General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Data Security, Disclosure Requirements

Privacy by Design: Understanding and Implementing the Framework

Osano on 12/13/2024

As of this writing, the CAM4 security incident remains the largest data breach in history. The attack on the website exposed nearly 11 billion records, including users' names, email addresses, sexual orientations, chat...more

10th Annual Cybersecurity & Privacy Summit

King & Spalding on 10/31/2023

On October 11th, our Data, Privacy and Security team hosted the 10th Annual Cybersecurity & Privacy Summit. We were delighted to be joined by about 100 clients, colleagues, and friends in-person at our Atlanta office, with...more

Information Governance 101: Everything You Need to Know To Get Started in 2023

Reveal on 6/8/2023

Information governance (IG) plays an increasingly significant role of the way corporations do business. But what do organizations do with all their data? Where do they store it—and is it secure, well organized, and...more

When is the right to privacy paramount?

Conyers on 3/2/2023

Data Privacy Week was an opportune time to consider the important issue of how we as a society determine when privacy takes precedence in conflicts between data access and data privacy. A recent such example was the November...more

Data Protection in the British Virgin Islands

Walkers on 2/9/2023

The British Virgin Islands ("BVI") Data Protection Act, 2021 ("DPA") came into force on 9 July 2021. It was introduced so the BVI would have a data protection framework which is broadly similar to EU and UK standards. To...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

January 2020: Survey of the Retail Industry’s Privacy Practices

BCLP on 1/7/2020

With the enactment of the European General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA”), retailers have been forced to cope with a shifting privacy landscape that impacts the data that...more

2018 Digital Health Data Developments – Navigating Change in 2019

McDermott Will & Emery on 2/5/2019

Data privacy and security legislation and enforcement saw significant activity in 2018 and early 2019. McDermott’s 2018 Digital Health Year in Review: Focus on Data report – the first in a four-part series – highlights...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

California Consumer Privacy Act: The Challenge Ahead – A Comparison of 10 Key Aspects of The GDPR and The CCPA

Hogan Lovells on 10/3/2018

As the most comprehensive privacy law to be enacted in the United States thus far, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has inevitably invited comparisons to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation...more

Are You Prepared for the California Consumer Privacy Act? Get Ready for European-Style Privacy in the U.S.

Troutman Pepper Locke on 9/10/2018

With California enacting a sweeping new data privacy law on June 28, now is the time for companies to review and adjust to how the California Consumer Privacy Act will impact their business. The act, which has broad...more

SEC Issues New Cybersecurity Guidance; Makes Clear that Cybersecurity Disclosures Are Part of Existing SEC Requirements - Guidance...

Holland & Knight LLP on 2/26/2018

On Feb. 21, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued interpretive guidance on its expectations for corporate disclosures on cybersecurity risks. The guidance delineates where it believes existing SEC rules...more

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