Last week, the United States and the European Commission committed to a new Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework, which will foster trans-Atlantic data flows and address concerns raised in 2020 by the Court of Justice of the European Union when it struck down the Commission’s adequacy decision underlying the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework.
Parliament and Council negotiators agreed on new EU rules to limit the market power of big online platforms. The Digital Market Act will ban certain practices used by large platforms acting as “gatekeepers” and enable the Commission to carry out market investigations to sanction non-compliant behavior.
On March 24, 2022, the Utah Consumer Privacy Act was signed into law by the Utah Governor. This bill will take effect on December 31, 2023.
The Center for Social Media and Politics will hold a half-day symposium on “The Future of Social Media: Covering, Researching, and Regulating Platforms” on April 13, 2022.
The District Court for the Western District of Texas Austin found the state’s prohibition of the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (“UAV”) by journalists to be unconstitutional.
Apple released its new privacy feature “Private Relay” and “Hide my Email” bringing new privacy protections months after releasing App Tracking Transparency. These features are only available to users who have an iCloud storage subscription.
(Compiled by Student Fellow Raisa Adila Andomi)