Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission imposed expanded privacy and cybersecurity obligations on fund managers and sponsors registered with the SEC as investment advisers. While many registered investment advisers...more
5/21/2024
/ Breach Notification Rule ,
Customer Information ,
Cybersecurity ,
Fund Managers ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Investment Adviser ,
Notice Requirements ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Privacy Laws ,
Private Funds ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Regulation S-P ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Sponsors
In September 2023, Delaware became the seventh state in 2023 to enact comprehensive privacy law with the Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (DPDPA), joining Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Oregon, Tennessee and Texas. The DPDPA will...more
5/14/2024
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Covered Entities ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Acts ,
Data Security ,
EU ,
Exemptions ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
New Legislation ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State and Local Government ,
State Privacy Laws
Key Points - On Sunday, April 7, Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) struck a deal on a comprehensive federal bill, the...more
On October 30, 2023, the Biden administration released a far-reaching executive order (EO) on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The EO issues directives related to the use...more
12/4/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Biden Administration ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Executive Orders ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Machine Learning ,
National Security ,
New Legislation ,
NIST ,
Personal Information ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Technology Sector
On March 27, 2023, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) Council of Ministers approved a series of 27 amendments (the Amendments) to the KSA Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL) pursuant to Royal Decree No. M148 of 05/09/1444H...more
Over the last several years, the class action bar has targeted companies in a wave of putative class actions under state “right of publicity” statutes. Although they vary some around the edges, these statutes generally seek...more
Key Points -
Three of the four bipartisan leaders of the House and Senate committees with jurisdiction over data privacy have struck a deal on a comprehensive federal bill, the American Data Privacy and Protection Act,...more
In this episode, Akin Gump cybersecurity, privacy and data protection practice co-heads Natasha Kohne and Michelle Reed, and counsel Molly Whitman discuss the firm’s new 2020 CCPA Litigation Annual Report and its...more
4/7/2021
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Class Action ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Defense Strategies ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Private Right of Action
United Kingdom, French and Belgian national security laws (and such laws of other EU Member States) fell under the scrutiny of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), which on October 6, 2020, ruled on whether such...more
10/14/2020
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Retention ,
Data Security ,
Electronic Communications ,
EU ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Member State ,
National Security ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
UK
On September 29, 2020, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Sunset Extension Bill, AB-1281, which extends the business to business (B2B) and employee exemptions to the CCPA which were set to...more
On Thursday, September 17, Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS) and other Committee Republicans introduced a finalized version of their long-awaited data privacy legislation, which was first unveiled as a...more
9/22/2020
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Processors ,
Data Transfers ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Privacy Laws ,
Private Right of Action ,
Proposed Legislation
On August 30 the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Sunset Extension Bill, AB-1281, passed 63-0. The bill, which was introduced in early 2019, has passed through committee and chambers in the state of California,...more
9/14/2020
/ B2B Organizations ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Subjects Rights ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Exemptions ,
New Legislation ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws
On Friday, August 14, California’s Office of Administrative Law (OAL) approved the final draft of the Attorney General’s (AG) regulations under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s...more
8/20/2020
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Data Subjects Rights ,
Office of Administrative Law ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
Private Right of Action ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State Attorneys General
Massachusetts Attorney General (AG) Maura Healey announced the creation of a Data Privacy and Security Division, focusing on protecting consumers from privacy and security breaches and threats. AG Healey named Sara Cable as...more
8/20/2020
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Equal Access ,
Internet ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
State Attorneys General
On July 1, 2020, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra issued a statement as the first day of enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) commenced, urging businesses to know their responsibilities under...more
The advocacy group, Californians For Consumer Privacy, has qualified the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) for the November 2020 ballot. The required number of signatures was verified by the California Secretary of State,...more
Republican members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee formally introduced legislation on May 7, 2020, to give Americans more control over and insight into how their personal health, proximity and...more
5/12/2020
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Contact Tracing ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Geological Data ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Public Health Emergency
The California Attorney General’s Office is going forward with the enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) despite the logistical issues caused by COVID-19. An advisor to Attorney General Becerra made a...more
On Tuesday, November 26, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, introduced the Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act. The bill notably contains a private right...more
Key Points -
- The Online Privacy Act was introduced in the House of Representatives. If passed, it would establish individual privacy rights related to personal information.
- The Filter Bubble Transparency Act was...more
11/8/2019
/ Covered Entities ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
New Legislation ,
Online Platforms ,
Personal Data ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Laws
With the expansion of privacy legislation—from the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Europe to the coming California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in the United States—cyber liability insurance is taking on increased...more
11/4/2019
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Cyber Insurance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Insurance Contracts ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Liability Insurance ,
Litigation Fees & Costs ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Private Right of Action ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Third-Party Liability
• The Draft Regulations introduced by the California Attorney General’s Office on October 10, 2019 are subject to a public comment period and public hearings that will close on December 6, 2019. Now is the time to act to try...more
10/29/2019
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Comment Period ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Public Comment ,
Right to Delete ,
Right To Know ,
State Attorneys General
Bahrain’s Ministry of Justice will temporarily assume the functions and powers prescribed to the Data Protection Authority (the “Authority”) under Bahrain’s new Personal Data Protection Law. (Decree No. 78 of 2019.) It will...more
California Governor Gavin Newsom concluded the 2019 legislative session this month by signing into law a number of privacy bills that amend or build on the landmark California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). CCPA amendments were...more
Attorney General Becerra held a press conference on October 10th, 2019, and announced the release of proposed regulations concerning the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). He stressed that privacy is an inalienable right...more
10/14/2019
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Comment Period ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Public Comment ,
State Attorneys General