Countless hours are being spent categorizing cookies and other tracking technologies to work with consent management platforms, part of a purpose-built industry aiming to help companies deal with the increasingly complex and...more
12/18/2024
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California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
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Cookies ,
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Data Privacy ,
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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
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Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory History ,
Web Tracking ,
Websites
By now, many of us are using AI, advising others about how to use AI, and waiting for some legislative miracle to give us some guardrails for what we can or cannot be doing with AI. A lot of effort has been put into tracking...more
10/11/2023
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Australia ,
Canada ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
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EU ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Ireland ,
Italy ,
Japan ,
Machine Learning ,
New Zealand ,
Norway ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
South Korea ,
Spain ,
UK
On July 10, 1962, NASA launched Telstar 1, the first active communications satellite linking Europe and the United States through live television transmission. Sixty-one years later, on July 10, 2023, the European Commission...more
7/13/2023
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Corporate Counsel ,
Data Privacy ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
Executive Orders ,
Framework Agreement ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Framework ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Self-Certification ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
Switzerland ,
UK ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
On June 4, 2021, the European Union’s (EU) executive branch, the European Commission (EC), released their new Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) for compliant cross-border data transfers under the EU’s General Data...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
3/30/2021
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CNIL ,
Cookies ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Data Security ,
Data Transfers ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Notice Requirements ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
Russia ,
South America ,
UK ,
Web Tracking
Last week, both the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the European Commission released highly anticipated draft documents offering guidance to organizations that engage in cross-border data transfers involving EU...more
Following its investigation of a personal data breach, the Belgian Data Protection Authority (DPA) issued a ruling on April 28, 2020, imposing a €50,000 fine on an organization for negligence in having appointed the company’s...more
Adoption of the ePrivacy Regulation -
Introduced in 2017, and originally slated to go into effect with the GDPR (on May 25, 2018), it now appears the ePrivacy Regulation will not be implemented before late 2021....more
In this fourth installment of our GDPR compliance webinar series, we will introduce key concepts in California's strict new privacy law and discuss how the CCPA parallels – and differs from – the GDPR. We'll also take a deep...more
This is the third webinar in our series addressing compliance priorities and questions raised by GDPR. Important issues continue to emerge.
Join our panelists, including the GDPR-seasoned general counsel of a global...more
We are pleased to present part two in our series addressing key compliance challenges and common questions concerning the European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which took effect May 25, 2018....more
The big push for GDPR compliance is over – or is it? Now that the GDPR has taken effect, organizations are facing the challenge of ongoing compliance with this sweeping regulation, trying to balance risk while reading...more
With only four months remaining until the EU General Data Protection Regulation takes effect on May 25, 2018, the European Commission has launched a new website offering guidance on requirements and implementation targeted at...more
As noted in the 2017 BakerHostetler Data Security Incident Response Report, the enactment of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) represents the most significant change in European data protection law in more than...more
With the UK’s Brexit referendum dominating the news out of Europe over the past week, it may have been easy to miss a key development in the continuing Privacy Shield negotiations. On Friday, June 24, news outlets reported...more
On April 13, 2016, the Article 29 Working Party (WP29), an influential group of European data protection authorities, issued a non-binding opinion that criticized certain elements of the fledgling Privacy Shield framework....more
5/11/2016
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Binding Arbitration ,
Criminal Procedure ,
Data Processors ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Judicial Redress Act ,
Ombudsman ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Surveillance ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework