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UK Brings Forward Bill to Reform UK Privacy Laws

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 11/6/2024

In October 2024, the UK government introduced the Data (Use and Access) Bill (the Data Bill) to Parliament. The Data Bill represents a third attempt by UK ministers to bring about reforms to the UK’s data protection and...more

Delaware Data Protection Act: What Businesses Need to Know

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 5/14/2024

In September 2023, Delaware became the seventh state in 2023 to enact comprehensive privacy law with the Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (DPDPA), joining Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Oregon, Tennessee and Texas. The DPDPA will...more

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

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 10/18/2023

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

Upcoming EU Rules on Digital Operational Resilience

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 7/21/2023

There will be additional compliance obligations and mandatory contractual provisions introduced for financial entities and outsourced IT service providers. The new DORA seeks to strengthen the resilience of financial...more

Privacy Report: Utah Will Soon Publish US’s Latest Comprehensive State Privacy Law

ArentFox Schiff on 3/11/2022

US News - Utah Will Soon Publish US’s Latest Comprehensive State Privacy Law - The Utah Consumer Privacy Act, also known as Senate Bill 227, recently cleared the Senate and the House. Though there are a few more steps...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

China Passes the Personal Information Protection Law

Benesch on 9/22/2021

The law will take effect on November 1, 2021 giving companies under two months to ensure their privacy policies and systems comply. On August 20, the Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress of China...more

Colorado Passes New Comprehensive Consumer Data Protection Act

UB Greensfelder LLP on 8/2/2021

Earlier this month, the governor of Colorado signed into law the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA), making Colorado the third state to enact a comprehensive data security law after California in 2018 and Virginia in March 2021. The...more

And Then There Were Three: Colorado Passes Privacy Law, Effective July 2023

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 7/14/2021

Colorado recently joined Virginia and California in passing a more comprehensive privacy law. The Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) will go into effect July 1, 2023. This is six months after Virginia’s law (CDPA) and California’s...more

China Finalizes Data Security Law to Strengthen Regulation on Data Protection

Jones Day on 6/21/2021

On June 10, 2021, the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress passed the long awaited People's Republic of China (China) Data Security Law ("DSL") after a final read of the third draft. The DSL, which takes...more

The eData Guide to GDPR: New York’s SHIELD Act Defines Records Management as a Reasonable Safeguard

Morgan Lewis on 1/29/2020

New data retention limitations and disposal requirements on some types of businesses in New York will go into effect on March 21, 2020, under the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD Act) that was signed...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

New law decreases the number of companies required to designate a Data Protection Officer in Germany

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 7/3/2019

On June 28, 2019, the German parliament (Bundestag) passed new legislation imposing several changes to the current German Federal Data Protection Act (“BDSG”). Although many of the changes addressed privacy aspects of...more

Are You Covered for California’s New Iot Laws?

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 1/7/2019

In November, Tyler wrote about insurance issues raised by both the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act, which goes into effect on January 1, 2020. California’s...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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