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Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Developments We Are Watching in 2025

McDermott Will & Emery on 1/6/2025

The act of predicting what will become the dominating storyline of data privacy and cybersecurity in 2025 is a hazardous enterprise, as one is almost surely to get something wrong. Without fail, every year, regulators and the...more

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, Number 2. Privacy Briefs: February 2023

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 2/16/2023

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, no 2 (February 2023) DCH Health Systems, based in Tuscaloosa, Ala., said it fired an employee in December after a routine privacy audit revealed evidence that the worker had accessed some...more

[Webinar] Mitigating Risk Exposure Under Evolving Global Cookies Regulations - May 19th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

McDermott Will & Emery on 5/10/2021

The regulation of cookies and similar tracking technologies is rapidly evolving, not only in the European Union and United Kingdom but also in the United States and globally. If you have visited a website recently, you might...more

EU Court Rules 'Active Consent' Is Required to Use Website Cookies

Morgan Lewis on 10/21/2019

A recent ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) established that companies seeking to store “cookies” that are used to track online browsing behavior must obtain “active consent.” The ruling is likely to...more

EU Court Of Justice Issues Long-Awaited Decision On Facebook Likes In Fashion ID Matter

Fox Rothschild LLP on 7/29/2019

A Facebook “like” is actually more like “in a [Joint Controller] relationship” status, says the Court of Justice of the EU in a long awaited decision in the Fashion ID matter. At issue: The legal framework surrounding...more

Dutch Data Protection Authority States Cookie Walls Violate GDPR

Hogan Lovells on 3/13/2019

On 7 March 2019, the Dutch Data Protection Authority published guidance (in Dutch) that it considers “cookie walls” to violate the GDPR. A cookie wall is a pop-up on a website that blocks a user from access to the website...more

Keep Your Shield Up: FTC Settles With Four Companies Falsely Claiming They Comply With Privacy Shield

Perkins Coie on 10/12/2018

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced settlements with four companies last month—IDmission LLC, mResource LLC (doing business as Loop Works LLC), SmartStart Employment Screening, Inc. and VenPath, Inc.—of the FTC’s...more

Come to the Dark Side, We Have Cookies

Fisher Phillips on 7/30/2018

Have you noticed recently that when you click on most websites a notice appears stating that the host uses cookies? Many are aware that on May 25, 2018, the GDPR (“Global Data Protection Regulation”) took effect. The law...more

GDPR COMPLIANCE DEADLINE IS MAY 25, 2018: Privacy Regulation is a Moving Target

Nossaman LLP on 5/17/2018

Worldwide, companies are scrambling to meet the May 25th deadline to comply with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). For companies with physical operations in an EU member state, this deadline is...more

New EU Data Laws—What Nonprofit Organizations Need To Know; Including Template for US/EU Privacy Notice

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 4/24/2018

How will the new European Union data protection law affect U.S. nonprofit organizations? Nonprofit organizations based in the U.S. can often handle large amounts of data which originates in the EU—for example, they may...more

Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 16

Jones Day on 11/21/2017

UNITED STATES - Regulatory—Policy, Best Practices, and Standards - United States and China Renew Promise Not to Hack - On October 4, U.S. and Chinese officials agreed to not engage in targeted hacking. Per a...more

Compliance News Flash

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 8/7/2017

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP is pleased to provide you with the Compliance News Flash, brought to you each Friday. This weekly update is your source for timely background screening and immigration-related news that is important...more

European Court Of Justice Rules That Dynamic IP Addresses Can Be Personal Data

Ballard Spahr LLP on 10/26/2016

In a ruling with significant potential impact, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that a dynamic internet protocol (IP) address may constitute "personal data" under EU Data Protection Directive...more

European Data Protection Regulators Issue Further Guidance on How to Obtain Cookie Consent

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 10/29/2013

Introduction - In early October 2013, the body of European data protection regulators (Article 29 Working Party or WP29) issued a working document providing further guidance on obtaining consent in compliance with the...more

European Union Parliament Makes Progress on Adopting Proposed EU Data Protection Regulation

Proskauer - Privacy & Cybersecurity on 10/25/2013

On October 21, a key European parliamentary committee (the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (“Committee”) approved an amended version of the draft EU Data Protection Regulation, paving the way for...more

Proposed Amendment to EU Privacy Regulations May Force Choice Between Violating US and EU Law

BakerHostetler on 10/24/2013

On Monday, October 21, 2013, the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) voted to approve an amended version of the proposed EU General Data Protection Regulations. Included in the...more

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