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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

Best Practices to Ensure Compliance with Upcoming Data Protection Regulations

Porter Hedges LLP on 6/3/2024

The Department of Justice ("DOJ") is wasting no time in implementing the new cyber-security Executive Order (the EO), signed on February 28, 2024. As explained in our April 2024 blog post, the EO aims to portect Americans’...more

China Finalizes Provisions on Cross-Border Data Transfer

Jones Day on 4/1/2024

Chinese authorities issued new regulations and guidance governing cross-border transfers of data and personal information, which will significantly reduce procedural and compliance burdens for many multinationals....more

DOJ Kicks Off Work to Regulate Foreign Access to Sensitive Personal Data Under New EO

Wiley Rein LLP on 3/14/2024

On March 5, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) regarding Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern. The...more

President’s Executive Order Seeks to Protect Certain “Bulk Sensitive Personal Data” from “Countries of Concern”

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/6/2024

On February 28, 2024, President Biden issued an Executive Order (EO) seeking to protect the sensitive personal data of Americans from potential exploitation by particular countries. The EO acknowledges that access to...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

Privacy Day 2024: A Look Back at Developments from 2024

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/29/2024

From the expansion of “general privacy” laws in US states and concerns over cross-border data transfers, to global focus on artificial intelligence, surveillance and dark patterns, 2023 was a busy year. Our privacy team...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

Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 43 | Key Developments in Privacy & Cybersecurity

Dechert LLP on 10/20/2023

NSA and CISA Release Report on “Top Ten” Cybersecurity Misconfigurations; CISA Calls for Software Manufacturers to Implement Best Practices - On October 5, 2023, the United States National Security Agency (NSA) and...more

India – Digital Personal Data Protection Act receives Presidential assent

A&O Shearman on 8/18/2023

The President of India gave assent for the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2023 on 11 August 2023, a matter of days after it had been passed by both the Lower and Upper House. The Digital Personal Data Protection Act...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

Key Response Steps for Businesses Impacted by Recent Global Cyberattack Exposing the Personal Information of Millions

White & Case LLP on 6/19/2023

As of this morning, several US federal agencies and the personal information of 3.5 million Oregon and Louisiana residents has been compromised in a cyberattack affecting companies and government agencies across the globe...more

How a Zero-Day Flaw in MOVEit Led to a Global Ransomware Attack

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 6/19/2023

In an era where our lives are ever more intertwined with technology, the security of digital platforms is a matter of national concern. A recent large-scale cyberattack affecting several U.S. federal agencies and numerous...more

Unprecedented: First data trading involving personal data in China

Hogan Lovells on 5/30/2023

On April 25, 2023, the state-backed Guiyang Big Data Exchange (GYDE) announced that it has facilitated and supervised the unprecedented floor trading of personal data in China. To date, no provisions have been put in place to...more

Cybersecurity Developments and Legal Issues

White & Case LLP on 3/22/2023

For most large companies, a frictionless flow of information and the ability to transfer customer data, employee files, financial records and other information around the world quickly and cost-effectively is a critical...more

Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 25

Dechert LLP on 12/16/2022

SEC Division of Examinations Issues Risk Alert on Regulation S-ID and Identity Theft Prevention Programs - On December 5, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Division of Examinations (“EXAMS”) issued a...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

China Issues Guidance on the Security Assessment of Outbound Data Transfers

White & Case LLP on 10/10/2022

The Cybersecurity Law ("CSL"), Personal Information Protection Law ("PIPL"), and Data Security Law ("DSL") of the People's Republic of China (the "PRC") introduced a security assessment of the outbound transfer of important...more

China’s Security Assessment Measures for Outbound Data Transfers and Understanding on the Application Guidelines

Linda Liu & Partners on 10/10/2022

The much-anticipated Security Assessment Measures for Outbound Data Transfers (hereinafter referred to as "the Measures") of China has already come into effect on September 1, 2022, and on the eve of the effective date, the...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

China Issues Security Assessment Measures of Data Cross-border Transfer

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 8/10/2022

On July 7, 2022, the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) released the Security Assessment Measures of Cross-border Data Transfer ( the “Measures”) which will be effective from September 1, 2022. Previously on October...more

Hot Topics in International Trade - June 2022

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC on 6/16/2022

U.S. Initiates Indo-Pacific Economic Framework in the South Pacific- On May 23 in Tokyo, Japan, the U.S. and other countries in the Pacific region launched the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (“IPEF”)....more

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