The Vermont Legislature is considering its version (S.173) of Washington's My Health My Data Act to regulate non-HIPAA health data. If enacted, the Vermont law would take effect on January 2025. The bill is premised on a legislative finding that "the residents of Vermont regard their privacy as a fundamental right and an essential element of their individual freedom," and it could have a broad impact on organizations operating in and around Vermont.

Apple, Google, and Meta — and the thousands of jobs and the billions of corporate tax euros they pay to Ireland — have weathered so many challenges down the years that it would be easy to overlook what regulators in Washington and Brussels have just unleashed in the past few days. Lawsuits and...

The longstanding debate surrounding content and its regulation has been reignited with the release of draft recommendations for a Broadcasting Services Bill. While experts anticipate increased content regulation, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has a different point of view. For it, self-regulation remains the way forward while the introduction of a content evaluation committee will just act as an additional self-check layer.