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Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity Quick Clicks | Issue 30

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 6/27/2025

Katten's Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity Quick Clicks is a monthly newsletter highlighting the latest news and legal developments involving privacy, data and cybersecurity issues across the globe....more

Australia’s Privacy Reforms: Claus for Concern?

Ropes & Gray LLP on 12/17/2024

In the six years since the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) took effect, governments around the world have updated their data protection laws to reflect the seismic changes in data processing that were created...more

Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity Quick Clicks | Issue 21

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 10/1/2024

Katten's Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity Quick Clicks is a monthly newsletter highlighting the latest news and legal developments involving privacy, data and cybersecurity issues across the globe....more

"Much ado about nothing": The small yet significant steps in Australian Privacy Reform

A&O Shearman on 9/17/2024

After nearly five years of review, the first tranche of amendments to Australia’s Privacy Act has landed (Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (Cth) (Bill)). The Bill introduces 23 of the 25 legislative proposals...more

AI Legal News Summer Roundup: Edition 3

White & Case LLP on 8/10/2023

Welcome to the third edition of our AI Legal News Summer Roundup! After five class actions were filed between June 28 and July 11 (as reported on in our first edition of this series), on July 21, another class action lawsuit...more

Re-defining the basics of Australian privacy law

Hogan Lovells on 5/8/2023

In support of Privacy Awareness Week and this year’s theme of ‘back to basics’, we provide you with an in-depth analysis of the key proposals that arise from the Attorney General’s Final Privacy Act Review Report (Report)...more

First patch to the privacy laws in Australia: increased penalties for global companies

Hogan Lovells on 11/29/2022

Increased penalties and wider application of the scope of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act) come into effect shortly, with the Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enforcement and Other Measures) Bill 2022 (Bill) now...more

Australian Government to increase penalties for privacy violations and expand enforcement powers of the OAIC

A&O Shearman on 11/11/2022

The Australian House of Representatives voted in support of new legislation that aims to increase penalties for privacy breaches (on 9 November 2022)....more

Data Breach Class Actions in Australia

Jones Day on 5/28/2019

Australia has started to observe a rise in the number of data breach class actions being investigated and filed, although there has not yet been a successful data breach class action there. A range of factors are at play...more

Key Lessons From Australia's Notifiable Data Breach Scheme

Jones Day on 4/26/2019

The Situation: The Notifiable Data Breach scheme, introduced by amendments to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), requires an assessment when an entity suspects that there may have been loss of, unauthorised access to, or...more

Jones Day Global Privacy & Data Security Update | Vol. 19

Jones Day on 10/24/2018

On the heels of the European Union's General Data Protection law, which went into effect in May 2018, California has enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA")—the result of an 11th-hour compromise between...more

Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 13

Jones Day on 3/15/2017

On December 28, 2016, the New York Department of Financial Services ("DFS") released a revised version of a proposed regulation that would require banks, insurance companies, and other financial services institutions...more

Australia’s New Breach Notification Law Set to Take Effect February 2018

BakerHostetler on 3/8/2017

On February 13, 2017, the Australian Senate passed a bill establishing a mandatory requirement to notify the Privacy Commissioner and affected individuals of “eligible” data breaches. The Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data...more

Australia Adopts New Data Breach Notification Legislation

Alston & Bird on 3/7/2017

On February 13, 2017 Australia became one more among nation states adopting data breach notification legislation. In recent House and Senate votes, the Australian Parliament amended the Privacy Act 1988, introducing mandatory...more

Australia Introduces Mandatory Data Breach Notification Scheme

Hogan Lovells on 2/28/2017

On 13 February 2017, the Australian Senate passed into law the Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Bill 2016. This law amends the primary privacy and data protection legislation in Australia, Privacy Act 1988 (Cth),...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - January 2014

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/28/2014

In This Issue: - Ramifications of the Target Data Breach - California Federal Judge Winnows Down Massive Privacy Class Action - White House Launches “Big Data” Review - Senator Rockefeller Issues Data Broker...more

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