State Law Privacy Video Series | Privacy and Sensitive Information
Podcast: CFIUS Update: Key Takeaways from the FIRRMA Implementing Regulations
Data security is a major concern across virtually all areas of the legal profession particularly in 2024 thanks in part to a record-breaking number of cyber incidents last year that cost companies an average of $4.45 million...more
On April 4, 2024, Kentucky became the fifteenth state to enact a comprehensive data privacy law, with Governor Andy Beshear signing the Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act (KCDPA) into law. The Kentucky law will go into...more
On February 28, 2024, President Biden signed Executive Order (EO) 14117 titled “Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern.” On March 5,...more
On November 1, 2023, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) amended its cybersecurity regulations to institute additional standards and controls aimed at securing sensitive data among the financial...more
Editor’s Note: In a rapidly evolving technological landscape, understanding the capabilities and limitations of platforms like Microsoft 365 (M365) is crucial for law firms, especially in the realms of eDiscovery and...more
The Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (TDPSA) became law on June 16, 2023. Texas becomes the 11th state to enact a comprehensive consumer data privacy law, joining California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Iowa,...more
From long-standing laws to incoming legislation, global nonprofits must understand the requirements and prepare for scrutiny in their handling of personal data. U.S. privacy regulations are currently a complex framework of...more
Join members of McDermott’s Global Privacy & Cybersecurity team and Alan Gutierrez-Arana of Mazars for the next installment in our PCI DSS 4.0 series. PCI DSS 4.0 brings major changes to payments with an increased focus on...more
Online sports betting has become a booming industry in recent years, with millions of people placing bets and wagers from their phones and computers. Ever since Murphy v. NCAA, the 2018 case in which the United States Supreme...more
A recent blog post by the leader of a cybersecurity platform provides a suggestion as to how gig economy companies can protect all the sensitive data they accumulate – and we can add a few more items to that checklist. Arti...more
President Biden issued Executive Order (EO) 14083 on September 15, 2022, establishing five factors for reviews by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS), and areas of heightened scrutiny for transactions...more
Outbound Data Transfer Security Review Measures - On July 7, 2022, the Cybersecurity Administration of China (“CAC”) issued the Outbound Data Transfer Security Assessment Measures (“Security Assessment Measures”) effective...more
Keypoint: The chances for the United States to finally enact a federal privacy bill appear to have increased with the circulation of a bipartisan discussion draft although its chances for passage are far from clear....more
Six months have now passed since China's Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) became effective on November 1, 2021. As noted below, Chinese authorities have recently stepped up enforcement actions relative to PIPL....more
Efficiency, scalability, speed, increased cost savings, and advanced security for highly sensitive data remain in high demand by users of eDiscovery services. To meet that demand, cloud technology promised several of those...more
Following the SolarWinds and the Colonial Pipeline cyberattacks, the Biden Administration emphasized a shift toward mandatory cybersecurity requirements. Throughout 2021, government agencies issued new cybersecurity guidance,...more
The Regulation on Management of Automobile Data Security (Trial) (Regulation) was passed on the 101st meeting of Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), approved by four other Chinese ministries and officially published on...more
On August 20, 2021, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC or China) enacted the Personal Information Protection Law (PIP Law), which will come into effect on...more
Based on China’s Cybersecurity Law (effective from June 1, 2017), the latest draft of Personal Information Protection Law and draft of Data Security Law, the new draft regulations would apply not only to automobile producers...more
In November, California voters took a (yet another) sharp turn in the data privacy lane and passed Proposition 24, better known as the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). This replaces the California Consumer Privacy Act...more
ethikos 34, no. 12 (December 2020) - The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) released its code, “Ethics for Incident Response and Security Teams,” a document that informs teams in the computing industry...more
On November 3, 2020, California voters convincingly approved the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) ballot initiative. The CPRA builds upon and amends the California Consumer Protection Act (“CCPA”), aligning it more with...more
Personal data (PD) protection is becoming the main topic of the recent days, so the Russian legislation in this sphere changes rapidly. The article represents an overview of updates on personal data regulation for the 3rd...more
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of Americans have deserted the physical workplace. Modern technology and remote access capabilities have made it possible to transform almost any job to a telework position. As...more
The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) is a ballot initiative that, if passed in November, will significantly amend the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)....more