The European Court of Justice's (CJEU) recent decision striking down the EU-US Safe Harbor framework has created significant marketplace uncertainty and left companies scrambling for alternative cross-Atlantic data transfer...more
10/19/2015
/ Article 29 Working Group ,
Binding Corporate Rules ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection Authority ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Facebook ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Ireland ,
National Security ,
National Security Agency (NSA) ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Right to Privacy ,
Safe Harbors ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
On October 6, California Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation updating California’s data breach notice statute for the third time in three years. The news was quickly overshadowed by the CJEU’s decision invalidating the...more
10/15/2015
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Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Encryption ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Hackers ,
Incident Response Plans ,
International Data Transfers ,
New Legislation ,
Popular ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Privacy Laws ,
Right to Privacy ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
Earlier this month, privacy and security professionals from around the globe gathered for “Privacy. Security. Risk. 2015”—the second joint conference between the International Association of Privacy Professionals and the...more
10/15/2015
/ Big Data ,
Cloud Computing ,
Compliance ,
Covered Entities ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Data Security ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Dropbox ,
Edward Snowden ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Ethics ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Facebook ,
FCC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Google ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
International Data Transfers ,
Internet of Things ,
Ireland ,
Microsoft ,
National Security ,
National Security Agency (NSA) ,
OCR ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Right to Privacy ,
Safe Harbors ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Security Risk Assessments ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
As we head into the end of 2015, state legislators across the country continue to strengthen, update and, in some instances, broaden the scope of their respective state data breach notification laws. Specifically, many...more
10/1/2015
/ Bank Accounts ,
Breach Notification Rule ,
Credit Cards ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Breach Plans ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Debit Cards ,
Hackers ,
Passwords ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Social Security Numbers
In Part I, we discussed the Third Circuit's finding that the "unfair" prong of the FTC Act does not require the agency to provide specific cybersecurity standards with "ascertainable certainty" to which companies must...more
On Monday, the Third Circuit issued a highly anticipated opinion affirming the Federal Trade Commission's authority to regulate "unfair" cybersecurity practices under Section 5 of the FTC Act. In allowing the data breach...more
8/27/2015
/ Credit Cards ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Debit Cards ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Fraudulent Charges ,
FTC v Wyndham ,
Hackers ,
Section 5 ,
Wyndham
California S.B. 568, “Privacy Rights for California Minors in the Digital World” (Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 22580-22581) took effect on Jan. 1, 2015. Enacted as an amendment to CalOPPA, the law contains two main provisions: 1)...more
On Monday, January 12, 2015, President Obama appeared at the Federal Trade Commission to announce the administration’s blitz of cyber security and privacy legislative and public policy initiatives, which will be discussed in...more
The provider of the immensely popular “Brightest Flashlight Free” mobile app for Android reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over charges that it collected sensitive personal information, including...more
California is continuing to blaze new trails in the area of online data privacy. Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed into law several new pieces of privacy legislation. The new laws affect all operators of commercial Web sites...more
In March, the Federal Trade Commission issued updated advertising guidelines to take into account the challenges created by the rapid growth of mobile and online advertising platforms, particularly small screen size and other...more
California Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal recently introduced the “Right to Know Act of 2013” (AB1291) in the California State Assembly. If passed, this legislation would allow U.S. consumers unprecedented access to...more
The Federal Trade Commission has emphasized in the past that general privacy protections in the website space apply equally to mobile services, but a new FTC Staff Report released on Friday hones in on some privacy...more
2/11/2013
/ Address Book ,
App Developers ,
COPPA ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Mobile Apps ,
Notice Requirements ,
Parental Consent ,
Path Inc. ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Policy ,
Settlement ,
Social Networks ,
Transparency