Life with GDPR - Meta Fined €405 million by Irish Data Protection Commission
Katten's Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity Quick Clicks is a monthly newsletter highlighting the latest news and legal developments involving privacy, data and cybersecurity issues across the globe....more
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a difficult piece of legislation to comply with, and not meeting some of its requirements may lead to hefty fines of up to 4% of global annual revenues of the preceding year or...more
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), through Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC), issued another fine against a large US technology company. What may come as a surprise is the...more
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) issued its opinion on the draft adequacy decision of the European Commission (Draft Decision) regarding the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF) on 28 February 2023. The DPF is a...more
On the bumpy road towards a new adequacy decision for EU-U.S. data transfers, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) has published its Opinion 5/2023 (“Opinion”) on the European Commission's (“Commission”) draft adequacy...more
Katten's Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity Quick Bytes is a monthly newsletter highlighting the latest news and legal developments involving privacy, data and cybersecurity issues across the globe. ...more
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
On January 19, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced the conclusion of an inquiry into the data processing practices of a U.S.-based messaging service’s Ireland operations and fined the messaging service €5.5...more
On Tuesday, December 13, the European Commission initiated its long-awaited process towards the adoption of an adequacy decision for the European Union (EU)-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF), which aims to address the...more
U.S. Government Releases Guide of ‘Minimum Baseline’ Cybersecurity Practices for Protecting Critical Infrastructure - The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”) has released a guide to help organizations...more
Ever since the White House issued its Executive Order to pave a path for the new EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, stakeholders have provided both praise and criticism about whether the Executive Order sufficiently addresses...more
Last week, the European Data Protection Board ("EDPB") published a long-awaited update of its guidance on breach notification—which did not contain much news generally. However, it does bring a significant new burden for...more
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
Clearview AI Settles Biometric Data Privacy Suit with ACLU - On May 9, 2022, Clearview AI, Inc. (“Clearview”) and the American Civil Liberties Union (“ACLU”) announced an agreement to settle a lawsuit involving Clearview...more
The European Union (EU) and United States have reached a “deal in principle” to establish a new Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (Framework), which is meant to foster the exchange of data between the EU and U.S. This new...more
The U.S. and many other nations recently imposed unprecedented sanctions on Russia in response to Russia’s military action in Ukraine. More details about some of these sanctions can be found in Dechert’s related OnPoint...more
FTC Warns Companies to Remediate Log4j Security Vulnerability - Log4j is a ubiquitous piece of software used to record activities in a wide range of systems found in consumer-facing products and services. Recently, a...more
While everyone hoped that 2021 would be less tumultuous than 2020, it certainly did not turn out that way in the end. The same was true in the world of data privacy – with sweeping new data protection regulations and guidance...more
Welcome to this month's issue of The BR Privacy & Security Download, the digital newsletter of Blank Rome’s Privacy, Security & Data Protection practice. The rapid pace at which technology and data privacy and security...more
In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the FBI’s warning to companies regarding cyberattacks targeting confidential M&A activity, as well as the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s directive...more
We are delighted to introduce Dechert Cyber Bits, brought to you by members of our top-ranked, global Privacy & Cybersecurity practice. Cyber Bits is a bi-weekly publication that will provide a short summary of key...more
On 6 August, Hogan Lovells submitted its response to the European Commission’s public consultation on its proposed AI Regulation (Draft Regulation). Our view is that the Draft Regulation is an ambitious and comprehensive...more
In this month’s edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine cybersecurity guidance issued by New York state, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s new “Bad Practices” website outlining what...more
Welcome to the latest edition of Updata - the international update from Eversheds Sutherland’s dedicated Privacy and Cybersecurity team. Updata provides you with a compilation of privacy and cybersecurity regulatory and...more
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