Consumer Protection, International Law & Trade, Privacy

Poland - Cookies Served on a Tray. New Regulations on the Use of Cookie Files

by Oskar Tulodziecki, Marta Wysokinska | K&L Gates LLP on 5/22/2013

Regulations in Poland relating to entities providing services electronically (meaning practically all entities running Internet websites) have been amended. These changes derive from the new provisions of the EU law, in...more

Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Issues Draft Provisions Governing Protection of Personal Information

by Gabriel Bloch, Paul D. McKenzie, Cynthia J. Rich | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 4/25/2013

As we reported in our client alert on January 23, 2013, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress issued a Decision on Reinforcing the Protection of Network Information on December 28, 2012. To implement this...more

EU Data Protection Regulation: Looming closer . . .

by Susan Foster | Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security on 4/22/2013

(LONDON) The draft of the new Data Protection Regulation, the first EU privacy law with highly serious teeth in the form of fines based on global turnover, continues to wend its way through various committees of the European...more

European Privacy Regulator Issues Important Opinion on the Use of Apps

by Karin Retzer | Morrison Foerster - Social Media on 4/16/2013

On February 27, 2013, the European Article 29 Working Party (a group comprising representatives from all of the data protection authorities of the EU Member States, referred to in this articles as “WP29”) issued an Opinion on...more

FinCEN Issues Virtual Currency Guidance

by Keith R. Fisher, Alan S. Kaplinsky, Beth Moskow-Schnoll, Mercedes Kelley Tunstall | Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/25/2013

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued formal guidance to clarify the anti-money laundering obligations of administrators and exchangers of convertible virtual currency. “Virtual” currency, unlike...more

European Regulators Issue Opinion on Mobile Apps

by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 3/25/2013

On March 14, 2013, the European data protection regulators (the Article 29 Working Party, or WP) issued a 30-page opinion addressing how mobile apps should comply with EU data protection law (the Opinion). The main focus of...more

New Developments in Data Privacy in China

by Veronica Lockyer, Stephanie Sharron | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/12/2013

China is taking notice of the growing focus on data privacy and protection issues by taking two significant steps toward clarifying the country’s approach to protecting personal information. Most recently, China issued the...more

Administration Launches Strategy on Mitigating Theft of U.S. Trade Secrets

by Lauren Papenhausen | McDermott Will & Emery on 3/1/2013

The strategy announced on February 20, 2013, should serve as both a wake-up call from the government and an offer of assistance. Given the losses that can arise from competitors’ purposeful theft of trade secrets, entities...more

ICO Fine Signals International Risks of Data Breaches

by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 2/8/2013

On January 24, 2013, the UK Data Protection Watchdog — the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) — fined Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited £250,000 (about $400,000) for its alleged failure to implement...more

UK Data Protection Regulator ICO Flexes Power to Impose Fine - Sony Fined for Data Breach

by Renzo Marchini | Dechert LLP on 1/29/2013

Introduction - On 24 January 2013, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) served Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited (“Sony”) with a monetary penalty of £250,000 following a serious breach of data security...more

China’s Legislature Weighs in on Online Data Privacy; Other Recent Privacy Developments in China

by Jingxiao Fang, Tihua Huang, Paul D. McKenzie | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 1/23/2013

On December 28, 2012, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (“NPC”), China’s legislature, weighed in on the subject of data privacy with its promulgation of the Decision on Reinforcing the Protection of...more

China’s New Online Information Protection Law

by Ron Cai, Fraser Mendel, Lin Zhu | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 1/10/2013

On Dec. 28, 2012, the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress enacted a 12-article Decision on Strengthening Online Information Protection (the “Decision”), without public consultation and after just one...more

The View from London: European Parliament Publishes Proposal for Revised Draft of EU Data Protection Regulation

by Susan Foster | Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security on 1/10/2013

The European Parliament recently published a report on the European Commission’s draft of a new EU Data Protection Regulation. The report, which includes the European Parliament’s proposal for a revised draft of the...more

China Adopts Privacy Legislation Strengthening Online Personal Data Protection

by Erica Gann Kitaev | BakerHostetler on 1/8/2013

China’s top legislature, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, closed out 2012 with the approval of rules to enhance the protection of online personal information....more

Standing on the Precipice: Privacy Litigation and Standing Requirements

by David Munkittrick | Proskauer - Privacy & Data Security on 11/27/2012

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments last month in Clapper v. Amnesty International, a case that asks the Court to determine whether a group of lawyers, journalists, and human rights workers have standing to challenge the...more

United States Joins the APEC Cross Border Privacy Rules System

by White & Case LLP on 9/13/2012

On June 26, 2012 the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the United States' participation in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Cross-Border Privacy Rules ("CBPR") System. The United States is the first non-Asian...more

The Right To Be Forgotten

by Proskauer - Privacy & Data Security on 5/16/2012

On 25 January 2012, the European Commission published a proposed new data protection framework for the E.U. The new framework, unlike the current one, is to provide a consistent and harmonised set of rules for all 27 E.U....more

Gearing Up For The Complicated Worlds of Outsourcing and Offshoring - May 14, 2012

by Dechert LLP on 5/15/2012

In This Issue: - Head in the Cloud? Achieving Savings While Managing Risks in the United States - Country Risk: Illustrated - Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Outsourcing Guidance Excerpt from...more

Google's New Privacy Policy Being Scrutinized by the French Data Protection Authority

by Proskauer - Privacy & Data Security on 3/13/2012

Google launched a new privacy policy that took effect on March 1st, 2012. According to Google, the purpose of revising its privacy policy was to unify into one single privacy policy more than 60 different privacy policies...more

The White House and European Union Privacy Proposals

by Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 3/12/2012

First in a Two-Part Series The Obama Administration and the European Union (EU) have recently submitted two major proposals that are likely to have a significant impact on the ongoing discussions regarding consumer...more

Privacy and Mobile Apps for Kids

by Dentons on 2/21/2012

Canadian Privacy Commissioners have expressed concerned regarding the collection and use of personal information from children. In the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada’s 2010 Report on Consultations on Online...more

Planned EU Data Protection Reform — Effect on German and International Businesses

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 2/16/2012

The EU data protection regime is subject to comprehensive reform plans aimed at strengthening individuals' rights and creating uniformity on data protection rules in all EU member states.1 On January 25, 2012, the EU...more

Proposed EU Data Protection Regulation What Companies Need to Know

by Francoise Gilbert on 2/15/2012

A review and analysis of the proposed EU Data Protection Reform: the General Data Protection Regulation and the Police and Criminal Justice Data Protection Directive. ...more

EU Meaning of Consent for data processing

by Robert Bond on 2/2/2012

Originally publisHed in E-Commerce Law & Policy in UK this article analyses the meaning of consent in the EU as it relates to processing of personal data....more

Advertising Law - November 22, 2011

by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 11/25/2011

In This Issue: Edward F. Glynn, Jr., Renowned Advertising Attorney, Joins Manatt in Washington, D.C.; Q&A with Steve Raptis: A Minor Delay In Providing Notice of a Lawsuit May Void Insurance Coverage; Google+ Subtracts...more

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