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Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 51

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Biden Administration Issues Executive Order Restricting Bulk Transfers of U.S. Citizens' Personal Data to “Countries of Concern” - On February 28, 2024, President Biden issued an Executive Order (“EO”) to address the...more

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Privacy Points 2024: Recap and What to Watch For in 2024

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Last year proved to be a big year in data protection with U.S. state data protection laws popping up across the country, the FTC updating its guidance and regulations on everything from data breaches and biometric...more

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Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 40

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FTC Settles with Experian for Alleged Customer Spamming - On August 14, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced a proposed settlement involving Experian Consumer Services (“Experian”). A federal court entered...more

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Colorado Attorney General Releases Proposed Privacy Rules and Begins Holding Stakeholder Meetings

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On July 7, 2021, Colorado enacted the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA), becoming the third U.S. state to adopt a comprehensive privacy law. As previously described, the CPA doesn’t apply to everyone. Instead, it only applies to...more

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FTC Will “Vigorously Enforce” the Law Against Companies That Fail to Protect Consumer Privacy

It’s no secret that every move you make on the internet can be tracked. Even when you are not actively searching, scrolling through a social media feed, or using your phone to navigate to a new local restaurant, your digital...more

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Comparison of the CCPA & CPRA with Pending 2021 Comprehensive Federal Privacy Legislation - H.R. 1816

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In the last year, we continued to see a shift in the privacy landscape of the United States, including the passage of comprehensive privacy legislation in both Virginia and Colorado, while other states still have bills under...more

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Are You a Financial Institution? GLBA Law & Compliance

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The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) is a federal law that establishes various legal requirements for companies that qualify as “financial institutions” under the Act. The GLBA’s definition of a “financial institution” is...more

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EU-US Privacy Shield Framework Formally Adopted

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On July 12, 2016, the European Commission formally adopted the Privacy Shield, a new transatlantic framework for the transfer of personal data from the European Union (EU) and certain countries of the European Economic Area...more

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WilmerHale Privacy and Cybersecurity Law Blog - Comparison of Requirements Under the Privacy Shield/Safe Harbor Principles

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Notice Requirements - The Privacy Shield notice requirements are more specific and detailed than what was required by the Safe Harbor regime. Safe Harbor required a privacy policy to provide information on data...more

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Privacy Shield Finalized - How Everyone Can Take Advantage of the New European Data Transfer Framework

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The EU Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC (the “Directive”) creates the legal framework for national data-protection laws in each EU Member State. The Directive states that personal data may only be transferred to countries...more

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Dead Before the Ink is Dry? EU Approves Privacy Shield Text

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After months of uncertainty, the U.S. again has a framework of rules to follow that will govern U.S. business’ use of EU residents’ data. The European Commission approved the text of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield (the “Privacy...more

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Privacy Shield Update: A Recap of Recent Developments

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On April 13, 2016, the Article 29 Working Party (WP29), an influential group of European data protection authorities, issued a non-binding opinion that criticized certain elements of the fledgling Privacy Shield framework....more

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Privacy Shield Details Released

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As we previously reported, EU and US officials have reached an agreement to implement a program known as the EU-US Privacy Shield. The Privacy Shield is a successor to the US-EU Safe Harbor program, which was invalidated...more

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PRIVACY POLICIES AND THE SALE OF CORPORATE ASSETS: It pays to plan ahead to preserve the value of your data assets

Personal data is a valuable corporate asset. At times, the personal information collected from customers (such as email address, mailing address, phone number, etc.) can be a company’s most valuable asset. Unfortunately,...more

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