No Password Required: Founder and Commissioner of the US Cyber Games, CEO of the Cyber Marketing Firm Katzcy, and Someone Who Values Perseverance Over Perfection
Biometric Litigation
Founder of Cyber Security Unity, Member of the Order of the British Empire, and Appreciator of '80s Soap Operas
Illinois Supreme Court Clarifies BIPA Violation Accruals, Opening the Door for “Annihilative” Damage
No Password Required: The Custom T-Shirt-Wearing CEO Who Not Only Appreciates Mega Man ... He Basically Is One
Hybrid Workforces and Compliance with Sheila Limmroth
Legislating Data Privacy Series: A Conversation with Massachusetts Representatives Dave Rogers and Andy Vargas
State Law Privacy Video Series | Privacy and Sensitive Information
Podcast: BIPA Trends in 2022
State Law Privacy Video Series | Applicability
Getting Personal—Wearable Devices, Data, and Compliance
Episode 8: Why brokers, not breaches, are America's greatest privacy threat (with Rob Shavell)
NGE On Demand: Personal Data Protection Travels: The New Standard Contractual Clause with John Koenigsknecht and David Wheeler
Inside Privacy Law: The Regulation of Personal Data
NGE On Demand: Cybersecurity Considerations for Emerging Companies with Michael Gray and David Wheeler
Oklahoma: Changing Data Privacy as We Know It?
The Convergence of AI and Data Privacy in eDiscovery: Using AI and Analytics to Identify Personal Information
Reducing Cybersecurity Burdens with a Customized Data Breach Workflow
Sitting with the C-Suite: Looking Ahead to Potential Compliance Issues Due to COVID-19
Sitting with the C-Suite: Information Governance and eDiscovery - Key Compliance Issues for In-House Counsel
With the announcement of UK General Election for Thursday 4 July 2024, the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill has not completed the legislative process before the end of the current parliamentary session and will...more
Introduction - Data protection is being driven by rapid technological advances and the increasing digitalization of society. Data protection legislation in Portugal is aligned with European Union law, in particular with...more
The recent passage of H.R.7521, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (the “Act”), by the House of Representatives aims to restrict TikTok to U.S. users unless the platform’s parent...more
“Cybersecurity” has emerged as one of top risks facing organizations. Considering the steady stream of massive data breaches affecting millions (sometimes billions), the debilitating effects of ransomware on an organization’s...more
With the onslaught of new privacy legislation and cyber threats coupled with upticks in enforcement, running a well-functioning and flexible privacy program is now, more than ever, a critical component of an organization’s...more
In this day and age, data privacy is a hot topic. Many Americans believe their personal data is less secure now than ever and that data collection poses more risks than benefits. For this reason, among others, businesses must...more
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
This second part of a two-part series on U.S. regulation of artificial intelligence systems highlights state legislation and litigation to watch concerning AI systems, and provides practical takeaways as we look toward the...more
Recent Chinese regulations on personal data protection and standard contractual processes limit the cross-border transfer of personally identifying information. ...more
On May 22, 2023, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) published its long-awaited decision in the Meta EU-U.S. data transfer case (Decision). In its landmark Decision, the DPC imposed a record 1.2 billion EUR fine and...more
In 1992, Singapore banned the sale of all chewing gum. But if you owned a cornerstore in the U.S. and a Singaporean tourist came to visit your business, there would be nothing to stop you from selling them a pack of gum—in...more
Regulator proposes requiring content moderation, algorithmic transparency, data protection and security, nondiscrimination, and quality of training data - Regulators around the globe are paying close attention to the...more
In this episode, Claude-Etienne Armingaud, Eleonora Curreri, and Camille Scarparo celebrate the fifth year anniversary of GDPR along with lawyers from our European offices; Thomas Nietsch and Andreas Müller (Berlin), Nóirín...more
INTRODUCTION - As more of our lives and work become digitized, an inherent overlap continues to grow between data privacy and cyber security programs. Think of two similarly sized circles: in the past, data privacy and cyber...more
On January 12, 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that the data subject’s right of access to personal data requires controllers to provide the data subject with the identity of the companies that...more
As we celebrate a new year, many HR/legal professionals in the UK will be thinking of areas that might need a bit of a refresh, and data privacy may be one of those....more
To celebrate Data Privacy Day, the data security & privacy team at Burns & Levinson is sharing some exciting highlights for 2023...more
The United States is adequate, at least according to a draft opinion on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. Here is a look at what the opinion says, and what U.S. companies involved in EU-U.S. transfers should be doing now....more
On Aug. 11, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding the collection, sharing and use of certain information which it refers to as “commercial surveillance data” and whether the...more
The ongoing massive data breach in the world of advertising: real time bidding ("RTB"). You likely are, or have been, a target of RTB without your knowledge. The Irish Council for Civil Liberties ("ICCL") found that the...more
The world of privacy is constantly changing. New legislation is passed and new regulations come into effect on a regular basis. Data protection authorities update their guidance, new threats and threat actors emerge, and new...more
Is your business one that has not prioritized compliance with data privacy laws because you do not collect personal data about your customers? If so, you are in good company, but it is time to reframe your approach on data...more
In a joint press conference, U.S. President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced an agreement “in principle” on a framework, called the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (“Privacy...more
Data protection laws, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) are a major cause for concern for organizations. While the biggest fines garner headlines, such as...more
As it has been said countless times, you have to know the past to face the future. While not that epic, focusing on what has happened in the Spanish data protection environment during the last year is an interesting starting...more