signed a new privacy law going into effect in 2025. As with most privacy laws, you don't have to be located in Maryland for this law to apply to you. If you're a Termageddon user, we'll handle it. If not, check out our Compliance Guide: https://lnkd.in/ggGTdA_Z
Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024 Compliance Guide - Termageddon
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Earlier this year, we reported that the Illinois Senate passed Senate Bill 2979 with a vote of 46 to 13, and the Illinois House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 2979 with a vote 81 to 30. This bill addressed concerns arising from recent legal interpretations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA,” 740 ILCS 14/ et seq.), particularly following […] https://lnkd.in/dc6zqEHE www.Cyprus-CEO.com #CEO #business #management #marketing #tech #AI #legal #money
Governor Pritzker Signs Amendment Limiting Damages To A Single Recovery
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In an article for the NH Business Review, attorney Cameron Shilling discusses the new Privacy Law adopted by the Granite State and what businesses need to be aware of to comply with the new law. https://lnkd.in/eq6Dipwu
Privacy Law Adopted in New Hampshire: How Will You Comply? - McLane Middleton
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Last week our Ben Isaacson spoke at the Privacy Law Section of the California Lawyers Association's Annual Privacy Summit about the California 'Delete Act' with Lothar Determann and the law's author, Tom Kemp. Here are some of his key takeaways. #privacy #dataprivacy #privacylaw
CA ‘Delete Act’: 5 Key Takeaways — In-House Privacy
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CJEU, 11 April 2024, Judgment in Case C-741/21, juris GmbH: 1. Article 82(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) must be interpreted as meaning that an infringement of provisions of that regulation which confer rights on the data subject is not sufficient, in itself, to constitute ‘non-material damage’ within the meaning of that provision, irrespective of the degree of seriousness of the damage suffered by that person. 2. Article 82 of Regulation 2016/679 must be interpreted as meaning that it is not sufficient for the controller, in order to be exempted from liability under paragraph 3 of that article, to claim that the damage in question was caused by the failure of a person acting under his or her authority, within the meaning of Article 29 of that regulation. 3. Article 82(1) of Regulation 2016/679 must be interpreted as meaning that in order to determine the amount of damages due as compensation for damage based on that provision, it is not necessary, first, to apply mutatis mutandis the criteria for setting the amount of administrative fines laid down in Article 83 of that regulation and, second, to take account of the fact that several infringements of that regulation concerning the same processing operation affect the person seeking compensation.
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(JDSUPRA) On May 24, 2024, Minnesota’s governor signed an omnibus bill, HF4757 which included the new Consumer Data Privacy Act. The state joins Kentucky, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Rhode Island in passing consumer data privacy laws this year. 🔹 Minnesota’s law takes effect July 31, 2025, except that postsecondary institutions and nonprofit corporations governed by Minnesota Statutes, chapter 317A, are not required to comply until July 31, 2029. #state #data #dataprivacy #law #consumerprivacy #regulations #regulatorycompliance #Minnesota #statutes https://lnkd.in/eiqMyj_E
Minnesota Passes a Comprehensive Consumer Data Privacy Law
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