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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Data Protection Rulings by European Regulators Offer Insights Into Their Security Expectations

Valuable insights into the measures European regulators expect businesses to take to protect data privacy can be found in a report from the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) summarizing decisions under the EU’s General...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Why It Matters Whether Hashed Passwords Are Personal Information Under U.S. Law

On January 22, 2021, Bleeping Computer reported about yet another data dump by the hacker group Shiny Hunters, this time for a clothing retailer. Shiny Hunters is known for exfiltrating large databases of customer...more

King & Spalding

EU Data Protection Authority Rewards “Exemplary Cooperation” With Moderate Fine

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On November 21, 2018, the data protection authority of the German state of Baden-Württemberg (“LfDI”) imposed a fine of EUR 20,000 on a German social media company for failing to encrypt user passwords, the first fine issued...more

Snell & Wilmer

Data Privacy Day? Yep, it’s a Thing.

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For a number of years now, January 28 has been marked as “Data Privacy Day” (or, for our European friends, “Data Protection Day”), and it is often overlooked observed in the United States, Canada, India and many European...more

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