On July 10, 1962, NASA launched Telstar 1, the first active communications satellite linking Europe and the United States through live television transmission. Sixty-one years later, on July 10, 2023, the European Commission...more
7/13/2023
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Corporate Counsel ,
Data Privacy ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
Executive Orders ,
Framework Agreement ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Framework ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Self-Certification ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
Switzerland ,
UK ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, healthcare privacy has become a more urgent issue as states such as Missouri seek to limit women from obtaining abortions in other states....more
4/5/2023
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Data Privacy ,
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
Exemptions ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Mobile Apps ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
Personal Data ,
PHI ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Tracking Systems ,
Wearable Technology
On November 18, 2021, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted its new draft guidance on the interplay between Article 3 of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Chapter V of the same...more
On June 4, 2021, the European Union’s (EU) executive branch, the European Commission (EC), released their new Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) for compliant cross-border data transfers under the EU’s General Data...more
This quarterly update highlights some of the international data protection issues that have caught our attention, and the attention of our clients, in the past three months....more
3/30/2021
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CNIL ,
Cookies ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Data Security ,
Data Transfers ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Notice Requirements ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
Russia ,
South America ,
UK ,
Web Tracking
Quick Links - CJEU Press Release - CJEU Decision - Press Releases from the Parties - Irish Data Protection Commission - Max Schrems - U.S. Department of Commerce - Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) - BSA The...more
After the Washington Privacy Act (“WPA”) failed to pass in 2019, state legislators promised to renew their efforts in the 2020 legislative session....more
In November 2019, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) issued its final guidance on territorial scope of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), following release of the draft guidelines in November 2018 and a...more
On Jan. 17, 2019, a new privacy law was proposed in the Washington state Senate. If passed, the Washington Privacy Act would impose far-reaching responsibilities on companies to protect the privacy of “personal data.” ...more