Edwin Jones

Sep 30, 2024 | constangy.com | Lauren Godfrey |Edwin Jones |John C. Babione |Jason S. Cherry

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has amended its Breach of Personal Information Notification Act. The amendments, available here 2024 Act 33 - PA General Assembly (state.pa.us), took effect last week, on September 26. The key provisions are as follows: If notice of a breach must be given to more than 500 individuals, notice must made at the same time to the Office of the Attorney General.

Jun 11, 2024 | constangy.com | Lauren Godfrey |Edwin Jones |John C. Babione |Jason S. Cherry

Canada Publishes New Breach Reporting FormsEffective May 24, 2024, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) has introduced a new online PIPEDA breach reporting form for federal institutions and businesses subject to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). Going forward organizations should be prepared to: Submit New Breach Reports: Organizations can use the secure online form to submit reports of new privacy breaches.

Aug 7, 2023 | lexology.com | Jordan Fischer |Edwin Jones

This year has proven to be active in terms of state privacy legislation. In addition to Montana’s Consumer Data Privacy Act, the state has now passed a Genetic Information Privacy Act. Montana defines “genetic data” as any data, regardless of format, concerning a consumer's genetic characteristics. Specifically, it includes the following:Raw sequence data that result from sequencing all or a portion of a consumer's extracted DNA.