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Delaware Data Protection Act: What Businesses Need to Know

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 5/14/2024

In September 2023, Delaware became the seventh state in 2023 to enact comprehensive privacy law with the Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (DPDPA), joining Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Oregon, Tennessee and Texas. The DPDPA will...more

How the UK intends to reform data protection law

Hogan Lovells on 6/28/2022

On 17 June 2022, the UK government published its refined plans for reforming UK data protection law, following a detailed consultation exercise undertaken last year. The proposals form part of wider changes to the UK...more

The Future of Privacy Regulation

WilmerHale on 4/22/2022

U.S. privacy law is undergoing dramatic change on an accelerating pace. New laws across the country address specific industries, certain kinds of data, and various concerning practices. There is international pressure to...more

Privacy Roundup Part Two: Significant International Updates

Epiq on 1/12/2022

Last week’s blog detailed the wave of state legislation that occurred in the U.S. during 2021. It is no surprise that there were also many data privacy developments abroad. It is crucial that organizations affected by...more

New Virginia Privacy Bill

Polsinelli on 2/16/2021

Any day now, Virginia will likely become the second state, behind California, to adopt a GDPR-inspired comprehensive data protection law for Virginia residents....more

US Senators Propose COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/6/2020

At the beginning of 2020, a Federal privacy law, similar to that of GDPR or PIPEDA, was a faint and distant reality. However, in light of some mobile device and other monitoring being considered because of the COVID-19...more

A summary of polish legislation and of the guidelines of authorities concerning covid-19 in the context of data protection

Hogan Lovells on 3/19/2020

To meet your questions and concerns related to maintaining the principles of personal data protection in the face of the global COVID-19 pandemic, we have prepared a short guide to the key legal regulations and guidelines of...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - February 2020 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 2/14/2020

Ransomware Attacks Predicted to Occur Every 11 Seconds in 2021 with a Cost of $20 Billion - Confirming what we are seeing in the field, cybersecurity firm Cybersecurity Ventures has predicted that, globally, businesses in...more

The Washington Privacy Act – Re-Introduced for 2020 – Is it the Best of CCPA and GDPR?

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 2/13/2020

Washington legislators recently introduced the Washington Privacy Act (WPA). This legislation is a consumer-focused privacy law similar to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) but it also has some EU General Data...more

Privacy and Data Security Alert l January 2020

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 1/30/2020

States Consider Privacy and Data Security Legislation - It’s that time of year again, when we see a flood of legislative activity at the state level on privacy and data security laws. A couple of recent examples are below....more

Washington State to Try Again for a Comprehensive Privacy Law

Hogan Lovells on 1/14/2020

Washington State is already shaping up as a center of state privacy legislation for 2020. Last year, SB 5376 (also known as the Washington Privacy Act, or WPA) gained significant traction in the legislature, passing the...more

Is A Federal Privacy Law In The Cards for 2020?

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx on 12/12/2019

In May of 2018, the European Union enacted the General Data Protection Rules, or GDPR, a legal framework that outlines not only how companies may collect and process personal information of EU residents, but how that data is...more

Privacy and Data Security Alert | September 2019

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 9/25/2019

California Adds Biometric Restrictions to Data-Breach Law, Potentially Creating a De Facto Biometric Privacy Law Subject to the governor’s signature, California’s breach-notification law will gain additional requirements...more

Stricter Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Laws May Be Coming Soon to New York: Updates on the SHIELD Act and the New York Privacy...

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP on 7/18/2019

New York is gearing up to enact some of the toughest cybersecurity, privacy and data protection laws in the country. Modeled on the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer...more

Privacy and Data Security Alert | June 2019

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 6/5/2019

The California Consumer Privacy Act: The Next Frontier - The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has been called the beginning of America’s GDPR. As the most comprehensive privacy law in the United States, entities...more

Privacy and Data Security Client Alert | March 2019

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 3/25/2019

Florida Introduces BIPA Legislation - A Florida state senator has introduced an identical version of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)....more

Data Protection Laws: Following GDPR Enactment, US States Take Action

White and Williams LLP on 3/11/2019

The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) governs the processing of “personal data.” Having an arguable extra-jurisdictional reach, it is perhaps the most significant change in the EU’s data protection...more

New Zealand Privacy Bill Would Add Authorization and Data Breach Notification Requirements

Littler on 2/15/2019

As a proposed Privacy Bill works its way through the New Zealand Parliament, key changes aim to strengthen the protection of confidential and personal information....more

Momentum Builds for a National Privacy Law in the United States

Dechert LLP on 12/19/2018

Recent developments show that momentum is building for the United States to enact a national privacy law that would govern how businesses handle consumers’ personal information. High-profile data breaches, recent...more

President, Congress Expedite Efforts to Establish a Federal Consumer Privacy Standard - Industry Working to Create a More Uniform...

Holland & Knight LLP on 9/18/2018

• The Trump Administration recently announced plans to establish U.S. consumer privacy standards in response to a series of high-profile privacy breaches. • Two federal agencies – National Institute of Standards and...more

Littler Global Guide - Ireland - Q2 2018

Littler on 7/25/2018

New Data Protection Act - New Legislation Enacted - On May 24, 2018, Ireland enacted the Data Protection Act of 2018 (Act) as a supplement to the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which became law in...more

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