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From Consent or Pay to AI Oversight: EDPB Expands Its Regulatory Reach in 2024

HaystackID on 4/25/2025

What happens when data protection collides with the relentless pace of digital innovation? That’s the question the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) seemed to confront head-on in 2024, a year marked by unprecedented...more

Zooming in on AI – #10: EU AI Act – What are the obligations for “high-risk AI systems”?

A&O Shearman on 10/30/2024

Companies deploying high-risk artificial intelligence (AI) systems must prepare to navigate a complex landscape of new obligations by August 2, 2026. In this post we explain the key obligations for providers and deployers of...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

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

New French Guidelines on Cookies and Trackers

Hogan Lovells on 7/22/2019

On 19 July the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) published new guidelines on cookies and trackers. These replace the existing Recommendation No. 2013-378 of 5 December 2013, are intended to be in line with...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

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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