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Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 56

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SEC Fines the New York Stock Exchange’s Parent Company $10 million for Failure to Promptly Notify Its Subsidiaries of Cybersecurity Breach - On May 22, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) imposed a $10...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

European Digital Compliance: Key Digital Regulation & Compliance Developments - May 2024

To help organizations stay on top of the main developments in European digital compliance, Morrison Foerster’s European Digital Regulatory Compliance team reports on some of the main topical digital regulatory and compliance...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity Quick Clicks | Issue 9

Katten's Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity Quick Clicks is a monthly newsletter highlighting the latest news and legal developments involving privacy, data and cybersecurity issues across the globe....more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Importance of Effective Policies and Training in Data Protection: Lessons from a Scottish Hospital Breach

I recently had the chance to visit with Jonathan Armstrong on a recent data breach case that occurred in the health service provider NHS Lanarkshire (Scotland) during the COVID-19 pandemic. This breach serves as a stark...more

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UK Data Regulator Joins Scrutiny of WorldCoin

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WorldCoin is a cryptocurrency project which uses iris scanning technology to issue a “World ID” as a digital identifier. Privacy concerns over WorldCoin have been voiced by several data protection authorities worldwide....more

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Increasing global cybersecurity regulation of private companies on the near horizon

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Within the past year, a number of countries around the world, including the United States, United Kingdom, France, and The Netherlands have initiated regulatory inquiries and developed new strategies for the purpose of more...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

AI Regulation in the U.K. — New Government Approach

On July 18, 2022, the U.K. Government published a paper on its proposals for AI regulation “Establishing a pro-innovation approach to regulating AI” (the AI Paper). This was published alongside the Government’s AI Action...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill: Taking Back Control of UK Data Protection?

On 18 July 2022 the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (the Bill) was introduced for discussion into parliament, in one of the UK's first drives towards data protection reform after Brexit....more

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The UK and global Data Protection landscape – seeing the bigger picture and navigating the maze

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Introduction - The data protection landscape in the UK, and globally, continues to evolve. The pace and number of initiatives has continued into 2022. This requires a step back – to look for key trends and the most relevant...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - May 2022

In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we review Connecticut’s passage of a comprehensive privacy law (making it the fifth state to do so), the newly enacted federal Better Cybercrime Metrics Act, New York’s new law...more

Blank Rome LLP

The BR Privacy & Security Download: March 2022

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Welcome to this month's issue of The BR Privacy & Security Download, the digital newsletter of Blank Rome’s Privacy, Security & Data Protection practice. ...more

Hogan Lovells

ICO consults on new guidance for conducting scientific research under the UK GDPR

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Research and development, innovation, product and service improvement, AI design and deployment...these are key commercial drivers for the successful modern business. They also underpin technological, medicinal, and other...more

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Proposed reform of the ICO – Necessary modernisation or a threat to independence?

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The UK Government is currently consulting on its proposals for the UK’s post-Brexit data protection regime. The consultation paper, “Data - A new direction”, covers a wide range of ground, setting out to remove “unnecessary...more

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Hogan Lovells responds to the ICO consultation on international data transfers

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Hogan Lovells’ Privacy and Cybersecurity team have made a formal submission to the Information Commissioner’s Office consultation on how organisations can continue to protect people’s personal data when it is transferred...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Significant Changes Proposed to UK GDPR

On September 10, the U.K. government launched a consultation “Data: A New Direction” (Consultation), which proposes significant changes to the U.K.’s data protection framework. The U.K. government has signalled its...more

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UK Government launches consultation on proposed changes to the data landscape

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On 9 September 2021, the UK’s Digital Secretary, Oliver Dowden, announced a series of reforms to drive innovation and growth in the UK’s data sector. The Government clarifies that one of the key objectives of the reforms is...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Warren v DSG Retail Ltd – Shifting the Liability Landscape in Post‐Cyberattack Litigation

Since the General Data Protection Regulations ("GDPR") came into force in 2018, companies in the United Kingdom (UK) that have suffered cybersecurity attacks often face civil claims from individuals whose data has been...more

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CNPD vs. Amazon, the largest GDPR fine on record – what do we know so far?

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Amazon’s financial records have revealed that the Luxembourg data protection supervisory authority, the Commission Nationale pour la Protection des Données (“CNPD”), is fining the retailer’s European arm (Amazon Europe Core...more

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UK Government releases Plan for Digital Regulation

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The UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) published a policy paper (on 6 July 2021) in connection with the UK Government’s Plan for Digital Regulation now that the UK has exited the EU. The paper, Digital...more

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Jones Day Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update | Vol. 27

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United States - Regulatory—Policy, Best Practices, and Standard - NIST Unveils Draft Guidance to Protect Critical Infrastructure - On October 22, 2020, the National Institute of Standards and Technology ("NIST")...more

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Marriott Secures 80% Reduction in ICO Fine, but Here’s What You Missed…

Hot on the heels of the £20 million fine issued to British Airways, the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO“) has issued Marriott International Inc. (“Marriott“) with a long-awaited penalty notice for its failure to...more

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What Might The BA And Marriott Fines Tell Us About The ICO’s Approach To Penalties?

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Few will have been surprised that, when the ICO eventually published details of the BA and Marriott fines, the final penalties were very much lower than the £183+ million and £99+ million proposed in the original notices of...more

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Marriott Cyberattack Fine Reduced as ICO Shifts Penalty Policy

On 30 October 2020, the UK’s data privacy regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued a final penalty notice (Penalty Notice) to fine the hotel chain Marriott International, Inc. (Marriott) for a GDPR data...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

ICO GDPR Fines Reduced to £20m and £18.4m to Reflect British Airways and Marriott Mitigating Factors

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has recently handed down two of the largest fines relating to a data breach in UK history. In August 2018, British Airways (BA) was subject to a cyberattack which breached the...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

ICO and CNIL Levy Landmark Fines Against British Airways and Marriott for 2018 Data Breaches

On Oct. 30, 2020, the United Kingdom’s data protection authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), in connection with France’s Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL), announced the largest...more

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