Who is covered by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)?
If a company has EU-based employees whose behaviour it “monitors” it will need to take steps to ensure that it is compliant with the GDPR when it comes into...more
Confidential information can be one of a business's most prized and valuable assets, regardless of the industry in question. However, it is rarely something which can be locked in a safe because employees often require access...more
The UK Government has published its report entitled "Cyber Security Regulation and Incentives Review"), which sets out its intentions following Brexit on the implementation of the Network and Information Security Directive...more
On December 22, 2016, the California Supreme Court addressed two related issues: (i) whether California law requires employers to permit off-duty rest periods – that is, time during which an employee is relieved from all...more
On November 22, 2016, a federal judge in Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction prohibiting the Department of Labor from enforcing its new overtime rule doubling the salary threshold to qualify for the Fair Labor...more
The California Supreme Court has issued a recent opinion (Kilby v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc., No. S215614) interpreting, for the first time, California's Wage Order requirement that "all working employees shall be provided with...more
The people of the UK have voted to leave the European Union and at the moment it is fair to say that the only certainty is uncertainty for the foreseeable future. However, when it comes to data protection - there really is...more
On June 7, 2016, voters in the City of San Diego, California approved, by referendum, the San Diego City Council's minimum wage increase ordinance that had previously been vetoed by Mayor Kevin Faulconer. The ordinance...more
On Wednesday, May 18, 2016, President Obama and the Department of Labor (DOL) announced the publication of a much-anticipated rule raising the salary floors of the "white collar" overtime exemptions under federal law. The...more
On April 4, 2016, Governor Jerry Brown signed California Senate Bill 3, a deal reached between lawmakers and labor unions that will raise the state minimum wage to $15 over several years. The legislation avoids taking the...more
At the start of February, the European Commission announced it had finally struck a deal with the US Department of Commerce on Safe Harbor's replacement. Below, we address some of the key questions organisations are asking...more
3/3/2016
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U.S. Commerce Department
Until its invalidation in October last year, many businesses relied on the EU-US Safe Harbor framework as a safe passage for transatlantic data flow. After months of negotiating, a new deal has been reached, renamed the...more
Following a September 23, 2015 opinion by Advocate General (AG) Bot that the US-EU Safe Harbor framework, which provided for the "safe" transfer of personal data from the EU to the US, did not provide sufficient guarantees...more
10/26/2015
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US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
Last week Europe's highest court, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) declared invalid a "Safe Harbor" framework whereby personal data could be easily transferred between many European countries and the US. The...more
10/22/2015
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Universities ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
Last week Europe's highest court, the Court of Justice of the European Union, (CJEU) declared the Safe Harbor framework invalid. You can read more about the decision in our previous alerts here. Although it is unlikely that...more
Last week Europe's highest court, the Court of Justice of the European Union, (CJEU) declared the Safe Harbor framework invalid. You can read more about the decision in our previous alerts here. Although it is unlikely that...more
10/15/2015
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International Data Transfers ,
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US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
Last week Europe's highest court, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEEA) declared the Safe Harbor framework invalid. Many life sciences and biotech companies relied on Safe Harbor to legitimise transfers of...more
10/13/2015
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International Data Transfers ,
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Safe Harbors ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
On 23 September 2015, Advocate General (AG) Bot found that the Safe Harbor framework, which allowed for the "safe" transfer of personal data from the EU to the US, did not provide sufficient guarantees for the protection of...more
For companies relying on Safe Harbor to legitimise transfers of data from the EU to the US, the recent opinion of the Advocate General ("AG") in the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") case of Schrems v. Data Protection...more
As we previously reported here and here, under California's Healthy Families, Healthy Workplaces Act, effective July 1, 2015, employees who work 30 days or more a year in California are entitled to at least 3 days (or 24...more
On July 15, 2015, the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor (the "DOL") issued a fifteen-page "Administrator's Interpretation" (the "Interpretation") on the appropriate classification of workers as employees and...more
On June 30, 2015, the United States Department of Labor ("DOL") proposed a rule to revise the "white collar" overtime exemptions under federal law. The federal Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") generally requires that...more