On March 2, the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA) was signed into law, becoming the second comprehensive state privacy law in the United States. The VCDPA reflects core principles from the California Consumer...more
3/9/2021
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Privacy ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Opt-In ,
Personal Data ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Disclosures ,
Privacy Laws ,
Risk Assessment ,
Virginia
As we began exploring last week in Part I of our Post-Brexit, Schrems II, and the GDPR: Privacy Compliance Priorities in Early 2021 series, significant developments in late 2020 charted a course in privacy/cyber compliance...more
2/1/2021
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EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
On December 31, 2020, the Brexit transition period ended and the United Kingdom’s (UK) domestic implementation of the GDPR, the UK Data Protection Act 2018, as amended (UK GDPR), now governs the processing of personal data in...more
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) Invalidates the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield-
On July 16, 2020, the CJEU invalidated the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield (the Privacy Shield) in its decision in Facebook Ireland v. Schrems...more
7/17/2020
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Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Data Collection ,
Data Transfers ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
Surveillance ,
U.S. Commerce Department
CCPA enforcement began on July 1, 2020 and many businesses are still ramping up their compliance efforts. These efforts include meeting the CCPA’s requirement to provide privacy training to all employees who either handle...more