As we pass the mid-point of 2025, it’s a good time to review the important developments we have seen in the first 6 months of this year, particularly reforms to the UK’s data protection laws, the EU’s pathway to...more
On 16 October 2023, France’s Data Protection Authority, the National Commission on Informatics and Liberty (CNIL), issued a set of guidelines for complying with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when...more
Here are a few takeaways from what I said this week at the InfoGov World Expo virtual auditorium. •Is it still “early days for GDPR?” Not if you ask Germany, France’s Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés...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
The legal requirements for the use of cookies have been subject to discussion over the last few years, with little to no enforcement and guidance from European data protection authorities (DPAs). That has changed recently....more
The closure of four cases involving targeted advertising provides lessons for navigating compliance standards under the GDPR. The recent closure of cases brought by the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) against four...more
Companies should identify data flows, implement a data transfer solution, and update internal documents and privacy notices. Since our blog on “What a “No Deal” Brexit Means for UK Data Privacy”, the European Data...more
UNITED STATES - Regulatory—Policy, Best Practices, and Standards - United States and China Renew Promise Not to Hack - On October 4, U.S. and Chinese officials agreed to not engage in targeted hacking. Per a...more
New York Attorney General Announces Record Number of Data Breach Notices in 2016 - On March 21, 2017, the New York Attorney General's Office announced that it received 1,300 reported data breaches in 2016—a 60 percent...more
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into force on 25 May 2018, replacing UK’s Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA). It is yet unclear how Brexit will play out, yet in the meantime the United Kingdom is moving to...more