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Draft Measures for Personal Information Protection Certification for Cross-Border Data Transfers Released for Public Comment

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/26/2025

On January 3, 2025, the Cyberspace Administration of China (the “CAC”) released the Draft Measures for Personal Information Protection Certification for Cross-Border Data Transfers (the “Draft Measures”) for public comment....more

Sheppard Mullin’s 2024 Eye on Privacy Year in Review

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/22/2025

It is hard to believe that another year is upon us! As we have done in years past (including 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018), we have created a comprehensive resource of all our www.eyeonprivacy.com posts from 2024. As...more

EMEA - Data Privacy, Digital and AI Round Up 2024/2025

BCLP on 1/15/2025

As expected in the data privacy and digital space, 2024 shaped up to be a year full of guidance, consultations, regulatory focus areas and legislative updates. Artificial Intelligence (AI) remained a hot topic with...more

Changes to the UK GDPR Shelved (For Now)

Mayer Brown on 5/29/2024

With the announcement of UK General Election for Thursday 4 July 2024, the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill has not completed the legislative process before the end of the current parliamentary session and will...more

Jenner & Block Japan Newsletter - January 2024

Jenner & Block on 2/12/2024

Welcome to the January 2024 edition of the Jenner & Block Japan Newsletter, a publication containing updates about legal developments in the United States that may be noteworthy to our clients and other leaders in the...more

Biden’s Executive Order Implementing New EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework to Replace Privacy Shield

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 11/4/2022

President Biden recently signed an executive order establishing the implementation of the new EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, which would provide for the possibility of the lawful transfer of personal data from the European...more

U.K. Unveils Replacement GDPR, then Retracts It

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/21/2022

When the U.K. disentangled from the European Union (EU), its General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) status was one of many headaches for regulators to figure out. After drawn-out negotiations over points such as requiring...more

GDPR Compliance: What is Privacy Shield 2.0?

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL on 8/12/2022

Four years ago, the European Union (“EU”) began enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). The GDPR is a comprehensive data privacy law enacted to create a standardized and cohesive data privacy framework...more

UK to Shift Away From GDPR: Government Consultation Confirms Plans to Change UK Data Privacy Regime

Littler on 6/30/2022

The UK government is proposing to amend its data privacy regime to make it easier for employers to comply with its requirements. The main points that would impact employers (if implemented) are that it would be easier to...more

How the UK intends to reform data protection law

Hogan Lovells on 6/28/2022

On 17 June 2022, the UK government published its refined plans for reforming UK data protection law, following a detailed consultation exercise undertaken last year. The proposals form part of wider changes to the UK...more

Data Transfer to the US: Is Privacy Shield 2.0 in the Making?

Littler on 4/28/2022

The European Commission and the United States have announced a new data transfer mechanism, following the invalidation of Privacy Shield in July 2020. - Background - As data privacy experts may remember, in July 2020...more

GDPR Update – US and EEA May Have a Deal for “Privacy Shield 2.0”

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 4/1/2022

On Friday, March 25, 2022, US President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen jointly announced that a deal has been reached to replace the former Privacy Shield framework governing data transfers...more

U.S. and EU Agree in Principle on New Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework

Proskauer on Privacy on 3/28/2022

In a joint press conference, U.S. President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced an agreement “in principle” on a framework, called the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (“Privacy...more

Is the Brazilian Data Protection Law (LGPD) Really Taking Off?

Littler on 6/8/2021

A little over six months after the Brazilian Data Protection Law (LGPD) became effective, there seems to be real progress in its implementation. The LGPD is an all-encompassing data protection law similar to the European...more

China’s first personal information protection law in the home stretch

Hogan Lovells on 6/3/2021

On 29 April, China’s National People’s Congress released the second consultation draft of the Personal Information Protection Law (New PIPL Draft). Public comments are open through 28 May 2021. The first draft of the Personal...more

Work in Progress: Substantial Revisions Recommended to the European Commission's Draft New Standard Contractual Clauses

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP on 1/28/2021

Last week, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (“EDPS”) published a joint opinion on the European Commission’s (“EC”) proposed new set of Standard Contractual Clauses for...more

European Court of Justice Invalidates EU-US Privacy Shield Framework

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP on 10/1/2020

This past July, a decision by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) struck down the European Union-United States Privacy Shield framework (EU-U.S. Privacy Shield), one mechanism through which companies could transfer personal...more

The Washington Privacy Act – Re-Introduced for 2020 – Is it the Best of CCPA and GDPR?

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 2/13/2020

Washington legislators recently introduced the Washington Privacy Act (WPA). This legislation is a consumer-focused privacy law similar to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) but it also has some EU General Data...more

[Event] Privacy and Cybersecurity KnowledgeShare – September 19th, London, UK

Hogan Lovells on 7/23/2019

Join us on Thursday 19 September for the Hogan Lovells Privacy and Cybersecurity KnowledgeShare in London. We will share our latest thinking on the key privacy and cybersecurity issues faced by those with data protection...more

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