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Comment Period General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Significant Shift in the Israeli Privacy Protection Authority’s Definition of Consent

The Israeli Privacy Protection Authority (PPA) has issued a new statement introducing a significant change in the interpretation of the law and in the required methods for obtaining consent to the collection and processing of...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Feds Focus on Data Privacy and Cybersecurity in Latest Legislative and Rule Proposals

By now, companies that collect, process, and store the personal data of consumers are used to a fast pace of state privacy and cybersecurity legal activity. This year, companies should also expect increased activity from...more

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New Israeli Privacy Protection Regulations for European Citizens’ Data

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In order to satisfy the European Commission that Israel will continue to protect data about Europeans according to the European standards prescribed in the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as the data enters...more

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CPPA Commences Formal CPRA Rulemaking

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Keypoint: While the Agency previously published draft regulations in early June, its filing of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking officially initiates the rulemaking process and triggers a 45-day comment period....more

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Everything is (Somewhat) Illuminated: The EDPB Defines “Transfer”

The concept of a “transfer” under Chapter V of the GDPR has always been a bit like obscenity. We didn’t have an authoritative definition, but with apologies to the late Justice Potter Stewart, we knew it when we saw it. And...more

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Financial Services Weekly Roundup: The OCC’s True Lender Test Embraces A Simplified Solution

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In This Issue. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) proposed a rule that would establish that a national bank or federal savings association is the “true lender” of a loan if, as of the date of origination, the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New European Data Protection Board Guidance on Data Protection by Design and by Default

The European Data Protection Board recently requested comments on its data protection “by design and default” guidelines. Comments are due by mid-January of next year. The Guidelines provide clarity about how to address...more

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Privacy and Data Security Alert | November 2019

EU Court Allows Class Action to Proceed, Sets Precedent for Future Data Breach Class Actions - A class action brought against Google will be allowed to move forward after the plaintiff’s appeal was permitted, allowing him to...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

The California Attorney General’s proposed regulations on the California Consumer Privacy Act – a helpful roadmap on how to...

On October 11, 2019, the California Attorney General issued long-awaited draft Regulations to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The draft Regulations provide helpful clarity on some core aspects of California’s...more

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CMA Publishes Digital Markets Strategy

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Following recent proposals for regulatory reform (see articles here and here) in relation to competition in digital markets, the CMA published its new Digital Markets Strategy on 3 July 2019, which sets out the agency’s...more

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EDPB Seeks Comment On Online Services Guidance

The European Data Protection Board is seeking comment about proposed guidelines that impact websites that provide online services. This might include services a user pays for, or where the fee is indirect (the services being...more

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Final Public Forum Held on California Consumer Privacy Act

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• The Office of the California Attorney General (AG) held the final public forum on the California Consumer Privacy Act on March 5, 2019. • Commentators were sophisticated in their understanding of the law and all...more

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Vietnam sheds light on impending cybersecurity law

As this eventful year for new privacy and cybersecurity regulations winds down, multinational companies still need to look ahead to new regulations that will come online in 2019, including Vietnam’s Law on Cybersecurity. ...more

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Will California’s New Privacy Law be Preempted? Federal Hearings and Public Comments Begin

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Although numerous attempts have been made to pass a comprehensive U.S. privacy law over the years, this one might actually succeed. Efforts have begun on multiple fronts. From Senate Commerce Committee hearings to several...more

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US Government Seeks Stakeholder Comments on Future Internet Governance Privacy and Emerging Technology Priorities

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On June 5, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), within the US Department of Commerce, issued a notice requesting “comments and recommendations from all interested stakeholders on its...more

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Article 29 Working Party Issues Guidance on Data Protection Impact Assessments

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The steady trickle of GDPR guidance from the Article 29 Working Party continues. Fresh from finalising its guidance on data portability, lead supervisory authorities and data protection officers, the Working Party has...more

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An Opportunity to Shape Compliance with GDPR

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A close observer of the GDPR will have noticed that, in several places, individual EU Member States can implement derogations from the GDPR requirements. Of course, as a regulation under EU law there is less scope for local...more

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UK ICO Publishes Discussion Paper on Profiling and Automated Decision-Making under GDPR

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The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) continues to play an active role in shaping data protection law in the EU, notwithstanding the UK’s decision to leave the EU in the aftermath of Brexit. On April 6, 2017, the ICO...more

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UK ICO Publishes Guidance on Consent Under GDPR

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The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has just published draft guidance on consent under GDPR. This is an interesting move given that the Article 29 Working Party has promised guidance on the same topic later this year,...more

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