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5 Key Takeaways from the EDPB’s Final Guidelines on Examples Regarding Personal Data Breach Notification

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP on 1/20/2022

Following a public consultation on an initial version released last January, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) last month adopted a final version of its Guidelines on Examples regarding Personal Data Breach...more

Bundeskabinett beschließt Cybersicherheitsstrategie 2021

Hogan Lovells on 9/17/2021

Das Bundeskabinett hat am 8. September 2021 die vom Bundesministerium des Inneren, für Bau und Heimat (BMI) vorgelegte neue Cybersicherheitsstrategie 2021 beschlossen. Die neue Cybersicherheitsstrategie wird die deutsche...more

European Union Publishes Draft Standard Clauses for Trans-Atlantic Data Transfers

Poyner Spruill LLP on 11/25/2020

Data Transfer from the European Union to the United States is a knotty process. The difficulties were compounded this summer when Europe’s highest court held the “Privacy Shield” program enabling U.S-E.U. data transfers...more

Erstes Urteil des Landgerichts Bonn zu einem DSGVO-Bußgeldverfahren

Latham & Watkins LLP on 11/12/2020

Das Landgericht Bonn hat am 11. November 2020 erstmals in einem Bußgeldverfahren ein Urteil erlassen: „Die 9. Kammer für Bußgeldsachen des Landgerichts Bonn hat heute entschieden, dass das Bußgeld, welches der...more

Gibt der EuGH den Weg frei für datenschutzrechtliche Massenklagen?

Latham & Watkins LLP on 6/23/2020

Der Bundesgerichtshof (BGH) hat dem Europäischen Gerichtshof (EuGH) die Frage zur Entscheidung vorgelegt, inwieweit Verbraucherschutzverbände berechtigt sind, Datenschutzverstöße geltend zu machen. Die Antwort auf diese Frage...more

Facial Recognition: A Clear View to Dystopia

Sunstein LLP on 5/13/2020

In the wake of an alarming exposé published by The New York Times in January, Clearview AI, Inc., a New York startup, faces a slew of lawsuits. Since the article’s publication, the Vermont Attorney General filed a complaint...more

The eData Guide to GDPR: Binding Corporate Rules and Privacy Shield

Morgan Lewis on 2/11/2020

Global organizations need a clear, legal means to share data across borders, whether to conduct day-to-day business, comply with government regulations, perform under a contract, respond to lawsuits, or simply communicate and...more

Data Breach Litigation Preparation: How do European Union Breach Notification Requirements Differ from the U.S.?

BCLP on 2/6/2020

As of January 1, 2020, California became the first state to permit residents whose personal information is exposed in a data breach to seek statutory damages between $100-$750 per incident, even in the absence of any actual...more

A Survival Guide for GDPR Enforcement Actions from a German Perspective – How to Assess and Mitigate Fines for GDPR Violations

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 12/16/2019

Since the first enforcement actions have been initiated, some with significant fines, many companies may find themselves somewhat at a loss as they may not fully know how to assess the risks involved and how to react should...more

Is A Federal Privacy Law In The Cards for 2020?

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx on 12/12/2019

In May of 2018, the European Union enacted the General Data Protection Rules, or GDPR, a legal framework that outlines not only how companies may collect and process personal information of EU residents, but how that data is...more

GDPR Compliance

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 12/2/2019

BB&K's Christina Morgan Talks About Data Privacy in Riverside Lawyer Magazine - Due to rising concerns about privacy in the digital world, in April 2016, the European Union adopted the General Data Protection Regulation...more

Data class actions in Europe and spotlights in Mexico, Russia and the U.S.

Hogan Lovells on 11/22/2019

The General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR) provides means to enforce provisions related to personal data processing by you as a data controller or data processor. It introduces collective actions everywhere in...more

Marriott Facing 124 Million GDPR Fine

Epiq on 8/8/2019

Everyone knows about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The GDPR is the EU’s new privacy regime in the region. Over a year has passed since its implementation and organizations are discovering how strict EU...more

Britische Datenschutzaufsicht ICO kündigt Rekordbußgelder wegen DSGVO-Verstößen an

Latham & Watkins LLP on 8/5/2019

Das ICO kündigt an, Bußgelder gegen British Airways und Marriott zu verhängen. Was ist passiert, wie geht es weiter? Am 8. Juli 2019 kündigte das Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) an, gegen British Airways wegen...more

A Year of GDPR: Five Recommendations to Help Limit Regulatory Scrutiny

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 5/31/2019

A year ago, on May 25, 2018, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force. With its extraterritorial scope and detailed requirements, the GDPR aimed to change the approach to personal data...more

Happy Birthday, GDPR!

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 5/29/2019

Dear GDPR, Before you were born, you already attracted a lot of attention, after all, not everyone is born over two years after they are conceived and has 28 parents! And your parents had to ?resist an enormous pressure...more

The General Data Protection Regulation’s First Birthday

McGuireWoods LLP on 5/28/2019

The European Union’s (EU) ambitious and far-reaching regulation, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), became effective on 25 May 2018. On the one-year anniversary, we reflect on some of the principal developments...more

Chapter 16: Remedies and sanctions – Unlocking the EU General Data Protection Regulation

White & Case LLP on 4/24/2019

Why does this topic matter to organisations? Whereas the remedies and sanctions available to DPAs under the Directive were comparatively low (generally subject to a maximum of less than €1 million per infringement, with...more

Chapter 11: Obligations of processors – Unlocking the EU General Data Protection Regulation

White & Case LLP on 4/18/2019

Why does this topic matter to organisations? Under the GDPR, the concept of a "processor" has not changed. Any entity that was a processor under the Directive likely continues to be a processor under the GDPR. However,...more

Chapter 10: Obligations of controllers – Unlocking the EU General Data Protection Regulation

White & Case LLP on 4/16/2019

Why does this topic matter to organisations? Each time an organisation processes personal data, it will do so as either a controller or a processor. These roles bear different responsibilities. Therefore, it is critically...more

Chapter 5: Key definitions – Unlocking the EU General Data Protection Regulation (Updated)

White & Case LLP on 4/3/2019

Why does this topic matter to organisations? The defined terms set out in this Chapter are of critical importance to understanding how EU data protection law applies to an organisation. For example, the question of whether...more

GDPR Implementation By The (Really Big) Numbers

Fox Rothschild LLP on 2/27/2019

Since May 25, 2018, 206,326(!) GDPR cases have been reported by Supervisory Authorities (SAs) from 31 European Economic Area (EEA) countries. Of those, 94,622 were initiated by individual complaints and 64,684 due to data...more

In or Out? EDPB Publishes Much-Awaited Guidance on GDPR’s Territorial Scope

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 12/12/2018

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) significantly expanded the territorial scope of EU data protection law. This was intended to ensure comprehensive protection for EU data subjects’ rights and establish a level...more

EDPB Draft Guidelines on Extraterritorial Scope of the GDPR Provide Few Clear Answers for US Companies

Ballard Spahr LLP on 12/3/2018

Since the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) took effect on May 25, 2018, US companies without facilities or employees in Europe have struggled to understand the extraterritorial scope of the GDPR....more

The GDPR at Six Months: The Hard Work Starts

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 11/28/2018

Six months have now passed since the implementation of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The GDPR has raised awareness of the importance of personal privacy as a fundamental right and placed data protection...more

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