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Navigating the UK’s Online Safety Act: Implications for Global Digital Services

The United Kingdom’s Online Safety Act (OSA or the Act), which received Royal Assent in October 2023, establishes a new statutory framework to address harmful online content, protect children, and promote accountability among...more

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Looming Data Security Requirements Under the New York SHIELD Act: What Businesses Need to Know

By March 21, 2020, nearly every business - not only those that conduct business in New York State - that owns or licenses computerized data that includes the private information of any New York State resident, will be...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

US Breach Laws Are Coming: Vermont

On January 1, 2019 Vermont’s breach notice law will include obligations specific to data brokers. A “data broker” is defined as a business that “knowingly collects and sells or licenses to third parties the brokered personal...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

California Passes Landmark Consumer Privacy CCPA—What it Means for Businesses

• California recently passed the landmark California Consumer Privacy Act that goes into effect in 2020, which grants California residents new privacy rights. • The CCPA creates a private right of action for California...more

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The Impact of the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 on Businesses and Consumers

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On Thursday, June 28, 2018, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (the Act) passed with resounding support from both Republicans and Democrats, who voted in favor of the bill 73-0-7 in the Assembly and 38-0-3 in the...more

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California Lawmakers Pass Sweeping New Data Privacy Law - Last-Minute Legislative Compromise Opens Door To Liability And...

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Due to some last-minute bargaining between state lawmakers and proponents of a controversial data privacy initiative, California businesses will soon need to prepare to comply with a new state measure designed to protect...more

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Collection of Biometric Data Raises Privacy Concerns for Employees and Compliance Issues for Employers

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Many of us have become comfortable with the convenience of logging into our laptops or smartphones using a fingerprint scan in lieu of remembering yet another password. We are familiar with television and movie portrayals of...more

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Top Developments/Headlines in Trade Secret, Computer Fraud, and Non-Compete Law in 2017

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Continuing our annual tradition, we present the top developments/headlines for 2017/2018 in trade secret, computer fraud, and non-compete law....more

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In Principle: 10 Things Authorised Firms Need to Know for 2018 – The World of Financial Regulation as the UK Prepares to Exit the...

There is much for authorised firms to consider in the year ahead. Firms have been through the intensive period of the enactment of the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II), but must now step up their...more

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Governor Signs Amendment to Tennessee Data Breach Notification Law

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During the recent 110th Regular Session of the Tennessee General Assembly, Governor Bill Haslam signed into law an amendment to the Tennessee Identity Theft Deterrence Act of 1999....more

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TMT China Brief - Winter/Spring 2017

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Welcome to this edition of our bi-annual TMT China Brief! This edition features a total of 15 articles which capture the significant TMT developments in Greater China in the Winter/Spring 2017. These developments cover an...more

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Tennessee Gives Businesses 45 Days for Data Breach Notice

Recent amendments to the State’s data breach statute give a hard deadline for a business to provide consumer notice, removes encryption safe harbor, exempts entities that are subject to the Health Insurance Portability and...more

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Nebraska Makes Changes to Data Breach Statute

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Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts has signed LB835 into law, updating the state’s data breach notification statute. The changes take effect on July 20, 2016. With the updates, Nebraska joins a growing number of states...more

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California Updates Its Data Encryption & Breach Notification Laws

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On January 1, 2016, several updates to California’s digital privacy laws took effect. However, a trio of other bills, Assembly Bill 964, Senate Bill 34, and Senate Bill 570, have clarified key elements of California’s...more

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California Beefs Up Encryption & Notice in Data Breach Law

On October 8, 2015, California Governor Jerry Brown signed A.B. 964 and S.B. 570 into law, a pair of bills that amended the Golden State’s data breach notification statute (Ca. Civ. Code § 1798.82)....more

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Federal Agencies To Secure Information Systems And Assess Adequacy Of Cyber-Related Workforce

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Two provisions of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015—the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act and the Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Assessment Act?task the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) and the Office of Management...more

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China Passes (De) Encryption Cyber Law

On December 27, 2015, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's national legislative body, passed the Counter-Terrorism Law of China, which entered into force on January 1, 2016. Although the law's...more

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California Expands Data Breach Notification Requirements

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On October 6, 2015, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law three bills, A.B. 964, S.B. 570, and S.B. 34, expanding the requirements of California’s data breach notification law. The new requirements will become...more

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California Updates Data Breach Notification Statute

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Three bills that will update California’s data breach notification requirements have been signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown. The bills impose specific requirements on providing breach notification to consumers, add a...more

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California Beefs Up Encryption & Notice in Data Breach Law

On October 8, 2015, California Governor Jerry Brown signed A.B. 964 and S.B. 570 into law, a pair of bills that amended the Golden State’s data breach notification statute (Ca. Civ. Code § 1798.82). The amendments...more

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California Enacts Three Bills Amending Breach Notification Statute

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Last week, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law three bills that revise California’s data breach notification statute. The bills, which take effect January 1, 2016, establish specific formatting requirements for...more

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California Updates its Data Breach Notice Statute (Again)—What You Need to Know

On October 6, California Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation updating California’s data breach notice statute for the third time in three years.  The news was quickly overshadowed by the CJEU’s decision invalidating the...more

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California Amends Definition of Personal Identifiable Information and Breach Notification Content Requirements

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On October 6, 2015, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law several changes to California’s Data Breach Notification Statute. The law, as amended, adds additional categories of information into the definition of...more

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Connecticut Updates its Data Security Laws, Imposing Stringent New Requirements

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On June 30, 2015, the Governor of Connecticut signed into law S.B. 949, “An Act Improving Data Security and Agency Effectiveness." The new law updates Connecticut’s data security laws, including by adding a 90-day hard...more

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Is Your Company Ready to Comply with Encryption of Individually Identifiable Health Information?

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New Jersey’s new data privacy standard, signed into law as S. 562 by Gov. Chris Christie on January 9, requires health insurance carriers that are authorized to issue health benefit plans in New Jersey to protect individually...more

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