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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

EDPB Provides Guidance On Determining A 'Main Establishment' And The 'One-Stop-Shop' Mechanism

Mayer Brown on 2/29/2024

The opinion was issued in response to a request by the French Data Protection Authority and provides guidance on the conditions for determining a controller's main establishment where that controller has establishments in...more

EU Supervisory Authorities Clarify Breach Notification Requirements

Alston & Bird on 4/18/2023

Background - On April 4th, 2023, the European Data Protection Board (‘EDPB’), which is composed of representatives of the EU national supervisory authorities and the European Data Protection Supervisor (‘EDPS’), published an...more

EDPB updates the guidelines on data breach notification, addresses data processing in upcoming AML legislation

A&O Shearman on 4/17/2023

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) held its 77th plenary meeting on 28 March 2023. The EDPB considered the following key topics...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

Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 24

Dechert LLP on 11/11/2022

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

"42", the Answer to the Number of Authorities Notified in Cross-Border Breaches – Don't Panic!

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 10/24/2022

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

Heavier Breach Notification Obligations for U.S. Companies Subject to the EU GDPR According to Proposed Regulatory Guidance from...

Alston & Bird on 10/20/2022

On October 18, 2022, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) published a proposed updated version of its regulatory guidance on personal data breaches under the EU GDPR (the “Proposed Updated Guidance”). The Proposed...more

The New European Approach to Calculating Fines for Data Protection Breaches - Will it be More Predictable and Consistent?

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 7/28/2022

On May 12, 2022, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published its long-awaited Guidelines 04/2022 on the calculation of fines under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). After many data protection authorities...more

EDPB Issues Draft Guidelines on the Calculation of Administrative Fines

Alston & Bird on 5/20/2022

On May 16, 2022, the European Data Protection Board (‘EDPB’) published draft regulatory guidelines (‘draft guidance’) on the calculation of administrative fines for infringements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation...more

GDPR: EDPB’s New Breach Guidelines Present Additional Challenges for Legal & Security Professionals

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 3/7/2022

To close out 2021, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted additional General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) data breach notification guidelines in Guidelines 01/2021 on Examples regarding Personal Data Breach...more

5 Key Takeaways from the EDPB’s Final Guidelines on Examples Regarding Personal Data Breach Notification

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP on 1/20/2022

Following a public consultation on an initial version released last January, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) last month adopted a final version of its Guidelines on Examples regarding Personal Data Breach...more

Privacy Report: FTC Warns Companies to Remediate Log4j Security Vulnerability

ArentFox Schiff on 1/19/2022

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

2021 Data Privacy Overview: New Regulations and Guidance

Lighthouse on 1/12/2022

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

EDPB Issues New Guidance for Assessing Personal Data Breaches under the EU GDPR

Alston & Bird on 1/12/2022

On Monday, 3 January 2022, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) published the finalized version of its regulatory guidance entitled “Examples regarding Personal Data Breach Notification” (the “Guidelines”), following a...more

Privacy Update: Best Practices for the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act

ArentFox Schiff on 12/10/2021

Best Practices for the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act - The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDA) Working Group of the Joint Commission on Technology and Science released its final report on best practices...more

The BR Privacy & Security Download: December 2021

Blank Rome LLP on 12/3/2021

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

EDPB Ruling Provides Takeaways For DPA Standard Contractual Clauses

Fox Rothschild LLP on 6/1/2021

The EDPB issued an opinion on the draft Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) for a controller-processor data processing agreement under Article 28 (Data Processing Agreements) submitted by the Lithuanian supervisory authority. ...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

New EDPB Draft Guidance Provides Practical Scenarios for Data Breach Notification Analysis Under the GDPR

BakerHostetler on 2/19/2021

In certain cases, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires entities that experience a personal data breach to provide notice of the incident to relevant national supervisory authorities and the individuals whose...more

Companies Have Until March to Comment on EDPB Data Breach Notification Guidelines

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/1/2021

Many supervisory authorities across Europe have reported increasing numbers of data breach notifications since the introduction of GDPR. While most companies are now familiar with the 72-hour reporting obligation for...more

Top 10 For 2021 – Happy Data Privacy Day!

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/28/2021

In honor of Data Privacy Day, we provide the following “Top 10 for 2021.” While the list is by no means exhaustive, it does provide some hot topics for organizations to consider in 2021...more

Jones Day Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update | Vol. 27

Jones Day on 1/8/2021

United States - Regulatory—Policy, Best Practices, and Standard - NIST Unveils Draft Guidance to Protect Critical Infrastructure - On October 22, 2020, the National Institute of Standards and Technology ("NIST")...more

Twitter Tagged in Europe, But Regulators Don’t Agree On Ruling

Womble Bond Dickinson on 8/25/2020

Twitter is likely to suffer significant fines in the EU for its handling of a data incident, but regulators are conflicted about their response. In late 2018, Twitter experienced a data breach involving an exploitation of a...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - July 2020

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 8/6/2020

In this month's edition, we examine the Court of Justice of the European Union's decision invalidating the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework, as well as the U.S. government's response to the decision. We also examine two...more

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