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Read Privacy Law updates, news, and legal commentary from leading lawyers and law firms:

News & Analysis as of May 21, 2013

Pillsbury Global Sourcing Practice

Personal Data Transfers from the European Economic Area: Time to Consider Binding Corporate Rules 2.0

by Rafi Azim-Khan, Steven Farmer | Pillsbury Global Sourcing Practice on 5/16/2013

What exactly is the '"best" solution for an international business needing to handle and transfer personal data across borders? This has become an increasingly important and common question as business becomes more...more

Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security

EU Data Protection Regulation: and the horizon recedes again . . .

by Susan Foster | Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security on 5/13/2013

(LONDON) We recently wrote that a crucial committee vote on the new EU Data Protection Regulation had been pushed back until May 29-30. The vote has been delayed again until an unspecified future date, although Jan Phillip...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Cloud Providers That Adhere to U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework Meet EU's Data Protection Adequacy Requirements, Says U.S. Commerce...

by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 5/7/2013

Differing local privacy and data protection laws, especially in the EU, have increasingly challenged U.S. cloud providers seeking to move and store data across the globe. New guidance and public statements by the United...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Preventing Corruption While Protecting Personal Information

by Suhna Pierce, Ruti Smithline, Marian Waldmann | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 5/6/2013

Multinational businesses are subject to a patchwork of laws of the various jurisdictions in which they operate. Complying with the myriad rules and regulations can be challenging. Compliance obligations vary from one country...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Global Sourcing Group -- Spring 2013

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 5/1/2013

Every year, we survey Morrison & Foerster’s Global Sourcing Group lawyers around the world to create a snapshot of the current state of the global outsourcing market and to identify emerging trends that are likely to shape...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

"Actually, Someone Knows You are a Dog"-- the Chinese Regulation Efforts on Private Data Protection

by Ling Zhang | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/25/2013

Do you have privacy in the era of information? "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog." First published in The New Yorker on July 5, 1993, this widely known and recognized saying has been quoted many times to...more

Dickinson Wright

Gaming Legal News - April 18, 2013 • Volume 6, Number 10

by Dickinson Wright on 4/24/2013

In This Issue: - OLG SELECTS SPIELO G2 AS ITS VENDOR FOR IGAMING: On August 10, 2010, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) announced that it will be extending its brand to Internet gaming (iGaming)....more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Internet Regulation and Data Privacy in China

by Thomas M. Shoesmith | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 4/24/2013

China is the world’s second largest economy, with an annual growth rate of more than eight percent and a rapidly growing middle class. Foreign investment into China routinely exceeds US$100 billion a year. Businesses from all...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

SEC and CFTC Issue Identity Theft Rules

by Ana-Maria Ignat, Daniel A. Nathan | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 4/22/2013

Today, April 19, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) published in the Federal Register rules and guidelines requiring their respective regulated financial...more

Jeff Ifrah

A Cautionary Tale: EU Probing Google for Possible Privacy Violations

by Jeff Ifrah on 4/8/2013

The increasing difficulties faced by internet providers and data gatherers in the international realm have yet again come to the fore. Privacy regulators in France, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and...more

Littler

Mexico's New Privacy Notice Guidelines Require Immediate Action

by Javiera Medina Reza | Littler on 4/8/2013

On April 17, 2013, Mexico's new Privacy Notice Guidelines will go into effect. The Guidelines impose extensive requirements for furnishing adequate data privacy notices and obtaining consent before personal data is collected...more

Dentons

Cloud Computing: Plan For Storms

by Tim Banks | Dentons on 3/20/2013

Originally Published in Canadian Corporate Counsel Association Magazine - Winter 2012. The Promise and the Challenge. Organizations are able to leverage reliable internet connectivity to access quickly scalable...more

Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security

Cloud Computing with Export-Controlled Data

by Jonathan Cain | Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security on 3/13/2013

Security and privacy are the most frequently expressed concerns about cloud computing (defined for this article to include software as a service, platform as a service and storage as a service), but for companies that engage...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Hong Kong Data Privacy Law Update: Personal Data (Privacy) (Amendment) Ordinance 2012

by Gordon Milner, Cynthia J. Rich | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 3/13/2013

INTRODUCTION - The Personal Data (Privacy) (Amendment) Ordinance 2012 (“Amendment Ordinance”) was formally adopted in July 2012. One of the most significant changes the Amendment Ordinance made to the existing Personal...more

Reed Smith

EU Proposed Directive on Network and Information Security

by Timothy Nagle, Christine Nielsen, Cynthia O'Donoghue | Reed Smith on 2/14/2013

On 7 February, the European Commission (EC) published an EU Cyber Security Strategy encompassing a proposed Directive on Network and Information Security (NIS Directive). The aim of the Strategy and NIS Directive is to...more

Thomas Fox

Quadrophenia and Four Compliance Issues

by Thomas Fox on 2/11/2013

This past weekend I saw the remaining members of The Who perform in their Quadrophenia Tour. While I had seen Roger Daltry perform the rock opera Tommy, I had never seen Pete Townsend in concert. To say I was blown away would...more

Dentons

A Gatekeeper Approach To Mobile App Regulation Is Developing In The United States

by Tim Banks | Dentons on 2/5/2013

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a Staff Report on February 1, 2013, entitled “Mobile Privacy Disclosures: Building Trust Through Transparency.” The FTC Staff Report follows on the heels of earlier recommendations...more

Dechert LLP

Privacy in China: New Rule to Protect Personal Information

by Gregory Louvel, Jingzhou Tao | Dechert LLP on 2/4/2013

The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) of the People’s Republic of China adopted a Decision Relating to Strengthening the Protection of Information on the Internet (the Decision) on December 28, 2012....more

The Law Offices of Donald W. Hudspeth, P.C.

What Standard must be Met for and Emailed Contract to be Considered Valid

by The Law Offices of Donald W. Hudspeth, P.C. on 2/3/2013

A new ruling that could affect how Phoenix law offices advise their clients on contract law is currently in the news. In September, an Arizona appellate court advised that a trial court needed to determine what constitutes...more

Field Law

Outsourcing by Canadian Companies: Another Look at the USA PATRIOT Act

by Field Law on 1/30/2013

Cloud computing and data outsourcing has been embraced by many Canadian companies. In a recent poll, the adoption rate of cloud-based services by Canadian businesses experienced one of the highest year-over-year increases....more

Dechert LLP

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

Morrison & Foerster LLP

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

Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph, PL

How to Ensure That Your Company’s Data Doesn’t Get Lost in the Clouds: Part II

by Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph, PL on 1/22/2013

Cloud computing has become an increasingly popular option for businesses to cheaply and efficiently manage their data systems. Businesses interested in utilizing these services should be cautious, however, when entering into...more

Dentons

UK Cookie Enforcement Report: Relevant to Canada

by Tim Banks | Dentons on 1/22/2013

On December 18, 2012, the UK Information Commissioners’ Office (ICO) issued an enforcement report on compliance with the rules regarding obtaining consent to the use of cookies and similar technologies....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Privacy in Latin America

by Cynthia J. Rich, Marian Waldmann, Miriam Wugmeister | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 1/14/2013

Originally published in Privacy & Security Law Report on January 7, 2013. The privacy landscape in Latin America is undergoing significant changes. With the enactment or implementation of laws in Colombia, Costa Rica,...more

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