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EU Reaches a Deal on Rules for Swifter Cross-Border GDPR Enforcement

On June 16, 2025, the Council of the EU (Council) and the European Parliament (EP) reached an agreement on a new regulation (the Draft Regulation) to enhance enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The...more

Clark Hill PLC

How to Explain Automated Decisions: Recent CJEU Decision and CPPA Rulemaking Offer Insight into ADM Explainability

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Automated decision-making, or ADM, is used for a wide range of use cases that impact individuals — from processing insurance claims and credit scoring, to ranking job candidates and offering personalized pricing or targeted...more

MoFo Tech

Dirty Data Damaging Deals – Data Issues in AI M&A

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2024 saw strong interest in M&A involving companies that use or develop AI offerings. The rise of AI has brought new issues for dealmakers. In particular, 2024 also saw regulators focusing further on the collection and use of...more

Perkins Coie

Privacy Law Recap 2024: State Consumer Privacy Laws

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U.S. privacy law continued to expand in 2024, both geographically and substantively. We now have 19 states with comprehensive consumer privacy laws (some of which are already in effect, while others become effective in...more

Pillsbury - Consumer Protection Dispatch

GDPR Enforcement: Lessons from Recent Data Privacy Penalties

Recent decisions by the French data protection authority (CNIL) have highlighted the importance of GDPR compliance, particularly in the areas of data retention, consent for processing sensitive personal data, and marketing...more

DLA Piper

EU: ECJ Rules That Competitors Are Entitled to Bring an Injunction Claim Based on an Infringement of the GDPR

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Introduction - In its judgement of 04 October 2024 (C-21/23), the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”, “Court”) ruled, that the provisions of Chapter VIII of the GDPR, do not preclude national rules which grant undertakings the...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the...

State Data Privacy Law Development Proceeds Apace

2023 is turning out to be the year of the state privacy law, including new laws in five states with the possibility of more to come.  Indeed, in recent days both Indiana and Iowa have likewise passed new statutes, which we...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the...

Time to Update Your Cookie Banners? Helpful Guidance from the European Data Protection Board on Bad Cookie Banner Practices

When it comes to website privacy compliance, cookies have consistently presented the most fraught issues for U.S. businesses.  This is especially true for those businesses that find themselves in a sometimes new or often...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Connecticut Likely to Become Fifth State to Enact Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Law

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When the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) became law, it was only a matter of time before other states adopted their own statutes intending to enhance privacy rights and consumer protection for their residents. ...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Colorado Privacy Act Passes With Nationwide Implications for Businesses

After California and Virginia, Colorado recently became the third state to pass a comprehensive consumer data privacy bill. Although this new Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) overlaps with the California and Virginia privacy laws,...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Oh Canada! – Your Privacy Act is Calling: Canada to Reform its Approach to Consumer Privacy Protection

On Nov. 17, 2020 the government of Canada introduced Bill C-11, also known as the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2020 (the Act). The Act would create the Consumer Privacy Protection Act (CPPA), not to be confused with...more

Spirit Legal

[Webinar] Datenintensive Technologien und Anwendungen rechtskonform gestalten - March 25th, 9:30 am - 3:00 pm CET

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Gerade für Juristen ist Begeisterung für und ein Verständnis von Branchen, Geschäftsmodellen und Technologien – gerade vor dem Hintergrund des Datenschutzrechts und des Gewerblichen Rechtsschutzes – unerlässlich und...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Comprehensive State Privacy Laws On The Move, How Should Organizations Evaluate Them?

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Virginia may be the first state to follow California’s lead on consumer privacy legislation, but it certainly will not be the last. The International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) observed, “State-Level momentum...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

More Privacy, Please - January 2021

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Do you want a simple way to keep current on important privacy changes? Avoid sleepless nights wondering whether you missed a privacy speed bump or pothole between annual updates? Worry no longer. Troutman Pepper is pleased to...more

McGuireWoods LLP

California Privacy Rights Act: A Move Closer to GDPR? Part I

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The recently-passed California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) augments and supplements California’s existing privacy law, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). We are sure many practitioners are wondering how it stacks up...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - November 2020

In this month’s edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the passage of the ballot initiative that enacts the California Privacy Rights Act, the U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office’s final guidance on data...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Further Tension Between National Security and Protecting Privacy: Latest EU Judgments

United Kingdom, French and Belgian national security laws (and such laws of other EU Member States) fell under the scrutiny of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), which on October 6, 2020, ruled on whether such...more

Cozen O'Connor

California Privacy Rights Act Will Revamp CCPA To Include GDPR-Type Requirements

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On June 24, the eve of the July 1 enforcement date for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the California Secretary of State certified the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), the latest brainchild of privacy...more

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State Legislatures Make Privacy a Priority as 2020 Sessions Begin

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As state legislatures begin their 2020 sessions, proposals for stronger privacy laws are at the top of the agenda across the country. Carrying forward the story we told in reports in February, April, and July of last year,...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Top Ten Things EU Companies Should Consider In Light Of CCPA

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1.Yes, CCPA can apply to you even if you have no physical presence in California. 2.Yes, if you have done some GDPR compliance you are in better shape for CCPA. 3.No, your GDPR compliance work is NOT sufficient for CCPA...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the...

A Spate of Legislative Action Portends a Busy Year in Privacy and Security

The new decade has barely begun, and the world of privacy already seems set to change quickly. Here is a brief overview: New Laws In Effect as of January 1 - On January 1, 2020, new data breach notification requirements...more

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What Should be Included in a Data Breach Incident Response Plan?

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As of January 1, 2020, California became the first state to permit residents whose personal information is exposed in a data breach to seek statutory damages between $100-$750 per incident, even in the absence of any actual...more

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Should I Be Worried About the GDPR? – EDPB’S Guidelines on the GDPR’S Territorial Scope

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Does the GDPR really apply to my company? From a data protection standpoint, this is the first thing that comes to mind within non-EU companies. In many cases, the GDPR seems like an issue of the Old Continent, so some assume...more

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Survey of Fortune 500 Companies’ Privacy Representations - December 2019

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With the enactment of the European General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA”), companies have been forced to cope with a shifting privacy landscape that impacts the data that...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the...

Cybersecurity 2020 — The Year in Preview: Top 11 CCPA Developments to Watch Out for in 2020

Editors’ Note: This is the first in our fourth-annual end-of-year series examining important trends in data privacy and cybersecurity in the coming year. Up next: a look at trends in the energy space. Lists of “top” things...more

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