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Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

5 Key Takeaways from the EDPB’s Final Guidelines on Examples Regarding Personal Data Breach Notification

Following a public consultation on an initial version released last January, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) last month adopted a final version of its Guidelines on Examples regarding Personal Data Breach...more

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Bundeskabinett beschließt Cybersicherheitsstrategie 2021

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Das Bundeskabinett hat am 8. September 2021 die vom Bundesministerium des Inneren, für Bau und Heimat (BMI) vorgelegte neue Cybersicherheitsstrategie 2021 beschlossen. Die neue Cybersicherheitsstrategie wird die deutsche...more

Poyner Spruill LLP

European Union Publishes Draft Standard Clauses for Trans-Atlantic Data Transfers

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Data Transfer from the European Union to the United States is a knotty process. The difficulties were compounded this summer when Europe’s highest court held the “Privacy Shield” program enabling U.S-E.U. data transfers...more

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Gibt der EuGH den Weg frei für datenschutzrechtliche Massenklagen?

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Der Bundesgerichtshof (BGH) hat dem Europäischen Gerichtshof (EuGH) die Frage zur Entscheidung vorgelegt, inwieweit Verbraucherschutzverbände berechtigt sind, Datenschutzverstöße geltend zu machen. Die Antwort auf diese Frage...more

Morgan Lewis

The eData Guide to GDPR: Binding Corporate Rules and Privacy Shield

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Global organizations need a clear, legal means to share data across borders, whether to conduct day-to-day business, comply with government regulations, perform under a contract, respond to lawsuits, or simply communicate and...more

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Data Breach Litigation Preparation: How do European Union Breach Notification Requirements Differ from the U.S.?

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As of January 1, 2020, California became the first state to permit residents whose personal information is exposed in a data breach to seek statutory damages between $100-$750 per incident, even in the absence of any actual...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

A Survival Guide for GDPR Enforcement Actions from a German Perspective – How to Assess and Mitigate Fines for GDPR Violations

Since the first enforcement actions have been initiated, some with significant fines, many companies may find themselves somewhat at a loss as they may not fully know how to assess the risks involved and how to react should...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

Is A Federal Privacy Law In The Cards for 2020?

In May of 2018, the European Union enacted the General Data Protection Rules, or GDPR, a legal framework that outlines not only how companies may collect and process personal information of EU residents, but how that data is...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Artificial Intelligence v. General Data Protection Regulation: Complex Risks in Changing Times

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Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) Is A Complicated Technology Developed With Data. This Saddles AI It With A Host Of Potential Privacy Regulations, Including Europe’s Data Protection Law, The General Data Protection Regulation...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

GDPR Compliance

BB&K's Christina Morgan Talks About Data Privacy in Riverside Lawyer Magazine - Due to rising concerns about privacy in the digital world, in April 2016, the European Union adopted the General Data Protection Regulation...more

Hogan Lovells

Data class actions in Europe and spotlights in Mexico, Russia and the U.S.

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The General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR) provides means to enforce provisions related to personal data processing by you as a data controller or data processor. It introduces collective actions everywhere in...more

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Marriott Facing 124 Million GDPR Fine

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Everyone knows about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The GDPR is the EU’s new privacy regime in the region. Over a year has passed since its implementation and organizations are discovering how strict EU...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

A Year of GDPR: Five Recommendations to Help Limit Regulatory Scrutiny

A year ago, on May 25, 2018, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force. With its extraterritorial scope and detailed requirements, the GDPR aimed to change the approach to personal data...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the...

Happy Birthday, GDPR!

Dear GDPR, Before you were born, you already attracted a lot of attention, after all, not everyone is born over two years after they are conceived and has 28 parents! And your parents had to ?resist an enormous pressure...more

McGuireWoods LLP

The General Data Protection Regulation’s First Birthday

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The European Union’s (EU) ambitious and far-reaching regulation, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), became effective on 25 May 2018. On the one-year anniversary, we reflect on some of the principal developments...more

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Lithuanian Data Protection Inspectorate Levies Fine For GDPR Data Management Violations

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The Lithuanian data protection inspectorate issued a 61,500 EUR fine against a payment services provider for violations of the data minimization, adequate security measures and data breach reporting requirements of GDPR....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

2019 IAPP Global Privacy Summit: Lessons from GDPR, Plans for CCPA and the Future of U.S. Privacy Law

At the beginning of this month, more than 4,000 privacy professionals from around the globe gathered in Washington, D.C. for the International Association of Privacy Professionals’ Global Privacy Summit 2019....more

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Jones Day Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update | Vol. 22

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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

White & Case LLP

Chapter 16: Remedies and sanctions – Unlocking the EU General Data Protection Regulation

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Why does this topic matter to organisations? Whereas the remedies and sanctions available to DPAs under the Directive were comparatively low (generally subject to a maximum of less than €1 million per infringement, with...more

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Chapter 11: Obligations of processors – Unlocking the EU General Data Protection Regulation

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Why does this topic matter to organisations? Under the GDPR, the concept of a "processor" has not changed. Any entity that was a processor under the Directive likely continues to be a processor under the GDPR. However,...more

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Chapter 5: Key definitions – Unlocking the EU General Data Protection Regulation (Updated)

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Why does this topic matter to organisations? The defined terms set out in this Chapter are of critical importance to understanding how EU data protection law applies to an organisation. For example, the question of whether...more

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GDPR Implementation By The (Really Big) Numbers

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Since May 25, 2018, 206,326(!) GDPR cases have been reported by Supervisory Authorities (SAs) from 31 European Economic Area (EEA) countries. Of those, 94,622 were initiated by individual complaints and 64,684 due to data...more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

Cybersecurity And Data Breaches: You Must Take Steps Now To Avoid Personal And Company Loss

Unfortunately, no industry or business is immune from data security events. Nearly every business collects some form of personal information, whether it involves your employees, customers, vendors, or all of the above....more

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GDPR: European Data Protection Authorities Inundated With Complaints And Breach Notifications

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The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) did NOT make all processing of personal data unlawful, though it seems than many think this, says Michael Kaiser, data protection officer at the Hesse Data Protection Authority...more

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Racing to Meet the 72-hour Deadline to Report a Personal Data Breach in the EU? A GDPR Resource Is Available

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Companies face substantial challenges in complying with breach notification requirements under Article 33 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Article 33 requires a data controller to report a personal data...more

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