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WilmerHale’s Guide to the EU Data Act - September 2024

WilmerHale on 9/13/2024

Exactly one year from now, on September 12, 2025, the EU Data Act will enter into application. This new regulation provides harmonized rules on data access, switching cloud providers, and interoperability requirements across...more

AI Act published in EU Official Journal to enter into force on 1 August 2024

A&O Shearman on 7/25/2024

On 12 July, 2024, the Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (the ‘EU AI Act’) was published in the official Journal of the European Union. The EU AI Act aims to establish a...more

AI Watch: Global regulatory tracker - Council of Europe

White & Case LLP on 5/16/2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) has made enormous strides in recent years and has increasingly moved into the public consciousness. Increases in computational power, coupled with advances in machine learning, have fueled the...more

Data Protection Rulings by European Regulators Offer Insights Into Their Security Expectations

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 4/15/2024

Valuable insights into the measures European regulators expect businesses to take to protect data privacy can be found in a report from the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) summarizing decisions under the EU’s General...more

EU AI Act – Landmark Law on Artificial Intelligence Approved by the European Parliament

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 3/15/2024

The highly anticipated EU Artificial Intelligence Act is finally here! With extra-territorial reach and wide-reaching ramifications for providers, deployers, and users of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”), the Artificial...more

Privacy and AI in Israel and worldwide: a look to 2024

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co. on 1/29/2024

During 2023, privacy protection and artificial intelligence regulation continued apace and their implications continued to be a major focus in Israel and around the world. In Israel, this was reflected in a number of...more

UK Online Safety Act Becomes Law: What To Expect Next

Perkins Coie on 11/6/2023

Last week, the UK’s Online Safety Bill received royal assent and became law. With this development, Ofcom, the regulator for the new Online Safety Act (the Act or OSA), has published a roadmap to explain how the Act will be...more

HUB Talks: May The Enforcement Be With You: Reflections on Five Years of GDPR

K&L Gates LLP on 5/4/2023

In this episode, Claude-Etienne Armingaud, Eleonora Curreri, and Camille Scarparo celebrate the fifth year anniversary of GDPR along with lawyers from our European offices; Thomas Nietsch and Andreas Müller (Berlin), Nóirín...more

Data Protection in the British Virgin Islands

Walkers on 2/9/2023

The British Virgin Islands ("BVI") Data Protection Act, 2021 ("DPA") came into force on 9 July 2021. It was introduced so the BVI would have a data protection framework which is broadly similar to EU and UK standards. To...more

Data Privacy Laws and Blocking Statutes: Five Practical Strategies for Counsel

HaystackID on 1/30/2023

Background Note: Data privacy has become a critical issue in the digital era, with laws and regulations constantly evolving. As a result, it’s important for cybersecurity, information governance, and legal discovery...more

Time to Update Your Cookie Banners? Helpful Guidance from the European Data Protection Board on Bad Cookie Banner Practices

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 1/27/2023

When it comes to website privacy compliance, cookies have consistently presented the most fraught issues for U.S. businesses. This is especially true for those businesses that find themselves in a sometimes new or often...more

Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 20

Dechert LLP on 9/16/2022

Pelosi Statement Dims the Lights on ADPPA - The prospects for the nation’s first comprehensive data privacy law, the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (the “ADPPA” or the “Bill”), dimmed after House Speaker Nancy...more

Privacy Report: Utah Will Soon Publish US’s Latest Comprehensive State Privacy Law

ArentFox Schiff on 3/11/2022

US News - Utah Will Soon Publish US’s Latest Comprehensive State Privacy Law - The Utah Consumer Privacy Act, also known as Senate Bill 227, recently cleared the Senate and the House. Though there are a few more steps...more

Nota Bene Episode 123: Europe Q2 Check In - Brexit Updates and Antitrust Laws in the Digital Economy with Oliver Heinisch

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/18/2021

Joining Michael this week for the podcast quarterly check in with Europe is International Competition specialist Oliver Heinisch from London. Oliver shares the latest updates from the continent, including insight on Brexit,...more

EU Considers Significant Regulations for AI

Foley Hoag LLP on 5/11/2021

On April 21, 2021, the European Commission released a highly-anticipated proposal for a regulation governing artificial intelligence (AI). The proposal has been drafted by the Commission and its advisers, and plays a central...more

[Virtual Conference] NAVEX Next: Beyond the Moment - October 22nd, 8:00 am - 2:00 pm PDT

NAVEX on 10/7/2020

Register for NAVEX Next, our annual risk and compliance virtual conference. Formerly the Ethics & Compliance Virtual Conference (ECVC), the new name recognizes that we must be forward-looking as we face an increasingly...more

Update zum Bußgeldmodell der deutschen Datenschutzbehörden – mit Musterbescheid

Latham & Watkins LLP on 10/15/2019

Die deutschen Datenschutzbehörden arbeiten an einem Modell zur Festlegung von wirksamen und abschreckenden Bußgeldern nach Art. 83 EU-Datenschutz-Grundverordnung (DSGVO). Die entsprechenden Abstimmungen finden in dem...more

[Webinar] Live from the ZyLAB Amsterdam Office: One Year GDPR: What's Up (Next)? - May 24th, 7:00am ET

Association of Certified E-Discovery... on 4/23/2019

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) caused consternation in organizations worldwide, before and after the new law came into effect on May 25, last year. The introduction of the GDPR came with many...more

Chapter 14: Data Protection Authorities – Unlocking the EU General Data Protection Regulation

White & Case LLP on 4/22/2019

Why does this topic matter to organisations? National Data Protection Authorities ("DPAs") are appointed to implement and enforce data protection law, and to offer guidance. As set out in Chapter 16, DPAs have significant...more

In Principle - 10 Things Authorised Firms Need To Know For 2019

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 1/31/2019

In the 2018 edition of this publication, we ended the introduction with the line, “We can only hope that we will enter 2019 with greater certainty than 2018 as to how the regulatory landscape will look.” Unfortunately,...more

A Look Back at 2018 Privacy Shield Enforcement

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/15/2019

Over the course of 2018, the FTC brought several actions against US companies for violations of the Privacy Shield program. The program, which as we have reported on previously gives participating US companies a mechanism to...more

EU Legal Developments That May Impact Your Business in 2017

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/19/2017

Sheppard Mullin’s EU team has created a list of major legal shifts that await General Counsel and Compliance Officers in the areas of competition, EU regulatory and trade in 2017. These challenges may have an impact on your...more

European Union and United States Agree in Principle on New Safe Harbor Framework

Goodwin on 10/28/2015

On Monday, October 26, European Union Justice Commissioner Vera Jourová delivered a speech before the European Parliament in which she noted that the European Union and the United States had agreed “in principle” on a new...more

Eye on Privacy Newsletter - July 2014

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 7/30/2014

In this issue: - Proposed California Law Would Impose Data Breach Liability on Retailers and Create More Stringent Data Security Requirements for Businesses - FTC Continues Its Aggressive FCRA Enforcement and...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - December 2013

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 12/18/2013

In This Issue: - European Commission Proposes Changes to the US-EU Safe Harbor: In our November Privacy & Cybersecurity Update,1 we reported that the European Commission was undertaking a review of the U.S.-EU...more

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