IP | Trend: Data in the Cloud is the Next Big Storm?
An amendment to New Jersey’s data breach notification requirements of the Consumer Fraud Act is currently awaiting signature by State Governor Phil Murphy. The bill, Assembly No. 3245, was recently passed by both the New...more
• The Trump Administration recently announced plans to establish U.S. consumer privacy standards in response to a series of high-profile privacy breaches. • Two federal agencies – National Institute of Standards and...more
China’s new data protection framework clearly creates a requirement for local storage and conducting a security assessment before personal information or important data is shared with other jurisdictions, but it is currently...more
On September 1, 2016, Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Connection, Informational Technologies and Mass Communications (“Roskomnadzor”) issued a report summarizing the results of implementation and...more
On Wednesday, August 24, the California state senate (the “Senate”) took action on a bill that would expand the definition of protected personal consumer data to include geolocation and biometric information while also...more
Prior to the Information Age, sensitive papers were stored in file cabinets and drawers. When home computers arrived, information was digitized and moved to hard drives or other electronic media, still possessed by the user....more
Systema Software, which provides software solutions for claims management, is investigating a breach (although it was discovered, accessed and confirmed by an independent third party) involving information of 1.5 million...more
Early in July 2014, the Russian Federal Act on Data Protection was amended to require that personal data of Russian citizens be first processed and stored on servers located within the territory of Russia. Initially, the...more
On September 9, 2015, the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Communications (the “Roskomnadzor”) reported on its website that it blocked an extensive online database of more...more
On September 1, 2015, Russia’s new law requiring data localization, Russian Federal Law No. 242-FZ (“Russia’s Data Localization Law”) became effective. Although Russia’s Data Localization Law makes multiple changes to...more
Privacy and data security professionals worldwide should circle September 1 on their calendars, as it’s the day Russia’s new data localization law goes into effect – and possibly generates major waves far beyond Russian...more