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E12: GDPR Article 22 and Automated Decision Making
E8: Interview with Cookiebot CEO on Technical Solutions to GDPR Readiness
Michigan lawmakers are considering sweeping updates to the state’s identity theft protection law while also debating whether Michigan will become one of nearly half the states that have passed a consumer privacy law. Fisher...more
The 2020 amendment to the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (“APPI”) stipulates that the APPI must be reviewed every three years — the time for a review has arrived. In the past, since its enactment in 2003, major...more
In 2023, the Brazilian Data Protection Authority (ANPD) made public several Technical Notes, with the aim of increasing transparency on ANPD actions on several matters, and to provide guidance on specific topics in the...more
On January 16, 2024, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law Senate Bill No. 332, “An Act concerning online services, consumers, and personal data” (“SB 332”). New Jersey is the fourteenth state to pass a...more
GDPR compliance can be tricky. Even if you summon the willpower to read through the law’s text, it can be tough to know where to start. As an alternative to pouring through the GDPR’s legalese, one way to establish a...more
The President of India gave assent for the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2023 on 11 August 2023, a matter of days after it had been passed by both the Lower and Upper House. The Digital Personal Data Protection Act...more
On May 11, 2023, Governor Bill Lee signed the Tennessee Information Protection Act (TIPA) into law. Tennessee now joins the rapidly increasing group of states, California, Utah, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, Iowa and...more
Connecticut’s new privacy law, an Act Concerning Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring, also known as the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (“CTDPA”), generally continues the pattern of non-California states enacting...more
On March 24, 2022, Utah followed California, Virginia, and Colorado in adopting a comprehensive consumer data privacy law. On March 24, 2022, Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed the Consumer Privacy Act ("Act"), making Utah...more
The decision of the UK Supreme Court in Lloyd v Google is a welcome relief for data controllers. However, is it the end of class actions for data breach?...more
On 13 October 2021, almost two years after the adoption of a bill on data protection, Rwanda's first data protection legislation, Law No. 058/2021 Relating to the Protection of Personal Data and Privacy ("Data Protection Law"...more
In unanimously refusing to allow a representative action to proceed, the UK Supreme Court may have sounded the death knell for opt-out class actions in England for data breaches: Lloyd v Google [2021] UKSC 50....more
Multinational pharmaceutical companies, by nature of their business, handle a great deal of data, often transferred across borders, whether based on research, clinical trial data, and employee personal data....more
On December 15, 2020, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (“DPC”) announced its decision to fine Twitter International Company (“Twitter”) €450,000 for failing to notify the DPC promptly of a data breach affecting EU...more
On October 1, 2020, the three-month grace period for businesses to comply with the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Data Protection Law (DIFC Law No. 5 of 2020) (“DPL 2020”) came to an end. Regulating the...more
On Friday September 4, 2020, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), a body consisting of representatives of all the Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) in the European Economic Area, announced that it had formed two new...more
Brazil’s long-anticipated data protection law, Lei Geral De Proteção de Dados Pessoais (“General Law for Data Protection” or “LGPD”), now appears positioned to take effect in a matter of days. Ever since the law was...more
On March 5, 2020, Gov. Phil Scott (VT-R) signed into law amendments to the Security Breach Notice Act (the “Act”). The amendments, which originated in the State Senate as part of an initiative addressing a number of data...more
Marc Zamsky has been involved in the eDiscovery provider community since 1996. He joined Compliance in May 2013 as the Chief Operating Officer. In that role, Marc expanded the eDiscovery solutions offered by Compliance by,...more
Editors’ Note: This is the sixth in our fourth-annual end-of-year series examining important trends in data privacy and cybersecurity in the coming year. Our previous entry discussed the CCPA, energy, Brexit, health care...more
The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has issued guidance on the concepts of data controller and processor for European Union organizations. Though it covers EU institutions, the guidance contains many concepts that...more
Please join BakerHostetler and Aon’s Cyber Solutions (formerly Stroz Friedberg) for a webinar discussing the impending implementation of the CCPA and tips on what companies may need to do to comply with its far-reaching...more
Under GDPR, companies are required to keep certain records of their processing activities. There has been some question about the types of records controllers should keep. To help clarify the questions arising from many...more
Illinois has updated its breach notice law to require, effective January 1, 2020, notice to the Illinois Attorney General of a data breach involving more than 500 Illinois residents. The law contains specific requirements...more
New York’s state legislature is considering a new data privacy law that would set the standard for data privacy in the U.S. The New York Privacy Act (the “NYPA” or the “Act”), which is currently being considered by the state...more