On June 4, the European Commission (EC) adopted two sets of standard contractual clauses (SCCs) for use between controllers and processers in the European Economic Area (EEA) and for the transfer of data between EEA and...more
6/17/2021
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Data Controller ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Standard Contractual Clauses
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) created groundbreaking new rules for how businesses must handle California consumers’ personal data and spurred proposals for similar legislation across the country. ...more
11/12/2020
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California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Sellers ,
Data-Sharing ,
Information Governance ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Right to Delete ,
Right To Know ,
State and Local Government
On July 16, the European Court of Justice (ECJ or the Court) struck down the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield program. The ruling invalidated an earlier European Commission (Commission) decision (Privacy Shield adequacy determination)...more
New York is gearing up to enact some of the toughest cybersecurity, privacy and data protection laws in the country. Modeled on the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer...more
7/18/2019
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California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Notification Requirements ,
Pending Legislation ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
SHIELD Act ,
State and Local Government ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes
1. Binding Corporate Rules To Facilitate Intragroup Data Transfer -
Personal data is meant to circulate without boundaries inside the European Union (EU). The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) subjects personal...more
On Jan. 21, 2019, the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) levied a 50 million euros sanction against Google LLC for violating the EU General Data Protection Regulation2 (GDPR) in the context of the first enforcement...more
2/27/2019
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Corporate Counsel ,
Data Protection ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
Fines ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Google ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Regulatory Violations ,
Transparency
This Update highlights key legal and policy developments in cybersecurity and privacy law that may impact important trends for 2019 and beyond. A central takeaway from 2018 is that regulators in the U.S. and abroad are...more
1/28/2019
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Carpenter v US ,
CLOUD Act ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
Facebook ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Google ,
Hackers ,
International Data Transfers ,
Marriott ,
Microsoft ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Power Plants ,
Risk Management ,
Russia ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Stored Communications Act
On June 28, 2018, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) was signed into law. The bill was drafted and passed quickly, just prior to a deadline for removing a similar initiative from the ballot that would have...more