Yesterday, German federal and state (Länder) data protection authorities ("DPAs") issued a Position Paper following the recent Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") ruling that struck down the EU-US Safe Harbor...more
10/27/2015
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Binding Corporate Rules ,
Cloud Computing ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection Authority ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Germany ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Right to Privacy ,
Safe Harbors ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
The European Court of Justice’s (CJEU) recent decision striking down the EU-US Safe Harbor framework has created significant marketplace uncertainty and left companies scrambling for alternative cross-Atlantic data transfer...more
10/20/2015
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Binding Corporate Rules ,
Compliance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection Authority ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Facebook ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Ireland ,
National Security ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Right to Privacy ,
Safe Harbors ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
The European Court of Justice's (CJEU) recent decision striking down the EU-US Safe Harbor framework has created significant marketplace uncertainty and left companies scrambling for alternative cross-Atlantic data transfer...more
10/19/2015
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Binding Corporate Rules ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection Authority ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Facebook ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Ireland ,
National Security ,
National Security Agency (NSA) ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Right to Privacy ,
Safe Harbors ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
On October 6, California Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation updating California’s data breach notice statute for the third time in three years. The news was quickly overshadowed by the CJEU’s decision invalidating the...more
10/15/2015
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Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Encryption ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Hackers ,
Incident Response Plans ,
International Data Transfers ,
New Legislation ,
Popular ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Privacy Laws ,
Right to Privacy ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
Earlier this month, privacy and security professionals from around the globe gathered for “Privacy. Security. Risk. 2015”—the second joint conference between the International Association of Privacy Professionals and the...more
10/15/2015
/ Big Data ,
Cloud Computing ,
Compliance ,
Covered Entities ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Data Security ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Dropbox ,
Edward Snowden ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Ethics ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Facebook ,
FCC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Google ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
International Data Transfers ,
Internet of Things ,
Ireland ,
Microsoft ,
National Security ,
National Security Agency (NSA) ,
OCR ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Right to Privacy ,
Safe Harbors ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Security Risk Assessments ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework