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AI, agency, and efficiency - The Visionaries

IR Global on 11/20/2024

Q1 Is there scope to use AI in commercial contracts? Will it save time, or ultimately cost more time in review and pose greater risk?...more

United States Privacy Laws – Do You Know If You Are In Compliance?

Burr & Forman on 4/12/2022

Is your business one that has not prioritized compliance with data privacy laws because you do not collect personal data about your customers? If so, you are in good company, but it is time to reframe your approach on data...more

European Commission Refreshes Standard Contractual Clauses

Knobbe Martens on 7/14/2021

The European Commission (“EC”) has long sought to improve data privacy for Europeans, even when they interact with global or non-European companies. Laws like the General Data Protection Regulation (or “GDPR”) seek to...more

Compatibility test: Can I process lawfully collected personal data for a new purpose?

Hogan Lovells on 5/18/2021

When launching a project that involves processing of personal data, previously collected for a different purpose, what are the requirements? Companies usually focus on the legal basis of processing and information duties, but...more

How much can your car know about you? – EU guidelines on data protection and connected vehicles

Hogan Lovells on 3/24/2021

Cars today are able to keep us permanently plugged-in, while collecting and generating increasing amounts of information as a result of their interaction with the driver, passengers, pedestrians, other vehicles, road...more

An Introduction to the LGPD – Brazil’s Comprehensive New Privacy Law

Wiley Rein LLP on 10/28/2020

Brazil’s long-debated privacy law – the Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD) – took effect on August 27, 2020. The LGPD is largely inspired by the European Union’s privacy regulation – the General Data Protection Regulation...more

Hogan Lovells Asia Pacific Data Protection and Cyber Security Guide 2020

Hogan Lovells on 4/6/2020

It is no overstatement to say that 2019 saw a torrid pace of development of Asia-Pacific region data protection and cybersecurity laws. Such was the rate and complexity of change that it is not straightforward to distil...more

CJEU: Consent on the Internet Means ‘Opt-In’

Hogan Lovells on 10/2/2019

On 1 October 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down a crucial decision impacting the way that consent is obtained on the internet. The judgment relates to Case C-673/17....more

Regulating Privacy on the Blockchain Starts With Understanding the Meaning of “Personal Data”

Carlton Fields on 8/8/2019

A commonality among recent data privacy regulations (including the EU’s GDPR, California’s CCPA, and Brazil’s LGPD) is that only the storage and transmittal of “personal data” is regulated. These new regulatory frameworks...more

The ICO Updates Its Data Sharing Code of Practice

Hogan Lovells on 8/5/2019

On 9 July 2019 the UK data protection authority (ICO) updated its Data Sharing Code of Practice (first published in 2011) (Code). On the same day, the ICO also announced its intention to fine Marriott International just over...more

Dutch DPA: Banks May Not Use Payment Data for Marketing Purposes

Hogan Lovells on 7/11/2019

In the wake of a recent announcement by a major Dutch bank that it would start providing its customers with personalized advertisements based on their spending patterns, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) has sent a...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

EDPB’s Position on Clinical Trials Creates Friction with Other EU Legislation

Hogan Lovells on 4/25/2019

Clinical trials in the EU include the collection of sensitive health data from patients. Trial sponsors are obliged to reconcile their respect of regulations governing data protection with regulations governing the conduct of...more

EU and Japan Create World’s Largest Area of Safe Data Transfers

Hogan Lovells on 2/5/2019

On 23 January, the European Commission announced that it had adopted an adequacy decision in relation to Japan, to enter into force immediately. The mutual agreement, which covers Japan’s 127m citizens as well as the whole of...more

Guidance On Direct Marketing Issued By The German Data Protection Supervisory Authorities

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 12/7/2018

In November, the German Data Protection Conference (committee of the independent German federal and state data protection supervisory authorities) (“DSK”) published a guidance on the processing of personal data for direct...more

French Data Protection Authority Issues Guidance on Interaction of Blockchain Technology with GDPR

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 11/15/2018

Last month, the French data protection authority (the CNIL) issued initial guidance addressing issues that applications utilizing blockchain technology should consider in order to comply with the European General Data...more

Ballard Spahr Interviews Two Leaders of the Colorado Information Security Community

Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/10/2018

As part of the Rocky Mountain Information Security Conference hosted in Denver from May 8 to 10, 2018, Ballard Spahr Privacy and Data Security attorney David Stauss sat down with Robb Reck, Chief Information Security Officer...more

Belgian sunshine rules – Submissions required by 31 May 2018 at the latest

Hogan Lovells on 5/8/2018

On 27 December 2016, the Belgian Law of 18 December 2016 concerning various health-related matters (“the Sunshine Act”) was adopted by the Belgian Ministry for Public Health....more

Asia Pacific Data Protection and Cyber Security Guide 2018 - Shifting landscapes across the Asia-Pacific region

Hogan Lovells on 4/23/2018

As global focus on data protection and cyber security law and regulation continues to increase, the Asia-Pacific region is increasingly an area of concern for global compliance programs. ...more

Whistleblowing and Privacy in Italy

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 1/31/2018

Law no. 179 of November 30th, 2017 (the “Law” or the “Law 179/2017”) – entitled “Provisions for the protection of whistleblowers who report offences or irregularities which have come to their attention in the context of a...more

Whistleblowing, D. Lgs. 231/01 e Privacy

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 1/5/2018

A seguito della pubblicazione in Gazzetta Ufficiale della Legge 30 novembre 2017, n. 179 recante "Disposizioni per la tutela degli autori di segnalazioni di reati o irregolarità di cui siano venuti a conoscenza nell'ambito di...more

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