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Data, Privacy & Cyber: Ten Top Trends for 2025

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In the fast-paced, ever-changing world of data, privacy, cyber, and AI, staying ahead of the curve is crucial. To mark Data Protection Day 2025, we've identified ten key themes that might significantly impact our clients in...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

UK Employment Flash - September 2021

In this issue of UK Employment Flash, we examine the latest employment law developments from the UK, including the law governing the return to the workplace and flexible working requests and a proposal to impose a duty on...more

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Colorado Passes New Comprehensive Consumer Data Protection Act

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Earlier this month, the governor of Colorado signed into law the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA), making Colorado the third state to enact a comprehensive data security law after California in 2018 and Virginia in March 2021. The...more

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Companies Have Until March to Comment on EDPB Data Breach Notification Guidelines

Many supervisory authorities across Europe have reported increasing numbers of data breach notifications since the introduction of GDPR. While most companies are now familiar with the 72-hour reporting obligation for...more

Cooley LLP

Alert: Brexit Readiness: Possible Key Impacts of the Conclusion of the Transition Period on 31 December 2020

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On 31 January 2020, the UK left the European Union and entered a transition period that is due to end at 11:00 pm GMT on 31 December 2020. At this point, it is still uncertain whether a new EU/UK deal will be reached. To...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

A Landmark Ruling on the Vicarious Liability of Employers for Data Breaches Caused by Rogue Employees

UK Supreme Court ruled this week in favour of retailer facing vicarious liability class action claims following significant data breach caused by rogue employee. The case is a stark reminder of the responsibilities of...more

Epstein Becker & Green

The Future of Work: Five Developing Trends for Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Employers

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Technology, media, and telecommunications organizations are at the forefront of tackling new challenges in handling employee information and managing employee populations. As legislatures (from the federal level down to...more

K&L Gates LLP

K&L Gates Triage: Triage in 2019: Health Care Topics to Watch in the New Year

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As K&L Gates begins its third season of Triage: Rapid Legal Lessons for Busy Health Care Professionals, Hilary Bowman previews several topics that the health care practice group anticipates will have a significant impact on...more

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Data Breach in Brief: Knowing the Risks and Protecting Your Company

Data breaches continue to be an unfortunate risk that companies face with increasing frequency. In this podcast, Rebecca Bennett, Stephen Riga, and Justin Tarka discuss data breaches from both a U.S. and EU perspective,...more

Morgan Lewis

UK High Court: Employers Are Liable for Employee Data Breaches

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The UK Court of Appeal recently upheld a decision by the UK High Court ruling that employers can be vicariously liable for an employee’s misuse of personal data under the control of the employer. Employers should also be...more

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Littler Global Guide - Belgium - Q3 2018

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Law Implementing GDPR Published in Belgian Official Gazette - New Legislation Enacted - The Belgian Law of July 30, 2018, on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data was...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Perspectives on Insurance Recovery - Summer 2018

Expanding the Boundaries of Coverage in the Face of Evolving Risks - Advances in technology, social change, new regulations—developments like these challenge companies’ risk-mitigation efforts and insurance programs. As the...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - August 2018 #5

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It has been reported that a hacker was able to break into the servers of TheTruthSpy, a company that is described as “one of the most notorious stalkerware companies out there” (Motherboard, August 2018) and was able to steal...more

Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers

Data Privacy for Employees: A Two-Edged Sword

The recent launch of GDPR in the EU (spawning lawsuits against Google and Facebook for $8.8 Billion), and the endless string of data breaches (from Target and Home Depot to Equifax and Under Armor) has data privacy on...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

A Human Resources Manager’s Guide to the GDPR (Part 4)

This article is Part 4 of our series on the GDPR for U.S.-based companies. Part 1 assisted U.S.-based companies in determining whether the GDPR applies to them; Part 2 provided an overview of the GDPR’s key concepts and...more

Baker Donelson

GDPR and Employers – Five Questions Answered

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The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a far-reaching and formidable regulatory scheme that governs the processing and handling of personal data. Although it formally took effect on May 25, 2018,...more

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Big Data Breaches Shine Spotlight on Laws Impacting Employee Data Protection

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It seems like almost every week we learn of a massive new data breach, risking the loss of thousands of individuals’ personal and confidential information to a faceless hacker halfway around the world....more

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Employment Alert - Le traitement des données RH et le règlement européen sur la protection des données (« RGPD »)

Paris partner Fabienne Arrighi publishes an Employment Alert about HR data processing and the new EU GDPR. ...more

Dickinson Wright

The GDPR Covers Employee/HR Data and It's Tricky, Tricky (Tricky) Tricky: What HR Needs to Know

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The European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect on May 25, 2018, so in less than 60 days. While many companies have been working to ensure compliance with respect to their customer and...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

An Employee’s Right Of Erasure Under The GDPR

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The implementation of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), with an effective date of May 25, 2018, is just around the corner, and with it will come pressure on the human resources (HR) department to...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Legal Issues Business Leaders Need to Know in 2018

In recent years, the CFPB has struck fear into the C-suites of financial services companies. The agency was extraordinarily active in rulemaking that addresses every aspect of lending, prepaid cards and arbitration clauses in...more

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