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The European Union is an economic and political partnership comprised of 27 nations within the Eurozone. The EU was established in 1948 to promote stability and cooperation among member states in the aftermath of WWII. The EU maintains a common currency as well as several intranational institutions, including the European Parliament and the European Commission. less -

The Data Shift: UK Sets a New Course With 2025 Data (Use and Access) Act

Goodwin on 7/16/2025

The Data (Use and Access) Bill passed both Houses of UK Parliament and received Royal Assent on 19 June 2025, now becoming the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (“DUA Act”). This is the final iteration of the Data Protection and...more

The UK’s New Amendments to the UK GDPR Become Law and Get a Nod from the EU. What happens now?

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/26/2025

The UK’s Data (Use and Access) Act received Royal Assent last Thursday, June 19th, bringing into law some significant changes to the country’s post Brexit data protection framework, among an array of other, related rules (on...more

Preparing for the European Health Data Space - Opportunities and Challenges for Europe’s Digital Future

Latham & Watkins LLP on 4/18/2025

The EU regulation designed to facilitate secondary use of clinical data for research brings benefits for health research, but also poses challenges for companies....more

European Commission Moves to Extend Free Flows of Personal Data to the UK

Alston & Bird on 3/25/2025

On March 18, 2025, the European Commission proposed to extend its adequacy decision in favor of the United Kingdom (‘UK’) for an additional six-month period. This would allow free flows of personal data from the EU to the UK...more

New EU-US Data Transfer Framework Finalized: What Does the Future Hold?

Epiq on 7/19/2023

With data privacy landscapes changing around the globe, how can organizations handle cross-border deals while still remaining compliant? This has been a burning question over recent years....more

Data and Cybersecurity - European Union Legislation and Proposals

BCLP on 6/19/2023

Updated June 2023 - The BCLP Data Privacy & Security team is tracking EU law developments relevant to data and cyber security. This tracker summarizes the effect and status of the following: the Digital Services Act, the...more

Updata: Your quarterly privacy & cybersecurity update - January to March 2023

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 5/11/2023

Welcome to the latest edition of Updata! Updata is an international report produced by Eversheds Sutherland’s dedicated Privacy and Cybersecurity team – it provides you with a compilation of key privacy and cybersecurity...more

[Webinar] Privacy Law Update - Analyzing Recent Developments in U.S. and International Privacy Law - September 28th, 1:00 pm -...

Husch Blackwell LLP on 8/30/2021

Over the past few months, there have been numerous developments in U.S. and international privacy law. In the United States, Colorado and Virginia passed consumer privacy laws, and California voters passed a substantial...more

July 2020: The Top 17 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 8/4/2020

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Data Privacy – This Year’s Hottest Topic

Mitratech Holdings, Inc on 7/31/2018

At Mitratech, I work in the division of the company that develops solutions in the areas of governance, risk, and compliance (GRC). At first blush to an outsider, this may not sound very exciting and might even sound somewhat...more

German Parliament Passes New Federal Data Protection Act

Hogan Lovells on 5/4/2017

On 27 April 2017 the German Parliament passed an entirely new Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz – BDSG). The new BDSG replaces the old BDSG, which has been in force for the last 40 years. The new BDSG shall...more

An Overview of Turkey’s New Data Protection Law

Proskauer - Privacy & Cybersecurity on 4/18/2016

After a decade of winding its way through the legislative process, Turkey’s new Data Protection Law entered into force on April 7. Although Turkey previously had a few sectoral data protection laws on the books, this is the...more

GDPR Approved by Parliament, Set to Become EU Law

Alston & Bird on 4/15/2016

Last week, we reported that the Council of Ministers accelerated the timetable for passage of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The European Parliament followed suit and approved the GDPR this morning. As a...more

President Obama Signs New Privacy Law – Judicial Redress Act

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 3/4/2016

On February 24, 2016, President Obama signed into law the Judicial Redress Act giving citizens of certain “covered countries” access to U.S. courts to protect their privacy and take legal action against U.S. government...more

Rebuilding Trust with the Europeans After Snowden: Obama Signs New Privacy Law

Womble Bond Dickinson on 3/1/2016

The U.S. and E.U. are one step closer to entering into a new data transfer agreement. On February 24, 2016, President Barack Obama signed into legislation the Judicial Redress Act, giving citizens of certain allied countries,...more

Five on Friday – Five Recent Developments that We’ve Been Watching Closely: October 2015

Foley Hoag LLP - Global Business and Human... on 10/16/2015

It’s Friday and time for our latest overview of developments in the field of business and human rights that we’ve been monitoring. This week’s post includes notice of several new lawsuits regarding human rights concerns...more

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