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Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The UK’s Online Safety Bill – Implications for US and International Businesses

On 19 September 2023, the UK Parliament passed the Online Safety Bill (“OSB”). The OSB aims to protect individuals from illegal online content and focuses on the protection of children by requiring the removal of content that...more

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Third Circuit Rejects Direct-Party Exception for Digital Marketers Under Pennsylvania’s Wiretap Statute

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In a precedential decision with potential implications for online privacy disclosures and consent practices, the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently ruled that a retailer and its third-party digital marketer were...more

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What is Required Under the PIPL: A PRC-Based Representative or a Personal Information Protection Officer?

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Multinational entities with operations in or having business with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) should take note of the PRC’s new Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), which took effect on 1 November 2021 and is...more

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China Publishes Draft Regulations on the Administration of Network Data Security

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The Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) on November 14, 2021 published the draft Regulations on the Administration of Network Data Security (“Draft Regulations”) for comment through December 13, 2021.1 The Draft...more

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China Issues Draft Guidance on Security Assessments for Cross-Border Data Transfers

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The Cyberspace Administration of China has issued draft guidance on applying for and conducting security assessments for cross-border data transfers for public comment. On October 29, 2021, the Cyberspace Administration of...more

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Five Immediate Steps to Take in Preparation for China’s New Comprehensive Privacy Law

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China has recently joined the list of countries that have adopted the world’s strictest data-privacy laws. Given China’s desirability as both a market for and a source of data, companies worldwide have started making early...more

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China Personal Information Protection Law Will Become Effective Soon

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On August 20, 2021, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China ("PRC") passed the Personal Information Protection Law ("PIPL"), which will come into effect on November 1, 2021. ...more

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Highlights of China's New Personal Information Protection Law

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The PIPL imposes extensive obligations on organizations and individuals engaged in "handling" of personal information, which is defined to include "collection, storage, use, processing, transmission, provision, disclosure,...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Highlights of China’s Recently Adopted Personal Information Protection Law

On August 20, 2021, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress adopted the Personal Information Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China (the “Personal Information Protection Law”). The Personal...more

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China Adopts New Data Security Law

On June 10, 2021, China adopted a new Data Security Law that will impact every business operating in or doing business with China. The law, which will take effect in less than a month (September 1, 2021), is sweeping in...more

Hogan Lovells

China’s Data Security Law: A new vision for the regulation of a digital economy

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China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) promulgated the Data Security Law of the People’s Republic of China (DSL) on June 10, 2021.  The DSL will take effect September 1, 2021, making for a very brief transition period...more

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China Promulgates Data Security Law

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The Standing Committee of China's National People’s Congress (NPC) on June 10 enacted the Data Security Law (DSL) which will come into effect on September 1. The NPC reviewed two earlier drafts of the DSL in July 2020 and...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

New DIFC Data Protection Law in Force - What You Need to Know

On October 1, 2020, the three-month grace period for businesses to comply with the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Data Protection Law (DIFC Law No. 5 of 2020) (“DPL 2020”) came to an end. Regulating the...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Passing the eye test - Defense strategies and the Biometric Information Privacy Act

As the use of biometric data continues to grow and become more prevalent across industries of all types and sizes, complying with data security and privacy laws has never been more critical or challenging. This is...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Proposed Guidance on the Extraterritorial Scope of the GDPR

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which revised and sought to ensure greater harmonization of the European Union’s data protection framework, took effect in May 2018. Among the changes it introduced was the...more

Pillsbury - Policyholder Pulse blog

Massive GDPR Fine Is a Wake-Up Call to Get Compliance and Cyber Insurance Squared Away

Have $57 million (or more) to spare? You’re going to need it if you run afoul of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) without cyber insurance. In late January 2019, the French data protection authority, CNIL,...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden's 2019 Insights: European Data Protection and Cybersecurity in 2019

Data protection laws in Europe evolved substantially in 2018, with the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Directive on Security of Network and Information Systems (NIS Directive) becoming...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Your Cyber Insurance Policy May Not Cover GDPR Fines and Liabilities

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You may be paying for cyber insurance that will not cover the most significant cyber risks faced by your business. Recent studies call into question whether a company can insure against the unprecedented huge fines for...more

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GDPR Compliance Collides with U.S. Law at Supreme Court

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The EU’s General Data Protective Regulation (“GDPR”) has been a popular topic of late. Fisher Phillips’ Employment Privacy Blog has covered the evolution of this regulation, starting with the roll back of the previous “safe...more

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