On Thursday, October 8, 2015, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (the “California ECPA”). This legislation, which takes effect on January 1, 2015, has been heralded by...more
10/15/2015
/ Cloud Computing ,
Consent ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
ECPA ,
Electronic Communications ,
Electronic Devices ,
Electronic Records ,
Email ,
Geolocation ,
Good Faith ,
Governor Brown ,
GPS ,
Law Enforcement ,
Location Data ,
Metadata ,
Mobile Devices ,
New Legislation ,
Privacy Policy ,
Search Warrant ,
Smartphones ,
Subpoenas ,
Subscribers ,
Text Messages ,
Wiretapping
The European Union’s highest court has, effective immediately, invalidated the US-EU Safe Harbor program relied upon by many companies as the basis for lawfully transferring and processing personal information from the EU to...more
10/8/2015
/ Anonymization ,
Binding Corporate Rules ,
Data Controller ,
Data Localization Law ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Data Security ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Facebook ,
Germany ,
Informed Consent ,
International Data Transfers ,
National Security Agency (NSA) ,
Personal Data ,
Prior Express Consent ,
SCC ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Surveillance ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework