This past Wednesday, the Senate Commerce Committee held another hearing on consumer data privacy, this time giving voice to prominent privacy advocates. Previous testimony in September from leading technology businesses focused on concerns with the complexity of having to comply with a patchwork of different state privacy regulations, broad definitions of “personal information” in the … Continue Reading
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced recently that it has launched a collaborative project to develop a voluntary privacy framework to help organizations manage risk. According to NIST Director Walter G. Copan, “The development of a privacy framework through an open process of stakeholder engagement is intended to … Continue Reading
