The Israeli Ministry of Health (MoH) issued a new circular on the principles of cybersecurity defense in the Israeli health sector. The circular specifies the cybersecurity measures that must be taken to protect a health organization’s cyber assets (i.e., the personal and medical information stored in its databases); guides on appropriate cybersecurity risk management and cyber-attack preparedness and response; sets ...

Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA) into law, making Utah the fourth US state to adopt comprehensive privacy legislation, following California in 2018, and Virginia and Colorado in 2021. The UCPA will become effective on December 31, 2023.

The UCPA applies to businesses who act either as “controllers” or “processors”, and who: (1) conduct business ...

The European Commission published a newly proposed regulation for data access and reuse, aimed at facilitating free access to digital data by businesses, academic institutions, public administration, consumers, and other stakeholders. The proposed regulation does not aim to govern personal data, but rather technical data.

Among other issues, the proposed regulation intends to enable consumers to freely access and use ...