On March 15, 2019, the European Data Protection Board published Opinion 5/2019 on the interplay between the ePrivacy Directive and the GDPR, in particular regarding the competence, tasks, and powers of data protection...more
For those of a certain generation the concept of “The Borg” invokes a seemingly inevitable force that pulls opponents into the “Collective” through a process of assimilation. According to the inestimable source, Wikipedia,...more
If nature abhors a vacuum, then apparently so too does legislation. Between the EU General Data Protection Regulation and the still-evolving California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), there has been much discussion amongst us...more
If your organization has a website, it probably needs a publicly posted privacy notice explaining how personal data is (or is not) collected, used, protected, and shared. Privacy notices are expressly required under some...more
On November 30th, Marriott announced that a guest reservation database on the Starwood side of its business had been breached. Initial reports indicated that upwards of 500 million individuals were affected. The stolen data...more
Just a month after the EU General Data Protection Regulation became effective, California enacted the Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, which has caused almost as much concern among organizations doing business there. Given the...more
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The scope and scale of Equifax’s recent data breach and Facebook’s ongoing data-sharing travails have forced companies around the world to consider, perhaps more than ever before, the legality of how they obtain and process...more