On July 10, 2023, the European Commission adopted its long-awaited adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (“Adequacy Decision”). This ends a three-year journey to set up a successor to the EU-U.S. Privacy...more
7/12/2023
/ Adequacy Requirement ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Iceland ,
International Data Transfers ,
Liechtenstein ,
Member State ,
Norway ,
Personal Data ,
U.S. Commerce Department
The European Commission formally adopted the EU-US Privacy Shield on July 12, 2016, ending months of legal uncertainty with a new framework for governing transatlantic data transfers after the Privacy Safe Harbor framework...more
7/13/2016
/ Data Protection Authority ,
Data Retention ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Policy ,
Self-Certification ,
Surveillance ,
Third-Party ,
U.S. Commerce Department
Legal Framework -
Summarise the main statutes and regulations that promote
cybersecurity. Does your jurisdiction have dedicated
cybersecurity laws?
The United States generally addresses cybersecurity...more
3/7/2016
/ Cloud Computing ,
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cyber Insurance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Act of 2015 ,
Data Protection ,
DFARS ,
DMCA ,
ECPA ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FERC ,
GLBA Privacy ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
NIST ,
PCI-DSS Standard ,
Popular ,
Risk Management ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes
On Monday, February 29th, the European Commission and U.S. Department of Commerce released a collection of documents summarizing actions taken on both sides of the Atlantic to implement the new Privacy Shield framework. This...more
3/2/2016
/ Article 29 Working Group ,
Data Protection Authority ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Self-Certification ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
On Friday, November 13, Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or the “Commission”) Chief Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) D. Michael Chappell issued an Initial Decision in In the Matter of LabMD, Inc. (FTC Docket No. 9357),...more
On June 30, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its first guidance document as part of its Start with Security initiative. The initiative, announced by FTC Consumer Protection Director Jessica Rich in March, will...more