Selected Developments in U.S. Law - SEC Creates Event and Emerging Risk Examination Team - Following the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations’ (OCIE) recent and detailed risk alert on the threat of ransomware,...more
8/14/2020
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Data Transfers ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
OCIE ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
UK
Updates on the EU:
German DPA Publishes First Privacy Shield Guidelines, Requires German-Law Contracts for Transfers. On June 7, 2016, the European Commission adopted the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. One question that many...more
12/7/2016
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Charter Communications ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Data Security ,
Dodd-Frank ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Google ,
Governor Cuomo ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
NIST ,
NYDFS ,
OCC ,
Risk Management ,
Spokeo ,
Wiretap Act
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Published, Commencing Two-Year Countdown to Application. One of the most important EU legislative initiatives in recent years, and a landmark in privacy regulation worldwide, the GDPR...more
8/23/2016
/ APEC ,
Cross Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) ,
Data Security ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
NIS Directive ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
Spokeo v Robins ,
TCPA ,
Warning Letters
Special Focus on “Safe Harbor 2.0,” Privacy Shield and E.U. Data Transfers: Alston & Bird’s privacy team has been closely following the development of Privacy Shield, the proposed successor to the E.U.-U.S. Safe Harbor...more
5/3/2016
/ Article 29 Working Party (WP29) ,
Big Data ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity National Action Plan (CNAP) ,
Data Breach ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
Export Controls ,
FCC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Hackers ,
HIPAA Audits ,
International Data Transfers ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Iran ,
PCI-DSS Standard ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Turkey ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
While most of the attention in the EU data landscape in late 2015 and early 2016 was focused on the Schrems decision, negotiations regarding the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield and passage of the General Data Protection Regulation...more