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• China has introduced 29 new laws, the most of any country.
• Congress has yet to pass a federal law, and privacy experts have warned companies with European locations could be forced to suspend cross-border data flow due to GDPR.
• A quick recap: In July 2020, the European Court of Justice invalidated the EU-US Privacy Shield ruling it did a poor job of protecting the privacy of European citizens.
• Last September, Ireland's Data Protection Commission blocked Facebook from transferring EU user data to the U.S., which the social media giant is challenging in court.

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• Bonta's office released a list of 27 violations and outlined the steps the companies took to address them.
• The right to cure provision has blocked states such as Washington from enacting new privacy rules but was included in Colorado's recent law.
• California launched the Consumer Privacy Tool, letting individuals inform companies directly that they don't want their data sold.
• A link to Bonta's press conference is available here.

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• A quick reminder: The GPC is designed to make it easier for consumers to opt-out of having their data sold by giving them a universal switch.
• The CCPA was passed in June 2018 and always required a "do not sell" browser signal but did not mention a specific standard.
• GPC is available as a browser extension on DuckDuckGo and Brave.

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• The group consists of companies such as DuckDuckGo and Vivaldi, who noted they're all profitable and don't use surveillance advertising.
• The EU and its Data Protection Supervisor are investigating companies in the targeted advertising industry to determine if their data collection methods violate privacy rights.
• Advertisers have seen revenue decline by 15%-20% after Apple implemented its new App Tracking Transparency feature. 

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• Domestically, government agencies and private companies have overwhelmingly used surveillance to target marginalized communities, deepening divisions along racial and class lines.
• If consumer data ends up in the hands of foreign adversaries, this could pose a threat to U.S. national security.
• The U.S. looks like a hypocrite if it criticizes privacy laws implemented in others countries but fails to curb surveillance at home.
• Faith in American tech companies is eroded globally if the U.S. doesn't implement a law to protect user data.

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• Security experts urged Apple to increase collaboration with other tech giants to fix vulnerabilities in its software.
• Amnesty says hackers tried to access iPhones via zero-click attacks on iMessage.
• NSO Group has rejected all allegations and says its technology is only used on criminals.

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• The Washington Privacy Act would be the strongest state law enacted so far.
• There have been three unsuccessful attempts to pass the bill as lawmakers disagree on much responsibility companies and individuals must bear.
• Congress has failed to pass a law as some lawmakers don't think a federal law should override a state law.
• California, Virginia, and Colorado are the only states to implement a privacy law.

• A new digital pact covering cross border information flows between the U.S. and Asian-Pacific countries (not including China) has been delayed due to disagreements between members of the Biden administration.
• Google introduced a new privacy feature that lets users delete their most recent 15 minutes of search history.
• Federal Judge William Shubb tossed out a lawsuit that accused Miniclip SA and Apple of illegally accessing iPhone data via the 8 Ball Pool application.
• Volkswagen vowed it would comply with China's data privacy law, which goes into effect in September.
• Uber agreed to a deal with the California Public Utilities Commission to reduce its fine from $59M to $150,000 and will donate $9M to a state victims' funds.