Data Security, Service Contracts

Smoothing Privacy Contracting: Six Ways to Reduce Friction in Data Processing Agreements

Venable LLP on 5/16/2025

Negotiating a data processing agreement (DPA) is typically a necessary step when engaging vendors that handle personal data. However, these negotiations have become time consuming and complex, given the evolving privacy...more

Service-Level Agreements for Online or Cloud-Based Arrangements

Venable LLP on 3/19/2025

Negotiating a service-level agreement sets clear expectations of each party's roles and responsibilities within online or cloud-based service arrangements. A service-level agreement (in particular, a "customer service-level...more

The Comprehensive Privacy Law Deluge: Updating Vendor Contracts

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/29/2023

Of the many worries on privacy compliance teams’ lists as we face the onslaught of state “general” privacy laws are the impacts they have on vendor contracts. Fortunately for those who have already had to deal with contracts...more

DoorDash Hacker Incident Illustrates Third-Party Vendor Risks and Potential Vulnerabilities

Genova Burns LLC on 10/5/2022

Hackers have increasingly focused on third-party vendors as avenues to data held by associated businesses. On August 25, 2022, DoorDash announced that it had experienced a data breach which impacted the personal...more

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Practical Guide

BCLP on 9/27/2018

There are significant differences between the version of the CCPA that was first proposed as a ballot initiative in 2017 and the version of the CCPA that was ultimately passed by the state legislature in 2018. In general, the...more

9 Key Provisions of Outsourcing Contracts That Matter

Robins Kaplan LLP on 9/3/2015

Outsourcing, whether technical or process-centric, has become an increasingly important component of businesses of all sizes. Handing over the complexity of ever-changing systems that require increasing expertise can often...more