Life with GDPR - Meta Fined €405 million by Irish Data Protection Commission
Following their recent meeting in Finland, the EU Data Protection Authorities acting through the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) announced their intention to release new tools and ran EU-wide data breach notification...more
Valuable insights into the measures European regulators expect businesses to take to protect data privacy can be found in a report from the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) summarizing decisions under the EU’s General...more
Background - On April 4th, 2023, the European Data Protection Board (‘EDPB’), which is composed of representatives of the EU national supervisory authorities and the European Data Protection Supervisor (‘EDPS’), published an...more
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) held its 77th plenary meeting on 28 March 2023. The EDPB considered the following key topics...more
Last week, the European Data Protection Board ("EDPB") published a long-awaited update of its guidance on breach notification—which did not contain much news generally. However, it does bring a significant new burden for...more
On October 18, 2022, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) published a proposed updated version of its regulatory guidance on personal data breaches under the EU GDPR (the “Proposed Updated Guidance”). The Proposed...more
On May 12, 2022, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published its long-awaited Guidelines 04/2022 on the calculation of fines under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). After many data protection authorities...more
On May 16, 2022, the European Data Protection Board (‘EDPB’) published draft regulatory guidelines (‘draft guidance’) on the calculation of administrative fines for infringements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation...more
Following a public consultation on an initial version released last January, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) last month adopted a final version of its Guidelines on Examples regarding Personal Data Breach...more
While everyone hoped that 2021 would be less tumultuous than 2020, it certainly did not turn out that way in the end. The same was true in the world of data privacy – with sweeping new data protection regulations and guidance...more
On Monday, 3 January 2022, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) published the finalized version of its regulatory guidance entitled “Examples regarding Personal Data Breach Notification” (the “Guidelines”), following a...more
In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the FBI’s warning to companies regarding cyberattacks targeting confidential M&A activity, as well as the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s directive...more
The EDPB issued an opinion on the draft Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) for a controller-processor data processing agreement under Article 28 (Data Processing Agreements) submitted by the Lithuanian supervisory authority. ...more
This quarterly update highlights some of the international data protection issues that have caught our attention, and the attention of our clients, in the past three months....more
In certain cases, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires entities that experience a personal data breach to provide notice of the incident to relevant national supervisory authorities and the individuals whose...more
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
In this month's edition, we examine the Court of Justice of the European Union's decision invalidating the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework, as well as the U.S. government's response to the decision. We also examine two...more
Since the first enforcement actions have been initiated, some with significant fines, many companies may find themselves somewhat at a loss as they may not fully know how to assess the risks involved and how to react should...more
EU Court Allows Class Action to Proceed, Sets Precedent for Future Data Breach Class Actions - A class action brought against Google will be allowed to move forward after the plaintiff’s appeal was permitted, allowing him to...more
Federal US News - FTC Takes Action Against Companies Falsely Claiming Compliance With International Privacy Agreements - The FTC reached a settlement with a background screening company over allegations it falsely claimed...more
Much has happened since the European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect on May 25, 2018. Many EU countries have enacted national legislation to implement and expand the requirements of the...more
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) significantly expanded the territorial scope of EU data protection law. This was intended to ensure comprehensive protection for EU data subjects’ rights and establish a level...more
Since the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) took effect on May 25, 2018, US companies without facilities or employees in Europe have struggled to understand the extraterritorial scope of the GDPR....more