Paid-members only UK Moves IOT Bill Microwave The United Kingdom may soon have stronger regulations in place governing the security of IOT and smart devices. Shortwave The House of Commons sent an amended “Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill” over to the House of Lords that would permit the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Wavelength Weekly (12 June 2022) Here are the editions from the past week you may have missed: Three of the Four Top Privacy Stakeholders Float A Compromise Discussion Draft Where Cantwell May Be On Privacy Legislation California Proposes New Regulations To Implement CCPA Rewrite Reports “U.S.-EU Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework” — Congressional Research Service
California Proposes New Regulations To Implement CCPA Rewrite (Free Version) Microwave California Privacy Protection Agency moves ahead with CPRA rulemaking that might be mooted by bipartisan agreement on U.S. data privacy legislation. Shortwave The California Privacy Protection Agency (Agency) keeps working on implementing the California Privacy Rights Act (Proposition 24) (see here for more detail and analysis) that voters
Paid-members only California Proposes New Regulations To Implement CCPA Rewrite Microwave California Privacy Protection Agency moves ahead with CPRA rulemaking that might be mooted by bipartisan agreement on U.S. data privacy legislation. Shortwave The California Privacy Protection Agency (Agency) keeps working on implementing the California Privacy Rights Act (Proposition 24) (see here for more detail and analysis) that voters
Where Cantwell May Be On Privacy Legislation (Free Version) Microwave The draft bipartisan data privacy bill is largely built on the framework of Cantwell’s bill with key differences. Shortwave Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chair Maria Cantwell (D-WA) is not on board with the discussion draft titled “American Data Privacy and Protection Act” (ADPPA) even though House
Paid-members only Where Cantwell May Be On Privacy Legislation Microwave The draft bipartisan data privacy bill is largely built on the framework of Cantwell’s bill with key differences. Shortwave Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chair Maria Cantwell (D-WA) is not on board with the discussion draft titled “American Data Privacy and Protection Act” (ADPPA) even though House
Three of the Four Top Privacy Stakeholders Float A Compromise Discussion Draft (Free Version) Microwave A data privacy draft bill breathes new hope into the chances of enactment of such a law this year. Shortwave House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Frank Pallone Jr (D-NJ), Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Ranking Member Roger Wicker (R-MS) released
Paid-members only Three of the Four Top Privacy Stakeholders Float A Compromise Discussion Draft Microwave A data privacy draft bill breathes new hope into the chances of enactment of such a law this year. Shortwave House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Frank Pallone Jr (D-NJ), Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Ranking Member Roger Wicker (R-MS) released
Wavelength Weekly (5 June 2022) Last Week Here are the editions from the past week you may have missed: Bipartisan Bill To Break Up Online Advertising Market Florida Social Media Law Crashes Into First Amendment Reports ““How Dare They Peep into My Private Life?”” — Human Rights Watch “Report of the European Digital Media Observatory’s
Florida Social Media Law Crashes Into First Amendment (Free Version) Microwave A U.S. appeals court upheld a lower court’s ruling that blocked Florida’s social media law from taking effect and found the state’s rationale for legislating and the law itself lacking. Shortwave The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld a U.S.
Paid-members only Florida Social Media Law Crashes Into First Amendment Microwave A U.S. appeals court upheld a lower court’s ruling that blocked Florida’s social media law from taking effect and found the state’s rationale for legislating and the law itself lacking. Shortwave The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld a U.S.
Bipartisan Bill To Break Up Online Advertising Market (Free Version) Subscribe today for all the paywalled material on The Wavelength, a newsletter on the intersection of tech politics, policy, and law. Microwave Ted Cruz and Richard Blumenthal are cosponsoring an online advertising competition bill!?!?!? Shortwave Senators Mike Lee (R-UT), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced
Paid-members only Bipartisan Bill To Break Up Online Advertising Market Microwave Ted Cruz and Richard Blumenthal are cosponsoring an online advertising competition bill!?!?!? Shortwave Senators Mike Lee (R-UT), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the “Competition and Transparency in Digital Advertising Act” (S.4258), a bill that “would restore and protect competition in digital advertising
Wavelength Weekly (29 May 2022) This Past Week Here are the editions from the past week you may have missed: Digital Markets Act Would Remake Digital World In EU and Possibly Elsewhere [https://the-wavelength.ghost.io/digital-markets-act-would-remake-digital-world-in-eu-and-possibly-elsewhere/] There May Be Less To The FTC’s Ed Tech Policy Statement Than Advertised [https://the-wavelength.ghost.io/
The FTC’s Settlement With Twitter Leaves Some Questions Unanswered This is the week's free edition. Enjoy and consider subscribing. Microwave Twitter violated the FTC Act and a consent order in deceptively obtaining the phone numbers and email addresses of 140 million people for targeted advertising. Shortwave The United States (U.S.) Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S. Department
There May Be Less To The FTC’s Ed Tech Policy Statement Than Advertised (Free Version) 💡This is the free version of The Wavelength💡Subscribe today [https://the-wavelength.ghost.io/#/portal/signup] for all the paywalled material on The Wavelength, a newsletter on the intersection of tech politics, policy, and law.Microwave The FTC’s splashy policy statement on “ed tech” is more modest than press
Paid-members only There May Be Less To The FTC’s Ed Tech Policy Statement Than Advertised Microwave The FTC’s splashy policy statement on “ed tech” is more modest than press coverage suggests. Shortwave The United States (U.S.) Federal Trade Commission issued a policy statement on how education technology providers need to comply the “Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act” (COPPA) when providing services or
Digital Markets Act Would Remake Digital World In EU and Possibly Elsewhere (Free Version) Subscribe today [https://the-wavelength.ghost.io/#/portal/signup] for all the paywalled material on The Wavelength, a newsletter on the intersection of tech politics, policy, and law. Here is the free preview of The Wavelength. Microwave The EU is closing in on enacting the DMA, another tech-world altering bill the
Paid-members only Digital Markets Act Would Remake Digital World In EU and Possibly Elsewhere Microwave The EU is closing in on enacting the DMA, another tech-world altering bill the U.S. and tech will hate. Shortwave The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union finally released the compromise text of the “Digital Markets Act” (DMA) and that “ will address a number of
Wavelength Weekly (22 May 2022) Here are the editions from the past week you may have missed: More Light Shines On Open Source Software’s Security Problems [https://the-wavelength.ghost.io/more-light-shines-on-open-source-softwares-security-problems/] EU Passes Data Governance Act [https://the-wavelength.ghost.io/eu-passes-data-governance-act/] Reports Photo by Laura Ockel [https://unsplash.com/@viazavier] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.
Paid-members only EU Passes Data Governance Act A lesser but still significant piece of European Union (EU) legislation will take effect next year now that the last necessary stakeholder signed off on the regulation. While this regulation is not as high profile as the “Digital Services Act” or the “Digital Markets Act,” this bill will change how
More Light Shines On Open Source Software’s Security Problems (Free Version) Subscribe today [https://the-wavelength.ghost.io/#/portal/signup] for all the paywalled material on The Wavelength, a newsletter on the intersection of tech politics, policy, and law. Here is the free preview of The Wavelength. A committee examined the problems posed by the fact that much of the digital world
Paid-members only More Light Shines On Open Source Software’s Security Problems A committee examined the problems posed by the fact that much of the digital world is built on open source software. In the wake of the SolarWinds and Log4j hacks that occurred in large part because of weaknesses in open source software, the United States (U.S.) government has been
Wavelength Weekly (15 May 2022) Here are the editions from the past week you may have missed: §Democrats To Use Republican's FTC Fix Language [https://the-wavelength.ghost.io/democrats-to-use-republicans-ftc-fix-language/] §U.S. Looks To Lead On Quantum Information Science [https://the-wavelength.ghost.io/u-s-looks-to-lead-on-quantum-information-science/] §European Commission Proposes New Regulation On Online Child Sexual Abuse [https://the-wavelength.
Bill Advances To Restore FTC Powers This is the week's free edition of The Wavelength. At yesterday’s hearing, Republicans refused to support provisions to reverse a court ruling that had been part of the top Republican’s recent data privacy bill. In fact the bill the chair offered lifted the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) fix
