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US SEC Gives Green Light to Swiss-Based Investment Adviser Registration Applications

Mayer Brown on 6/11/2025

On June 10, 2025, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it will immediately resume processing new and pending registration applications of investment advisers with their principal office and place of...more

Training of Meta’s AI Systems and the Use of the European Users’ Data

Goodwin on 5/23/2025

As of May 27, 2025, Meta (Facebook and Instagram) will start using some of the personal data of European users to train its artificial intelligence (AI) systems, including tools such as Meta AI and Llama language models....more

International Data Transfers Remain Under EU and UK Regulatory Scrutiny

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/26/2024

Organisations that make international transfers of personal data have undergone significant challenges and changes over the last few years. With the invalidation of the Privacy Shield agreement in 2020 and the introduction of...more

Belgian Data Protection Authority Publishes Guidance on the Interplay between the GDPR and the AI Act

Alston & Bird on 9/26/2024

On 19 September 2024, the Belgian Data Protection Authority (DPA) issued new Guidance on the interplay between the recently adopted EU Regulation on Artificial Intelligence (the AI Act) and the General Data Protection...more

Data Privacy Guide - Spain

International Lawyers Network on 5/15/2024

Introduction - We have compiled the main differences between the REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing...more

Data Privacy Guide - Romania

International Lawyers Network on 5/13/2024

Governing Data Protection Legislation - 2.1. Overview of principal legislation - The General Regulation Data Protection (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (“GDPR”), as implemented by Law 190/2018 is the principal data...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

Data Privacy Guide - Czech Republic

International Lawyers Network on 5/3/2024

Introduction - The General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) is the EU regulation which is directly applicable in all member states of the EU, including the Czech Republic, as of 25 May 2018. The new...more

Developing a Global Data Protection Framework for Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace

Littler on 3/1/2024

As employment-related artificial intelligence (“AI”) tools proliferate, multinational employers feel increasing pressure to deploy AI across their global offices. These tools can provide great value and efficiency across the...more

The Future of Privacy Regulation

WilmerHale on 4/22/2022

U.S. privacy law is undergoing dramatic change on an accelerating pace. New laws across the country address specific industries, certain kinds of data, and various concerning practices. There is international pressure to...more

Why Some Data Subject Request Services Create Compliance Concerns

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 3/25/2021

If you are responsible for handling data subject requests made pursuant to the EU General Data Protection Regulation or verified consumer requests made pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act, chances are you have...more

Should I Be Worried About the GDPR? – EDPB’S Guidelines on the GDPR’S Territorial Scope

Hogan Lovells on 12/31/2019

Does the GDPR really apply to my company? From a data protection standpoint, this is the first thing that comes to mind within non-EU companies. In many cases, the GDPR seems like an issue of the Old Continent, so some assume...more

Revised Guidelines on the Territorial Scope of the GDPR and Local Representatives

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 12/2/2019

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) recently published an updated version of its guidelines on the territorial scope of the GDPR, which were initially issued just over a year ago. The revised Guidelines do not...more

French legal and regulatory update - July/August 2019

Hogan Lovells on 9/30/2019

The Paris office of Hogan Lovells is pleased to provide this English language edition of our monthly e - newsletter, which offers a legal and regulatory update covering France and Europe for April 2018. ...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

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

The EDPB’s Narrow View of Contractual Necessity

Hogan Lovells on 4/16/2019

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has adopted the narrowest possible interpretation of ‘contractual necessity’ as a ground for processing of personal data. ...more

Dutch Data Protection Authority Sets GDPR Fines Structure

Hogan Lovells on 3/21/2019

On 14 March 2019, the Dutch data protection authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, DPA) announced (in Dutch) its fining structure for violations of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Dutch law...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

New Guidelines on GDPR’s Territorial Scope

Polsinelli on 11/28/2018

The European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) recently released Guidelines 3/2018 on the territorial scope of the GDPR (Article 3). ...more

Busting the Myth: Compliance with the ‘Gold Standard’ of the GDPR Does Not Buy You a ‘Free Pass’ Under China’s New Personal...

Hogan Lovells on 11/14/2018

On December 29, 2017, the Standardization Administration of China, jointly with the PRC General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, issued the Information Security Technology – Personal...more

Do I really need to worry about GDPR?

Bricker Graydon LLP on 8/8/2018

A lot has been written about the European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which became effective May 25, 2018. Colleges and universities are still sorting through whether it applies to them and how it...more

How Article 82 of the GDPR has revised the rules on liability, compensation claims, and class actions when data breaches occur in...

Hogan Lovells on 7/25/2018

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is driving tremendous changes in the European Union (EU), and companies that haven’t implemented their data protection requirements could face serious consequences regarding civil...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 7/13/2018

U.S. Financial Industry Developments - CFTC and SEC Announce Approval of New MOU - On June 28, 2018, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") and the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") announced that...more

GDPR is Now Effective – How Will Regulators Enforce It?

Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/25/2018

Today the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect, ending the data protection landscape as we know it. This comprehensive privacy law applies directly to the 28 EU countries and companies established in...more

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