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No Password Required: MITRE Engage Lead, Innovator in Cyber Deception, and Dance Community Builder

Carlton Fields on 7/8/2024

Maretta Morovitz is the Engage Lead at MITRE, where she simplifies the planning of adversary engagement for cyber defenders. Maretta likens her cyber defense work to the movie Home Alone, setting a series of traps for the...more

Jenner & Block Japan Newsletter - January 2024

Jenner & Block on 2/12/2024

Welcome to the January 2024 edition of the Jenner & Block Japan Newsletter, a publication containing updates about legal developments in the United States that may be noteworthy to our clients and other leaders in the...more

[Webinar] Assessing the Privacy Risk Assessment - January 9th, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm CT

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics... on 12/4/2023

Learning Objectives - Data privacy compliance requires the use of privacy impact assessments and data transfer assessments - What about the value of other assessments like privacy by design, online safety, AI risk,...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - July 2023

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 8/2/2023

In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the newly established data privacy framework between the EU and U.S. and new consumer privacy laws in Oregon and Texas. We also review a court ruling that delayed...more

Data Transfer Déjà Vu: European Commission Approves Another EU-U.S. Data Transfer Mechanism

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 7/14/2023

On July 10, 2023, the European Commission (the “Commission”) adopted an adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (the “Framework”). The Framework provides companies that opt in with a legitimate means of...more

Data and Cybersecurity - European Union Legislation and Proposals

BCLP on 6/19/2023

Updated June 2023 - The BCLP Data Privacy & Security team is tracking EU law developments relevant to data and cyber security. This tracker summarizes the effect and status of the following: the Digital Services Act, the...more

President Biden Signs Long-Awaited Data Transfer Executive Order

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 10/20/2022

Key Points - President Biden has signed the long-awaited executive order implementing U.S. commitments to the new successor agreement to the Privacy Shield, the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework—a historic step in respect of...more

[Webcast Transcript] The State of US Privacy Law: What to Expect in 2023 and Beyond

HaystackID on 10/12/2022

Editor’s Note: On September 29, 2022, HaystackID shared an educational webcast on the topic of US privacy law. As privacy continues to move to the forefront of not only information consideration but of business concern for...more

California DOJ Treats Data Transfers for Website Analytics as a Sale in First CCPA Settlement

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 9/16/2022

Do you use Google Analytics? Do you tell consumers that you do not sell personal information? If you answered yes to both of those questions, then this alert is for you! The California attorney general recently took the...more

Podcast: Managing IP, Data and Privacy Risks of Pension Administration Systems

Nossaman LLP on 10/21/2021

Ransomware and other cybersecurity attacks have made national headlines during the past 12 months, and public pension systems are as susceptible to these attacks as any other organization. In this episode of Public Pensions &...more

China's New Data Security Law Bolsters Its Data Security Legal Regime

K&L Gates LLP on 7/12/2021

On 10 June 2021, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China (NPCSC) approved the enactment of Data Security Law (the DSL) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), which will take effect on 1 September...more

EU-U.S. Data Transfers Under Fresh Spotlight Following Irish DPC Ruling

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 5/17/2021

Today saw a key ruling by the Irish High Court which could have wide ranging implications in relation to a range of data use, targeted advertising and data transfers between Europe and the United States. The Irish data...more

Update on the State of Privacy Law in China

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/14/2021

China is continuing to move forward with its first comprehensive privacy law. China recently issued a second version of the draft Personal Information Protection Law (Draft PIPL) which will be open for public comments until...more

International Data Protection Update – First Quarter 2021

BakerHostetler on 3/30/2021

This quarterly update highlights some of the international data protection issues that have caught our attention, and the attention of our clients, in the past three months....more

Coalition of African Nations to Coordinate Data Protection Framework

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 10/28/2020

A coalition of African nations have developed a data protection framework with the goal of centralizing data protection laws and the digital economy across Africa. Currently, five countries, including Nigeria, are testing the...more

Schrems 2.0 – The Next Big Blow for EU-US Data Flows? – What to Expect on Thursday, July 16th

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation on 7/16/2020

Whatever the outcome of Schrems 2.0, the key takeaway is, don’t panic. Today, July 16, 2020, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) is expected to rule in the case of Data Protection Commissioner Ireland v Facebook Ireland...more

A Sale, or Not a Sale? The Digital Advertising Debate

McDermott Will & Emery on 1/9/2020

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) requires businesses who engage in “sales” of “personal information,” to offer consumers the right to opt out of such sales via a “Do Not Sell My Personal Information” link or button...more

Move over, CCPA? New York Considers Sweeping Data Privacy Law

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 6/10/2019

New York’s state legislature is considering a new data privacy law that would set the standard for data privacy in the U.S. The New York Privacy Act (the “NYPA” or the “Act”), which is currently being considered by the state...more

Data privacy in the Americas - At a glance

FordHarrison on 10/16/2015

As multinational employers are aware, data privacy laws can vary greatly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Ensuring compliance with the different requirements can be challenging, and the penalties for noncompliance can be...more

Advocate General of the EU Court of Justice: EU-U.S. Safe Harbor Act Is Not Safe for EU Citizens

Troutman Pepper on 9/25/2015

The decision could affect the thousands of U.S. companies in diverse industries that rely on the EU-U.S. Safe Harbor Agreement to legally transfer personal data of EU citizens from the EU to the United States....more

SEC and DOJ Hacking Prosecutions Highlight SEC’s Increased Interest in Cybersecurity Risks

Morgan Lewis on 9/15/2015

Companies are reminded of the need for strong internal controls. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) recently filed civil and criminal actions in the largest hacking and...more

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