Selected U.S. Privacy and Cyber Updates - California Privacy Protection Agency Issues Notice of Modifications to Proposed CPRA Regulations - On November 3, 2022, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) issued a notice...more
Selected Developments in U.S. Law - U.S. Department of Commerce Announces the Establishment of a Global CBPR Forum On April 21, 2022, Canada, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, and the United States...more
5/11/2022
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
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Selected Developments in U.S. Law - Colorado Privacy Act Becomes Third Comprehensive State Privacy Act in the United States - Our Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team highlights some of the similarities and differences between...more
Selected Developments in U.S. Law - Alston & Bird Analyzes New California Privacy Rights Act - California voters approved a ballot initiative containing the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020. ...more
11/20/2020
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
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Data Protection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
FinCEN ,
Hackers ,
International Data Transfers ,
Malware ,
Personal Information ,
Ransomware ,
Schrems I & Schrems II
Selected Developments in U.S. Law - SEC Creates Event and Emerging Risk Examination Team - Following the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations’ (OCIE) recent and detailed risk alert on the threat of ransomware,...more
8/14/2020
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Data Transfers ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
OCIE ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
UK
Selected Developments in U.S. Law - Japan’s Personal Information Protection Committee Releases Guidance on Contact Tracing Mobile Apps to Combat COVID-19 - On May 1, the Personal Information Protection Committee in Japan...more
Selected Developments in U.S. Law -
NIST Publishes Privacy Framework Version 1.0 -
On January 16, 2020, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published Version 1.0 of its Privacy Framework: A Tool for...more
Our Privacy & Data Security Team summarizes the portions of California’s proposed regulations for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) that are likely of material interest to companies across industries and highlights...more
10/15/2019
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
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Data Privacy ,
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Opt-Outs ,
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Right to Delete
Our Data Privacy & Security Team examines how the California Consumer Privacy Act could reset data breach litigation....more
Are You Ready for Canada’s New Privacy Breach Rules? Mandatory privacy breach notification, reporting, and record-keeping obligations under Canada’s federal data protection law, the Personal Information Protection and...more
6/12/2019
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Regulation S-P ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Some of the most highly publicized and scrutinized data breaches involve the theft of payment card data. In recent years, the payment card industry has implemented new technologies, most visibly EMV, in an effort to stem the...more
Our Privacy & Data Security Group applies five lessons learned from preparing for Europe’s carefully crafted General Data Protection Regulation to California’s hastily adopted Consumer Privacy Act....more
10/1/2018
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Private Right of Action
Last year, Germany became the first EU member state to pass legislation implementing the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). For companies, national GDPR implementing legislation can be significant....more
An English-Language Primer on Germany’s GDPR Implementation Statute. Expanding on his recent article for Bloomberg BNA, Alston & Bird associate Dan Felz offers a multipart primer on Germany’s new GDPR implementation statute....more
10/4/2017
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
EU ,
Facebook ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Germany ,
Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) ,
NIST ,
Popular ,
UK
Data breach has, unfortunately, become a fact of life. Practically every corporation has experienced some sort of security incident, although most have avoided (to their knowledge) significant network intrusions and loss or...more
Senior Counsel Peter Swire to Debate European Privacy Activist Max Schrems. The debate, set to take place on January 26 in Brussels, will highlight key differences between certain European and U.S. attitudes towards U.S....more
1/11/2016
/ Cloud Computing ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
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Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Commission ,
FCC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC v Wyndham ,
Germany ,
Incident Response Plans ,
LabMD ,
NIS Directive ,
Popular ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Surveillance ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework ,
Vendors ,
Young Lawyers