14.07.2010 Senators re-introduce bill to improve security, require notification of breaches
The press release issued by the Senators:
Today Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) joined Senator Bob Bennett, (R-Utah) to re-introduce legislation that helps protect consumers and businesses from identity theft and account fraud.

26.05.2010 Russia Considers Improving its Data Protection Law
InfoWatch analytics lab reports, the Russian Federation is considering amending the country’s data protection law, according to BNA’s Privacy Law Watch.

25.05.2010 Reckless' data breaches should be prosecuted
InfoWatch analytics lab reports, Irish data protection controllers should face sanctions for deliberate or reckless breaches of information protection law, a Government appointed review group has concluded.

24.05.2010 FAQ on Alberta's New Breach Notice Law
InfoWatch analytics lab reports, earlier this month (May 1, 2010), Alberta became the first Canadian province to pass a broad breach notice law (“Bill 54”) as part of their comprehensive data privacy statute, the Personal Information Protection Act (“the Act”; technically, Alberta is the second province to pass a breach notice law in Canada, Ontario previously passed a breach notice law that focuses on health information custodians). 

17.05.2010 Application of New Massachusetts Data Security Regulations to Out-of-State Businesses
Massachusetts’s new data security regulations, effective as of March 1, 2010, currently set forth the country’s most stringent requirements for protecting data. Extending beyond what is required by other states, Massachusetts specifies that, for example, covered entities must implement a written information security program and must encrypt personal information that will be transmitted over the Internet, or that is kept on laptops and other portable devices. Massachusetts regulators and enforcement agencies would likely make the following three arguments that out of state entities must also comply with the new regulations.

12.05.2010 New breach notification requirements in effect in Canada
Amendments to the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) were proclaimed in force on May 1, 2010, and added a new requirement for organizations to notify the Information and Privacy Commissioner of incidents “involving the loss of or unauthorized access to or disclosure of personal information where a reasonable person would consider that there exists a real risk of significant harm to an individual.” PIPA was also amended to give the Commissioner the power to require organizations to notify individuals to whom there is a real risk of significant harm as a result of such an incident.

05.05.2010 Guernsey: Data protection law amended to include prison time
Michael Adkins of Collas Day summarizes amendments to the Data Protection (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law. According to Wikipedia, Guernsey is a possession of the UK and not part of the UK nor part of the EU.

19.04.2010 Thoughts on City of Ontario v. Quon: The Fourth Amendment and Privacy of Electronic Communications in the Workplace
The Supreme Court will soon hear arguments in City of Ontario v. Quon, an important Fourth Amendment case involving the privacy of electronic communications in the workplace.

16.04.2010 California Senate again OKs breach notification law update
The California Senate has approved a bill that would update the state's pioneering data breach notification law, the lawmaker who introduced the legislation announced Friday.

15.04.2010 Virginia Adds Medical Information Breach Notice Law
The state of Virginia has passed a breach notice law requiring notice of security breaches involving medical information.

14.04.2010 Last State Without a Breach Notice Law? Not Mississippi
Yesterday, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour approved Mississippi's first breach notification law, House Bill 583, leaving only four states without a notification law (Alabama, Kentucky, New Mexico, and South Dakota). 

06.04.2010 Personal Data Protection Bill passed
The Personal Data Protection Bill 2009 was passed by the Dewan Rakyat today without any “fireworks” as had been expected.

24.03.2010 Addition to Washington Breach Law Imposes Retailer Liability in Payment Card Breaches
Under a Washington law effective July 1, 2010, certain entities involved in payment card transactions may be liable to financial institutions for costs associated with reissuing payment cards after security breaches.

28.01.2010 Informing victims of identity theft

13.11.2009 NSW unveils new ID theft laws

25.09.2009 Ohio Officials, Insurers Look to Protect Policyholder Data

07.08.2009 Indiana Combats Identity Theft

31.07.2009 ID Theft Bill Proposed

30.07.2009 Germany Adopts Stricter Data Protection Law — Serious Impact on Business Compliance

15.07.2009 Nevada's New Encryption Law; Made Moot By Its Own Data Breach Law?