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Data Privacy Automation: How to Comply with Less Effort

Osano on 2/6/2025

When people say "data is the new oil," they're usually referring to its value. But in reality, oil requires careful handling, management, storage, protection, and processing before it can be turned into a truly valuable...more

Do App Permissions Satisfy Requirements for Valid Consent for the Purpose of GDPR?

Fox Rothschild LLP on 1/17/2025

App permissions do not satisfy the requirements for valid consent for the purpose of GDPR because they lack sufficient detail and granularity, according to the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL)....more

Data Privacy Guide - Portugal

International Lawyers Network on 5/7/2024

Introduction - Data protection is being driven by rapid technological advances and the increasing digitalization of society. Data protection legislation in Portugal is aligned with European Union law, in particular with...more

New Jersey Data Protection Act: What Businesses Need to Know

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 2/14/2024

On January 16, 2024, New Jersey became the first state to enact a comprehensive data privacy law in the new year, with Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ) signing the New Jersey Privacy Act (NJPA) (SB 332) into law. The New Jersey law...more

Privacy and Data Security

Proskauer Rose LLP on 6/30/2023

The very definition of generative AI suggests the creation of new content based on a program training on existing data, a recipe that necessarily raises potential U.S. and EU data privacy issues, not to mention related...more

New WA Privacy Law ‘Turns The Beat Around’ on Drug and Device Makers

Gardner Law on 6/14/2023

The Washington My Health My Data Act ("MHMDA") may not have been written by Earth, Wind, & Fire, but it is certainly poised to make medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers move to a new beat like a classic disco hit....more

[Webcast Transcript] You’ve Got to Move It: Data Protection and Privacy with Cross-Border Transfers

HaystackID on 6/29/2022

...This session, led by industry-acknowledged experts in areas ranging from data protection and privacy to data transfer and legal discovery, provided a professional forum for the explanation of the best approaches,...more

Understanding the American Data Privacy and Protection Act

Mintz - ML Strategies on 6/9/2022

On Friday, June 3, Representative Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), the committee’s Ranking Member, and Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS), Ranking...more

Privacy Roundup Part Two: Significant International Updates

Epiq on 1/12/2022

Last week’s blog detailed the wave of state legislation that occurred in the U.S. during 2021. It is no surprise that there were also many data privacy developments abroad. It is crucial that organizations affected by...more

Click Here to Consent? It’s Not That Simple to Satisfy GDPR.

Fox Rothschild LLP on 10/6/2021

Datatilsynet Denmark has issued serious criticism — and an injunction — to bring dating app Dating.dk’s data processing into compliance before November 16, 2021. The group says the app failed to acquire user consent in a...more

[Webinar] Datenintensive Technologien und Anwendungen rechtskonform gestalten - March 25th, 9:30 am - 3:00 pm CET

Spirit Legal on 3/4/2021

Gerade für Juristen ist Begeisterung für und ein Verständnis von Branchen, Geschäftsmodellen und Technologien – gerade vor dem Hintergrund des Datenschutzrechts und des Gewerblichen Rechtsschutzes – unerlässlich und...more

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

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 10/2/2020

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

Global Regulatory Guidance for COVID-19 Privacy and Security Issues

Fenwick & West LLP on 5/22/2020

More than 60 U.S. and global data protection authorities and governmental agencies have issued guidance on health data collection, COVID-19 diagnosis disclosure, work-at-home practices, and return-to-work approaches. The...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - March 2020

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/31/2020

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine comments from the California attorney general's office regarding the start date for enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act in light of...more

GDPR Privacy FAQs: Can organizations rely on browser settings to gain consent to the deployment of cookies?

BCLP on 11/27/2019

Likely not. While the UK’s Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulation suggests that, in some circumstances, consent may be inferred when a subscriber amends or sets controls in an internet browser, the ICO has...more

Privacy and Data Security Alert | November 2019

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 11/20/2019

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

A Year of GDPR: Five Recommendations to Help Limit Regulatory Scrutiny

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 5/31/2019

A year ago, on May 25, 2018, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force. With its extraterritorial scope and detailed requirements, the GDPR aimed to change the approach to personal data...more

OnRisk: What U.S. Policyholders Should Know About GDPR

K&L Gates LLP on 4/24/2019

In this episode of OnRisk, Lucas Tanglen and Jeff Meagher discuss the cyber insurance implications of the European Union’s new privacy regulation—the General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR. The GDPR, which took effect on...more

GDPR Alert: Google Gets Biggest Fine Ever Issued by a European Data Protection Authority

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 1/23/2019

On 21 January 2019, the French Data Protection Authority (the “French DPA”) fined Google LLC 50 million euros for breach of the GDPR. As we reported on this blog, just after GDPR became applicable, noyb.eu (None of Your...more

Momentum Builds for a National Privacy Law in the United States

Dechert LLP on 12/19/2018

Recent developments show that momentum is building for the United States to enact a national privacy law that would govern how businesses handle consumers’ personal information. High-profile data breaches, recent...more

The GDPR at Six Months: The Hard Work Starts

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 11/28/2018

Six months have now passed since the implementation of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The GDPR has raised awareness of the importance of personal privacy as a fundamental right and placed data protection...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

What is GDPR and how does it impact American businesses?

Butler Snow LLP on 6/6/2018

On May 25, 2018, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect. Although EU laws typically don’t have a worldwide impact, the GDPR will impact business across the globe. The GDPR has an extremely...more

No Purchase or Personal Data Collection Necessary: GDPR’s Impact

Verrill on 5/5/2018

The European Union’s new data privacy rules are set to take effect May 25 and will have broad implications for businesses across industries. Robert Laplaca of Verrill Dana discusses how the new rules will affect online...more

What American Companies Need to Know about the EU’s New General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Fisher Phillips on 10/10/2017

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a new data privacy and security law in Europe that will go into force on May 25, 2018. Every organization that does business with EU customers, regardless of the home base of...more

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