While it appeared that Brazil’s Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD), which was inspired by Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), was going to be postponed until 2021, that is no longer the case. In a shocking...more
Cybersecurity and data privacy regulations were complicated well before the global pandemic. Since COVID-19 swept the world, Brazil has delayed enacting its new general data protection law, California's CCPA has gone through...more
8/26/2020
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California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
New Regulations ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws
The Privacy Shield framework, which thousands of companies located in the United States have relied upon to receive transfers of personal data from the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland, has been invalidated...more
Having worked the intellectual property conference circuit for more than 12 years, I am frequently reminded of the apt Bon Jovi lyrics: “It’s all the same. Only the names are changed.”
Indeed, over the years I have been...more
The SEC charged investment adviser R.T. Jones with willfully violating the Safeguards Rule by failing to adopt written policies and procedures designed to protect customer records and information. The Safeguards Rule requires...more
10/8/2015
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Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Credit Monitoring ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Hackers ,
Investment Adviser ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Safeguards Rule ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Settlement
Eastern District of Texas Adopts Model Order for Focusing Patent Claims and Prior Art -
On Tuesday, October 29, 2013, Chief District Judge Leonard Davis, on behalf of the Eastern District of Texas, adopted a model...more
On Tuesday, October 29, 2013, Chief District Judge Leonard Davis, on behalf of the Eastern District of Texas, adopted a model "Order Focusing Patent Claims and Prior Art To Reduce Costs." The Model Order's goal is to reduce...more