Selected Developments in U.S. Law - SEC Creates Event and Emerging Risk Examination Team - Following the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations’ (OCIE) recent and detailed risk alert on the threat of ransomware,...more
8/14/2020
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Data Transfers ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
OCIE ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
UK
Last year, Germany became the first EU member state to pass legislation implementing the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). For companies, national GDPR implementing legislation can be significant....more
An English-Language Primer on Germany’s GDPR Implementation Statute. Expanding on his recent article for Bloomberg BNA, Alston & Bird associate Dan Felz offers a multipart primer on Germany’s new GDPR implementation statute....more
10/4/2017
/ Article 29 Working Party (WP29) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
EU ,
Facebook ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Germany ,
Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) ,
NIST ,
Popular ,
UK
Updates on the EU:
German DPA Publishes First Privacy Shield Guidelines, Requires German-Law Contracts for Transfers. On June 7, 2016, the European Commission adopted the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. One question that many...more
12/7/2016
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Charter Communications ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Data Security ,
Dodd-Frank ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Google ,
Governor Cuomo ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
NIST ,
NYDFS ,
OCC ,
Risk Management ,
Spokeo ,
Wiretap Act
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Published, Commencing Two-Year Countdown to Application. One of the most important EU legislative initiatives in recent years, and a landmark in privacy regulation worldwide, the GDPR...more
8/23/2016
/ APEC ,
Cross Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) ,
Data Security ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
NIS Directive ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
Spokeo v Robins ,
TCPA ,
Warning Letters
Special Focus on “Safe Harbor 2.0,” Privacy Shield and E.U. Data Transfers: Alston & Bird’s privacy team has been closely following the development of Privacy Shield, the proposed successor to the E.U.-U.S. Safe Harbor...more
5/3/2016
/ Article 29 Working Party (WP29) ,
Big Data ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity National Action Plan (CNAP) ,
Data Breach ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
Export Controls ,
FCC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Hackers ,
HIPAA Audits ,
International Data Transfers ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Iran ,
PCI-DSS Standard ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Turkey ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
While most of the attention in the EU data landscape in late 2015 and early 2016 was focused on the Schrems decision, negotiations regarding the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield and passage of the General Data Protection Regulation...more
Senior Counsel Peter Swire to Debate European Privacy Activist Max Schrems. The debate, set to take place on January 26 in Brussels, will highlight key differences between certain European and U.S. attitudes towards U.S....more
1/11/2016
/ Cloud Computing ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Commission ,
FCC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC v Wyndham ,
Germany ,
Incident Response Plans ,
LabMD ,
NIS Directive ,
Popular ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Surveillance ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework ,
Vendors ,
Young Lawyers