Vague Definitions in CISPA Raise Concerns of SOPA 2.0
An old adage says that the only things in life that are certain are death and taxes. We think regulatory changes can surely be added to that list. A number of regulatory updates will affect Bermuda entities this year, and we...more
En 2022, le droit canadien de la protection de la vie privée et de la cybersécurité a continué d’évoluer considérablement. Comme dans les années passées, afin de souligner la Journée de la protection des données, nous...more
In 2022, the Canadian privacy and cybersecurity law landscape continued to see significant transformation. As with previous years, to mark Data Privacy Day, we have summarized the big stories from last year to help you stay...more
L’année dernière aura été elle aussi une année chargée au chapitre des réformes visant les lois canadiennes en matière de protection de la vie privée. Bien que le fort attendu projet de loi C-11 soit mort au feuilleton en...more
Last year was another productive year for privacy law reform efforts across Canada. Although the highly anticipated Bill C-11 died on the order paper when the federal election was called in September, both Quebec and British...more
The Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) on October 29, 2021 published the draft Measures on Security Assessment of Cross-Border Data Transfer (“Draft Measures”) for comment through November 28, 2021. The Draft Measures...more
Bermuda’s Personal Information Protection Act 2016 (PIPA) will, when fully operative, represent a significant change in informational privacy law in Bermuda. While it envisages a comparatively “light regulatory environment”...more
En cette Journée de la protection des données, nous faisons un tour d’horizon d’une année chargée de consultations et de propositions visant à réformer certaines lois canadiennes en matière de protection des données. En 2020,...more
This Data Privacy Day, we reflect on a busy year of consultations and proposals to reform Canadian data privacy laws. In 2020, governments across Canada tabled legislative amendments and signalled their intention to...more
In response to trends, heightened public awareness, and a string of large-scale data breaches, states continue to enhance their data breach notification laws. In 2017 Maryland amended its Personal Information Protection Act...more
A few weeks ago, Texas signed into law an amendment to its data breach law, capping off a busy first half of 2019 for state lawmakers in this arena. As we gear up for the second half of 2019, we thought a recap was...more
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
Effective May 30, 2017, Japan amended its omnibus data protection law, the Personal Information Protection Act (“PIPA”), to add new compliance requirements that will have an immediate impact on many U.S. multinational...more
On January 1, 2017, Illinois ushered in a broader and stronger personal information and data breach regime. The Illinois Personal Information Act (PIPA), 815 ILCS § 530, applies any entity that “handles, collects,...more
In an increasingly interconnected and digitized world, data breaches have become ever more common. The wealth of personal information that corporations have in their possession means that such breaches can occur in even the...more
Sophisticated phishing scams and muscular hacking efforts continue to compromise personal and sensitive information held by insurers, hospital systems, and businesses large and small. In response, many states have...more
January 2012 saw an explosion of controversy over two Internet-related bills that had been progressing through Congress: the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House, and the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic...more
The 112th Congress saw a lot of activity focused on new and changing technologies, but few legislative breakthroughs. Early in the year, there was significant activity around intellectual property and online piracy issues,...more
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (“CISPA”) is a pending legislative proposal aimed at protecting against cyber-threats and cyber-attacks. CISPA follows the much publicized and now effectively defunct...more