Kilpatrick Townsend Partner Amanda Witt, Professor Nico Härting, and Nicole Beranek Zanon discussed the consequences of the Schrems II decision of the ECJ for international data transfers during a recent webinar. Each gave...more
Any organization that relies on certification under the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework and/or entering into the Standard Contractual Clauses (“SCCs” or “Model Clauses”) to effectuate personal data transfers from the...more
7/22/2020
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Standard Contractual Clauses
With slightly less than one month before the July 1, 2020 enforcement date of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), California’s Attorney General announced on June 2, 2020 that he had submitted the proposed final...more
In response to what could quickly become a very hard winter with COVID-19, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved, on April 4, 2020, the Bill 1.179/2020 (“Regime Jurídico Emergencial e Transitório das Relações Jurídicas de...more
Although U.S. law has broadly enabled the use of electronic signatures since 2000, many companies have not fully adopted the use of electronic signatures across their operations. That resistance to the use of electronic...more
Amanda Witt represented the U.S. on an extraordinary panel in Dublin yesterday in which the participants – leaders in data protection from both sides of the Atlantic – learned from one another and from their national...more
On September 17, 2019, Amanda Witt, co-leader of Kilpatrick Townsend’s Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Governance practice, moderated a panel for the International Section of the Georgia Bar that consisted of seasoned...more
Attention all who collect fingerprints and other biometric information of Illinois residents: a private right of action is now available for a mere technical violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act...more
2/12/2019
/ Actual Injuries ,
Amusement Parks ,
Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Fingerprints ,
IL Supreme Court ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Liquidated Damages ,
Personally Identifiable Information
When you rub the magic lamp and are offered three wishes for your digital advertising program, how can you use those wishes to avoid €50,000,000 fines from the French CNIL?
Transparency: You need to disclose clearly the...more
On July 10, 2018, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a General Data Protection Regulation (“Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados” or “LGPD”). The bill, was largely inspired by the European General Data Protection Regulation...more
On September 13, 2018, the International Section of the Georgia Bar sponsored a presentation entitled “EU GDPR Status Updates – Lessons Learned Since May 25th” at the Atlanta offices of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP. The...more
On April 24, 2018, panelists from Colombia, Brazil, Mexico and Venezuela discussed expected legal, economic and political trends in Latin America for 2018. The event was hosted by the International Section of the Georgia Bar...more
On April 12, 2018, Kilpatrick Townsend hosted the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Atlanta KnowledgeNet Chapter Meeting. With more than 80 IAPP members in attendance, Jon Neiditz and Amanda Witt,...more
Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), website operators and other Internet Service Providers (collectively, ISPs) can obtain protection from liability for copyright infringement claims based on the material...more
The Argentine Data Protection Authority recently issued a new regulation approving two sets of model contractual clauses (controller-to-controller and controller-to-processor) for the international transfer of personal data....more
As 2016 has come to a close, now is a good time to take stock of new disclosure obligations for website privacy policies introduced over the course of the year. It is likely that if your company’s privacy policy has not been...more