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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

How Startups Can Navigate Through the Digital and AI Law Maze in Europe

Technology rapidly advances in the realms of AI and cloud computing. With emerging innovations like quantum computing on the horizon, the legal landscape is evolving at an equally swift pace. The European Union adopted...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

EU Data Act: Three Months To Go Before New Rules on Data Access and Sharing Take Effect

Executive Summary - The EU Data Act, whose requirements apply from 12 September 2025, establishes new rights for businesses and consumers to access data they generated using “connected devices,” limiting the exclusive...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

Coalition of European Banks Calls for Model Cloud Services Terms

The European Cloud User Coalition (ECUC) published a paper (the Position Paper) on May 17 recommending, among other matters, the adoption of “model clauses” for the long-term compliant use of cloud technologies....more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

FTC Announces Unusually Stringent Consent Order in Privacy Shield Case Settlement

On June 30, 2020 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it reached a settlement in its litigation against NTT Global Data Centers (formerly RagingWire Data Centers) over allegations that the company misled...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Antitrust in the Technology Sector: Policy Perspective and Insights From the Enforcers

Skadden’s Antitrust and Competition Group and the economics firm Charles River Associates recently co-hosted the ninth annual “Antitrust in the Technology Sector: Policy Perspectives and Insights From the Enforcers” seminar...more

Jaburg Wilk

Do You Know Where Your Data Is Located? Why Knowing is Half the Battle

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Whether you realize it or not, you are probably storing some personal or business data in the cloud. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) defines cloud computing as a model for enabling ubiquitous,...more

King & Spalding

The European Union Approves First-Ever Cybersecurity Rules

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On July 6, 2016, after more than three years of debate, the European Parliament gave final approval to the Network and Information Security Directive. It establishes the first set of fundamental cybersecurity and breach...more

Alston & Bird

Privacy & Data Security Advisory: It’s Not Just Europe: Why 2016 Cloud Vendor Management Programs Should Address Evolving Global...

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2015 has seen landmark changes in privacy and cybersecurity laws and regulatory best practices. These developments have had a direct impact on cloud vendors. For example, evolving judicial and regulatory interpretations of...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

New data protection regulation to impact cloud providers

The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) outlines a series of amendments to the data protection and data privacy requirements applicable to all companies with European customers, regardless of where the company’s...more

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EU Top Court Invalidates Safe Harbor; Data Transfer Concerns Arise for EU/US Employers; Learn More About this at Today’s Privacy...

The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) has now declared Safe Harbor invalid – in total. The ECJ has sent the case back to the Irish Data Protection Authority to determine whether Facebook Ireland’s transfer of...more

Morgan Lewis

Advocate General Of ECJ Rules EU Data Protection Authorities Can Investigate Complaints About Safe Harbor Programme

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Data transfers can be suspended until investigation is complete. In Maximillian Schrems v. Data Protection Commissioner (case C-362/14), the Advocate General ruled that EU data protection authorities do have powers to...more

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