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New Program Under Biden Executive Order to Prevent Access to American’s Sensitive Personal Data by Foreign Actors

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/25/2024

The Biden Administration recently issued an Executive Order aimed at protecting American’s sensitive information and certain US Government data from threats posed by foreign actors. Of note is the Order’s focus on data...more

White House Executive Order to Establish New Cross-Border Sensitive Data Transfer Control Regime

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 3/8/2024

On February 28, 2024, the Justice Department published an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to seek public comments on the establishment of a new regulatory regime to restrict U.S. persons from transferring bulk...more

Investigations update: Hong Kong authorities ramp up enforcement in virtual assets and other sectors

A&O Shearman on 1/11/2024

Hong Kong has seen cryptocurrencies grow in popularity, highlighting the need for appropriate licensing regimes (implemented in the form of virtual asset service providers (VASPs)), bolstered by active enforcement actions. ...more

White House Issues Sweeping Executive Order on AI: Key Takeaways

Dechert LLP on 12/21/2023

President Biden’s recent Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence: Establishes a federal government-wide effort to mitigate risks of improper AI development and use. ...more

Cybersecurity Implementation Plan Offers a Roadmap for Cyber Priorities

Perkins Coie on 8/2/2023

The Biden Administration recently reaffirmed its continued focus on cybersecurity by announcing an Implementation Plan for the National Cybersecurity Strategy (the Plan). The Plan provides a roadmap covering the policies and...more

Meta Fined €1.2 Billion in Facebook Data Privacy Case: Should US Companies Be Concerned?

Woods Rogers on 5/24/2023

It has been a long time coming, but the other shoe has finally dropped. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Meta Platforms Ireland (parent of Facebook Ireland) €1.2 billion, the highest fine to date under the...more

President Biden Issues Executive Order Regarding Signals Intelligence Activities, Clearing Way for New Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy...

Perkins Coie on 10/11/2022

President Biden issued an executive order (EO) increasing protections and safeguards for personal data subject to signals intelligence activities. It also establishes a redress mechanism for residents of qualifying states who...more

Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Surveillance Act

King & Spalding on 10/6/2022

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced legislation on June 23, 2022, to provide the federal government authority to limit or prevent the sale of Americans’ personal data to “high-risk” countries and malign foreign...more

New CFIUS Executive Order Outlines 5 Risk Factors: Key Takeaways

Latham & Watkins LLP on 9/27/2022

President Biden sends a message to foreign investors and the business community that CFIUS will closely scrutinize transactions presenting certain risk factors. On September 15, 2022, President Biden issued an Executive...more

Cybersecurity: European Commission Adopts Proposal for Cyber Resilience Act

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing on 9/26/2022

On September 15, the EU Commission published a proposal for a Cyber Resilience Act (Proposed CRA), which builds on the 2020 EU Cybersecurity Strategy and the 2020 EU Security Union Strategy, with the aim of ensuring the...more

[Event] 2nd National Forum on Team Telecom - April 25th, Washington, DC

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 4/7/2022

Gain critical strategies for managing reviews in the new Team Telecom environment. The American Conference Institute’s 2nd National Team Telecom Conference will take place in Washington D.C. on April 25, 2022, one day...more

CFIUS Publishes its 2020 Annual Report

K2 Integrity on 8/18/2021

The 2020 unclassified report published by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) provides investors with information regarding the approval rate for the streamlined declarations review process and...more

Biden Issues Executive Order Redirecting and Clarifying Scrutiny of Chinese Apps

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 6/23/2021

Key Points - On June 9, President Biden signed an executive order (“EO”) revoking a series of Trump-era EOs targeting specific Chinese “connected software applications” (“apps”), including TikTok and WeChat. The EO calls...more

Biden Administration issues New Executive Order to protect Americans’ sensitive data

Hogan Lovells on 6/15/2021

On January 9, 2021, the Biden Administration issued Executive Order (EO) 14034, to further address the declared national emergency with respect to the information and communications technology and services (ICTS) supply...more

Biden Signs Executive Order to Protect Personal Data from Foreign Adversaries

Holland & Knight LLP on 6/14/2021

The U.S. government's efforts to secure sensitive personal data against foreign adversaries, primarily with an eye toward China, continue. On June 9, 2021, President Joe Biden signed the Executive Order on Protecting...more

New SCCs are here: what they mean and what you need to do next.

Ankura on 6/14/2021

After much anticipation, the European Commission has published new Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs). Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), when personal data of individuals in the European Economic Area...more

The Proverbial Other Foot: Proposed U.S. Legislation Could Ban Personal Data Transfers to Ireland and Other U.S. Allies

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Privacy, Cyber & AI... on 5/3/2021

Digital giants and other data-driven businesses that have moved their companies from the United Kingdom to Ireland in the wake of Brexit could soon be bracing for a new shake-up in light of legislation recently proposed in...more

Schrems II, Reverse Schrems, and Schrems with a Half-Twist from the Pike Position

Womble Bond Dickinson on 4/29/2021

Just when you thought it was safe to send your data across the water, the distinctive dorsal fin of Schrems II breaks the surface. The EU, who can barely be convinced that the UK’s data privacy law is “adequate” despite...more

CFIUS: Questions for the Biden Administration

K2 Integrity on 3/9/2021

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) can be expected to maintain America’s traditional open investment posture consistent with the robust protection of U.S. national security interests....more

You Have Been Weighed in the Balance and Found Wanting (Or at Least, Inadequate)

Womble Bond Dickinson on 10/16/2020

Article 45 of the GDPR allows the transfer of personal data from the EU to a third country when the third country ensures an “adequate level of protection” (adequacy decision). In determining “adequacy,” the GDPR provides...more

The Logical Conclusion to an Illogical Conclusion: Schrems May Forbid Data Commerce from the EU to the US

Womble Bond Dickinson on 8/12/2020

The world just received the newest pronouncement from the EU Court of Justice, in a decision known as Schrems II, and the legal opinion extends the data war declared on the United States in the first Schrems decision....more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - April 2020 #4

Robinson & Cole LLP on 4/25/2020

Cognizant Confirms Maze Ransomware Attack - The criminals behind the Maze ransomware [view recent related posts here and here] have gone big and hit Cognizant, one of the largest technology consulting companies in the U.S.,...more

Jones Day Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update | Vol. 22

Jones Day on 5/16/2019

UNITED STATES - Regulatory—Policy, Best Practices, and Standards - NIST Director Discusses Future Development of Cybersecurity Framework - On March 4, the director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology...more

International Law Bulletin - Vol. 22, No. 5

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 6/15/2018

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND TRADE - Data Privacy - EU: The European Union (EU) brought into force the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) effective May 25, 2018 significantly enhancing the right of an individual to...more

The Future of CFIUS: Perhaps Not So Happy a New Year

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/14/2017

‘Tis the season to wonder, what will 2018 bring? We may speculate on things like a private company making a moon landing or a peace accord with North Korea. We may be certain of things like well-intentioned gym memberships...more

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