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Upcoming Consumer Privacy Laws: What Organizations Must Know for 2024 and 2025

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Over the past several years, the number of states with comprehensive consumer data privacy laws has increased exponentially from just a handful—California, Colorado, Virginia, Connecticut, and Utah—to up to twenty by some...more

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All About the Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act (RIDTPPA)

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Starting January 1, 2026, businesses operating in Rhode Island will need to comply with the Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act, a mouthful of a law abbreviated as RIDTPPA. (Not exactly catchy, is it?)...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Board of Director’s responsibility for data security in a company

The Israeli Privacy Protection Authority recently published a binding directive addressing the board of director’s responsibilities for the fulfillment of a company’s obligations prescribed in the Privacy Protection...more

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Australia: Long Awaited Australian Privacy Reform Comes to Fruition

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The Australian Government has today published a draft Bill outlining the next steps in Australia’s Privacy Act Review process.  The changes to be implemented by the Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 include...more

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Consumer Privacy Update: What Organizations Need to Know About Impending State Privacy Laws Going into Effect in 2024 and 2025

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Over the past several years, the number of states with comprehensive consumer data privacy laws has increased exponentially from just a handful—California, Colorado, Virginia, Connecticut, and Utah—to up to twenty by some...more

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That’s the Way the Cookie Crumbles

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Do you know what cookies your company’s website is using? If not, you likely do not know whether your company’s website is honoring users’ data protection choices involving the use of cookies. You should know and care so your...more

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Personal Data Sharing: What Information About Recipients Do We Need to Provide to Individuals Under the GDPR?

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Sharing personal data is necessary for most organisations, but it also entails certain data protection risks. Controllers who share personal data with others must, among other obligations, ensure that they comply with the...more

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Saudi Arabia Personal Data Protection Law: Transition Period Ends September 14

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The one-year transition period granted to bring businesses’ activities into compliance with the Personal Data Protection Law of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is about to end on September 14, 2024. Given the law’s...more

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Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 61

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X Agrees to Stop Processing EU Data to Train its Grok AI - Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (“DPC”) recently filed an urgent High Court application against X (formerly Twitter) for using the personal data of European...more

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Data Mapping: Avoid the Spreadsheet Trap!

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In our recent webinar, It’s Time to Think About Data Mapping Differently, a poll revealed some interesting information: Nearly 50 percent of respondents house their data map in a spreadsheet. (Roughly 15 percent say they...more

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UK US Data Bridge Practical Tips for Implementation and Compliance

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Latham & Watkins and Privacy Laws & Business recently co-hosted a webinar looking back on the first eight months since the UK-US Data Bridge entered into force. Speakers from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and...more

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What is quantum computing and what’s all the fuss about it?

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Why is there so much hype around quantum computing? What are the main threats that this technology will bring? And what opportunities can be harnessed from it? In this article, we share our key takeaways from our recent...more

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CHINA: Mandatory Data Protection Compliance (Self) Audits on Their Way

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The Personal Information Protection Law (“PIPL“) requires a data controller to conduct compliance audits of its personal data processing activities on a regular basis (“Self-supervision Audits“). Apart from such...more

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Europe/Germany: Right to Bring Collective Action for Violations of Information Obligations Under GDPR

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Summary - In its judgement of 11 July 2024 (C-757/22), the European Court of Justice (‘ECJ’) ruled that the violation of a controller’s information obligations under Art. 12 and 13 GDPR, can be subject to a representative...more

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New ANPD Regulation International Data Transfers

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Scope of the Regulation - On August 23, 2024, the Brazilian Data Protection Authority (ANPD) published Resolution CD/ANPD No. 19/2024 (the “Regulation”), which addresses international transfers of personal data....more

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The Protection of Critical Infrastructure (Computer System) Bill: Hong Kong’s first specific cybersecurity legislation

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In late June 2024, the Security Bureau of the Hong Kong SAR Government (the “Government”) proposed the first specific cybersecurity legislation in Hong Kong, tentatively entitled the Protection of Critical Infrastructure...more

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Massive fine for Uber of EUR 290 million

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On 26 August the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) fined Uber EUR 290 million for a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Following a number of complaints from French Uber drivers, the DPA found that...more

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First PDPA Enforcement in Thailand: A Landmark Case

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On August 21, 2024, the second expert committee appointed under the Thai Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) of 2019, issued an administrative fine to a major private company involved in online sales. The company allowed a...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Avoiding growing pains in the development and use of digital twins

Novel technologies that seek to improve quality of life or simplify complex processes offer great promise. For example, medical technologies that detect or cure disease or supply chain technologies that allow for real time...more

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Ireland: Increased Regulatory Convergence of AI and Data Protection: X Suspends Training of AI Chatbot With EU User Data After...

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The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has welcomed X’s agreement to suspend its processing of certain personal data for the purpose of training its AI chatbot tool, Grok. This comes after the DPC issued suspension...more

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The Digital Download – Alston & Bird’s Privacy & Data Security Newsletter – August 2024

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Selected U.S. Privacy and Cyber Updates - New York AG Seeks Comments on Rulemaking for Minors’ Online Protection Laws - On August 1, 2024, New York Attorney General Letitia James issued two advanced notices of proposed...more

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Ninth Circuit Ruling Paves the Way for California Age-Appropriate Design Code to Partially Come into Effect

On August 16, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion partially upholding—and partially vacating—the District Court for the Northern District of California’s preliminary injunction preventing...more

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Federal Trade Commission Hashes Out Aggressive Interpretation of Data Anonymization: What You Need to Know

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has a long-standing habit of creating legal obligations through blog posts. Recent communications from the FTC by way of its Office of Technology Blog evidence an aggressive expectation...more

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Cumplir con las reglas de privacidad de datos de México: 6 consejos clave para negocios estadounidenses y extranjeras

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Las compañías que hacen negocios en México deben revisar las políticas y prácticas pertinentes para asegurarse de que se alinean al marco integral de privacidad de datos del país. Específicamente, querrá evaluar sus avisos de...more

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Complying with Mexico’s Data Privacy Rules: 6 Key Tips for U.S. and Other Foreign Businesses

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Companies doing business in Mexico should review relevant policies and practices to ensure they align with the country’s comprehensive data privacy framework. Specifically, you’ll want to assess your privacy notices, data...more

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