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A new UK-US data bridge will be available to businesses in the UK looking to transfer personal data to organizations in the United States certified under the UK Extension to the EU-US Data Privacy...more
9/26/2023
/ Corporate Counsel ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Privacy Framework ,
Privacy Laws ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
UK ,
UK GDPR ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
New York City (NYC) has delayed to April 15, 2023 the enforcement of its first-of-its-type law on bias in artificial intelligence (AI) tools used in employment. Local Law 144 of 2021 prohibits employers in NYC from using...more
2/16/2023
/ Algorithms ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Bias ,
Corporate Counsel ,
EEO-1 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
Proposed Rules ,
Unconscious Bias
On November 3, 2020, California voters passed Proposition 24, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), by approximately 56-44%. This act will amend and supersede the still recent California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), once...more
11/10/2020
/ Administrative Agencies ,
Amended Legislation ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Minors ,
New Legislation ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Information ,
Popular ,
Private Right of Action ,
Sensitive Personal Information
If you transfer data from the EU to the US, or if your trusted service providers do, the Schrems II European Court decision1 has seismic significance - even if you do not rely on Privacy Shield.
On July 16, 2020, the Court...more
7/29/2020
/ Binding Corporate Rules ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Standard Contractual Clauses
In the scramble to come into compliance before the January 1, 2020 deadline, companies may have overlooked a key - and potentially costly - requirement in the California Attorney General draft regulations to the California...more
With companies increasingly worried about what the California Attorney General, and private litigants, will do once the California Consumer Privacy Act comes into effect, they should not lose sight of what the Federal Trade...more
While the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and its potential amendments are still a top concern for businesses, other states are showing that they will not be left behind when it comes to enhanced privacy legislation....more
6/7/2019
/ Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Privacy ,
Exemptions ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Pending Legislation ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Private Right of Action ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Proposed Legislation
As this eventful year for new privacy and cybersecurity regulations winds down, multinational companies still need to look ahead to new regulations that will come online in 2019, including Vietnam’s Law on...more
12/5/2018
/ Breach Notification Rule ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Comment Period ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Covered Entities ,
Cybersecurity ,
Foreign Corporations ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Multinationals ,
Pending Legislation ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
Vietnam
Just two months after an Illinois appellate court dismissed a similar complaint alleging a violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), a California federal court found that a claim asserted under BIPA...more
3/13/2018
/ Article III ,
Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Facebook ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Popular ,
Standing