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With a Key Deadline Fast Approaching, Now Is the Time to Address the New and Complex Requirements for Data Transfers Outside of...

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U.S.-based multinationals with employees in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) are confronting a November 30 deadline to implement China’s new cross-border data transfer mechanism—the Standard Contract.  This implementation...more

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11th Circuit orders reexamination of breach class boundaries

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On July 11, a split U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit partially vacated the greenlighting of two data breach class actions, holding that a district court must re-analyze the boundaries of the classes. Both the...more

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FTC Continues To Enforce Child Online Privacy Protections

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The Federal Trade Commission (”FTC”) continues to prove that failing to comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) can be costly for technology firms. In the past month, the FTC, in conjunction with...more

Bennett Jones LLP

British Columbia Employer Found Vicariously Liable for Data Breach

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The Ontario Court of Appeal recently released a trilogy of decisions (Winder v. Marriott International, Inc., 2022 ONCA 815; Obodo v. Trans Union of Canada, Inc., 2022 ONCA 814; Owsianik v. Equifax Canada Co., 2022 ONCA 813)...more

Burr & Forman

Summary and Comparison of U.S. Data Privacy Laws Since California's CCPA and CPRA

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California started the process of individual U.S. states enacting individual privacy laws with its California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), which currently is in effect, as supplemented and amended by the California Consumer...more

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FTC Settles Allegations of Data Security Failures with Edtech Company Chegg

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On October 31, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a complaint and proposed consent order against Chegg, an edtech company, over its security practices that resulted in four security breaches in three years....more

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State and Federal Crackdown on Data Breach: EyeMed, Carnival Cruise & CafePress Settlements

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This year has seen some substantial new data breach settlements including a $500,000 Federal Trade Commission (FTC) fine against CafePress, a $1.25 million multi-state class action settlement and $5 million New York...more

Perkins Coie

China Increases Security Measures on Cross-Border Data Transfers

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In order to regulate cross-border data transfers in accordance with the Cybersecurity Law, the Data Security Law, and the Personal Information Protection Law, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) released the Measures...more

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Deadline to Update New EU Standard Contractual Clauses Is Approaching

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As you may recall from our previous advisory, "The European Commission Implements New Standard Contractual Clauses", existing data sharing contracts that include the old standard contractual clauses ("SCCs") will only remain...more

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Online safety and social media regulation gains momentum on both sides of the Atlantic – are tech giants ready?

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When the UK Government first introduced the Online Safety Bill (the "Bill") to Parliament, it lauded the Bill as creating "world-leading online safety laws" which "marked a milestone in the fight for a new digital age". The...more

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Beyond Materiality: Comparing The SEC’s Proposed Data Breach Notification Rules with Evolving State Notification Laws

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On March 9, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced Proposed Rules on cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident disclosure (“Proposed Rules”) to address concerns of increasing...more

Hogan Lovells

Data breach response liability: Jury finds defendant not negligent for response to data breach

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In a first of its kind trial, a defendant accused of negligently responding to a data breach was cleared of all liability by a jury last month. After two hours of deliberation, the jury rejected plaintiff’s claim that the...more

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Kennedys cybersecurity and privacy (US) 2021 year in review

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As the world emerged from lockdown, it should come as no surprise that cybersecurity and data privacy remained dominant topics in the media and legal industry. Some of 2021 was much like 2020 – ransomware attacks continued to...more

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California Privacy Protection Agency Signals Delay for Final CPRA Rules and California AG Conducts CCPA Investigative Sweep

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California Privacy Protection Agency Indicates Delay for Final CPRA Regulations The California Privacy Protection Agency (“Agency”) was established by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”)....more

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Massachusetts Moving Closer to Comprehensive Data Privacy Protection

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is moving closer to passing consumer data privacy protection legislation with bipartisan support. The Joint Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity...more

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UK Supreme Court Landmark Decision Limits Data Privacy Class Actions in the UK

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The UK Supreme Court handed down its much-anticipated decision in the Lloyd v Google LLC [2021] UKSC 50 case on 10 November 2021 restricting claimants’ ability to bring data privacy class actions in the UK under the (now...more

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China's New Data Security Law Restricts Cross-Border Transfers of All Data to Foreign Authorities

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When the DSL goes into effect on September 1, 2021, it will impose certain restrictions on a company's ability to transfer data out of China without the prior approval of Chinese authorities. One significant restriction is...more

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Highlights of China’s Recently Adopted Personal Information Protection Law

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On August 20, 2021, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress adopted the Personal Information Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China (the “Personal Information Protection Law”). The Personal...more

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Alberta Government Seeks Feedback on Privacy Legislation

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The Ministry of Service Alberta is seeking public input on the province's statutory privacy protections. This follows Ontario's recent gesture to modernize its privacy framework and request feedback, which we discussed in...more

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Illinois Federal Court Rules Apple May Be “In Possession” of Biometric Data Stored on User Devices

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Last week, a federal court in Illinois ruled that the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) (740 ILCS § 14/1 et seq.) can apply to companies that do not exclusively control consumers’ biometric data, denying an...more

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Status Of Proposed CCPA-Like State Privacy Legislation As Of June 7, 2021

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Keypoint: This week the Colorado legislature continued to advance the Colorado Privacy Act, and the Nevada Governor signed into law a bill that will broaden the state’s pre-existing right to opt out of sales as of October 1,...more

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The European Commission issues Schrems II-proof Standard Contractual Clauses to allow global dataflows

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Following the coming into effect of the GDPR three years ago and in light of last year’s Schrems II decision, the European Commission has adopted a new set of Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) aimed at enabling lawful...more

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CCPA Breach Class Action Settlement About to Get “Minted”

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Although the California Consumer Protection Act (“CCPA”) went into effect on January 1, 2020 and over 100 class actions referencing the CCPA have been filed to date, very few class actions have actually made their way to...more

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Ontario Promises to Create Canada's First Provincial Data Authority

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On April 30, 2021, the Government of Ontario introduced Building a Digital Ontario, the province's new digital and data strategy, which lays the foundation for Ontario to become "the world's leading digital jurisdiction."...more

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Florida Businesses Dodge a Data Privacy Bullet - for Now

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Well, it’s over, with a whimper. After months of will-they-or-won’t-they, the Florida legislature went with “won’t” on enacting Florida House Bill 969, the “Florida Privacy Protection Act.” ...more

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