On May 16, 2016, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in Robins v. Spokeo, No. 13–1339, 578 U. S. ____ (2016), putting to rest months of speculation as to whether the Court could come to a meaningful...more
This week began like many. An arbitrary deadline came and went – this one, January 31, 2016, was set by the Article 29 Working Party for European and United States regulators to address the void created by the invalidation of...more
2/4/2016
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Binding Corporate Rules ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Safe Harbors ,
Schrems I & Schrems II
As we wrap up 2015, we thought it might be helpful to talk about some of the most common questions we received this year with respect to privacy compliance. Here is a random sampling of the questions topping the charts this...more
As we discussed in our blog post last week, on October 6, 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a judgment that invalidated the EU-U.S. Safe Harbor Framework. For the past 15 years, thousands of companies...more
10/13/2015
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Edward Snowden ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Facebook ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Ireland ,
Judicial Redress Act ,
National Security ,
National Security Agency (NSA) ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Right to Privacy ,
Safe Harbors ,
SCC ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
The recent decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) invalidating the Safe Harbor framework for transfers of personal data from the EU to the US has caused tremendous concern among businesses. Join lawyers...more
Last week we published an overview of key issues raised by the Federal Communications Commission’s July 10, 2015, Declaratory Ruling and Order regarding the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (the “July 2015 Order”). The July...more
On July 10, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission released the Omnibus Declaratory Ruling and Order (the Order) it adopted on June 18. The Order addresses requests for clarification regarding requirements under the...more
7/16/2015
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Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
CAN-SPAM Act ,
Class Action ,
Data Breach ,
Debt Collection ,
Debt Collectors ,
Exemptions ,
FCC ,
Financial Institutions ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Notifications ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Robocalling ,
TCPA ,
Telemarketing ,
Text Messages
BakerHostetler’s inaugural Data Security Incident Response Report (the “Report”) concluded that employee negligence and theft were two of the top five causes of data security incidents for the more than 200 incidents that we...more
The rate of disclosures of security incidents in 2015 continues at a pace that caused many to call 2013 and then 2014 “the year of the breach.” Most incidents are described publicly with attention-grabbing terms such as...more
On February 26, 2015, Jessica L. Rich, Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission, spoke at the BakerHostetler Symposium on Section 5 of the FTC Act on how the FTC approaches privacy and...more
As we near the turn of the year into 2015, organizations should keep an eye on laws taking effect on the West Coast. This year, the crop of new privacy statutes includes a few without precedent anywhere in the country. The...more
On October 28, 2014, Attorney General Kamala Harris released the second annual California Data Breach Report. The report detailed the nature and scope of data breach notifications that her office received in 2013. Her office...more
On September 30, 2014, California Governor, Jerry Brown, signed Assembly Bill 1710 into law, amending California’s existing personal information privacy laws. A.B. 1710 makes several changes to existing laws including...more