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DSAR Response Letter: How to Respond to a Subject Rights Request

Osano on 8/27/2025

If you’re not accustomed to handling data subject access requests (DSARs), then it’s understandable if you feel a bit nervous about responding. After all, there are all sorts of legal requirements involved and the potential...more

GDPR Compliance Checklist: 8 Steps You Need to Complete

Osano on 9/7/2023

GDPR compliance can be tricky. Even if you summon the willpower to read through the law’s text, it can be tough to know where to start. As an alternative to pouring through the GDPR’s legalese, one way to establish a...more

Court of Justice of the European Union Case on DSARs: Summary of Information Is Not Enough!

Littler on 5/30/2023

As many employers will be aware, data subject access requests (DSARs) can take up a significant amount of business resources and are a common tactic used by disgruntled employees. A recent decision from the Court of Justice...more

Data Subject Access Requests – 5 Things Your Company Needs to Consider

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 4/24/2023

Both the EU and UK GDPR grant data subjects rights in relation to their personal data. Article 15 gives data subjects the right to access their personal data and increasingly, data subjects are exercising this right by...more

Employee Data Protection 101

Osano on 3/31/2023

For the most part, businesses gather employee data without too much thought. Sure, some data is obviously private, like employee social security numbers, but other than that, businesses can pretty much do what they want with...more

NGE On Demand: Personal Data Protection Travels: The New Standard Contractual Clause with John Koenigsknecht and David Wheeler

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP on 7/15/2021

NGE Corporate & Securities partner John Koenigsknecht recently interviewed Data Privacy & Information Governance partner David Wheeler about the new standard contractual clauses and the complex task of assessing and...more

[Webinar] Datenintensive Technologien und Anwendungen rechtskonform gestalten - March 25th, 9:30 am - 3:00 pm CET

Spirit Legal on 3/4/2021

Gerade für Juristen ist Begeisterung für und ein Verständnis von Branchen, Geschäftsmodellen und Technologien – gerade vor dem Hintergrund des Datenschutzrechts und des Gewerblichen Rechtsschutzes – unerlässlich und...more

Global Privacy Regulations: Hot Spots to Watch in 2021

NAVEX on 1/28/2021

When it comes to data privacy law, change is the only constant. The global pandemic unleashed a new set of risks related to data privacy that companies will have to confront in 2021. But despite the COVID chaos, data privacy...more

New DIFC Data Protection Law in Force - What You Need to Know

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 10/2/2020

On October 1, 2020, the three-month grace period for businesses to comply with the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Data Protection Law (DIFC Law No. 5 of 2020) (“DPL 2020”) came to an end. Regulating the...more

Compliance Perspectives: The Privacy and Data Security Track at the 2020 Compliance & Ethics Institute

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics... on 9/3/2020

Staying on top of what’s new in data privacy is tough. As Robert Bond, Partner and Notary Public at the UK-based law firm Bristows explains, over 100 countries have drafted or implemented new data privacy laws in 2019. To...more

DSAR Best Practices and Workflows an Organization Should Follow

Association of Certified E-Discovery... on 6/23/2020

In my latest post, I outlined the process involved in the actual response to DSAR requests. In my last article of this series, I will discuss the best practices and workflows that your organization should follow when...more

DSARs 101: What to Expect When Doing Business with EU Customers

Association of Certified E-Discovery... on 6/4/2020

For any organization that deals with privacy issues in the European Union and other privacy-centric jurisdictions like the United Kingdom, an effective information governance program is a must. A program that includes a...more

Data Privacy Is Not a Law, It’s a Lifestyle

NAVEX on 2/10/2020

The words “hodgepodge” and “patchwork” are overused in the world of risk and compliance, but they’re certainly appropriate for describing the myriad data privacy regulations popping up around the world. In 2018, the world...more

Regulator Raises Concerns Over Alternative Data

Latham & Watkins LLP on 1/31/2020

The FCA is considering whether alternative data could introduce new risks to market integrity. The FCA’s recently published Insight article explores how alternative data might give rise to market abuse risks. The article...more

Survey of Fortune 500 Companies’ Privacy Representations - December 2019

BCLP on 12/30/2019

With the enactment of the European General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA”), companies have been forced to cope with a shifting privacy landscape that impacts the data that...more

Cybersecurity 2020 — The Year in Preview: Changes in Health Data Privacy Legislation

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 12/19/2019

Editors’ Note: This is the fourth in our fourth-annual end-of-year series examining important trends in data privacy and cybersecurity in the coming year. Our previous entry discussed the CCPA, energy, and Brexit. Up next:...more

[Webinar] Countdown to the CCPA: What the Privacy Act Means for US Companies & Lessons Learned from the GDPR - December 12th, 1:00...

Association of Certified E-Discovery... on 12/4/2019

The first landmark data privacy law in the United States goes into effect Jan. 1, 2020. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is set to be the toughest privacy law in the country and will apply to more than 500,000 U.S....more

Continuing GDPR Pressure for Adtech

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 8/6/2019

Data protection authorities (DPAs) in the European Union (EU) continue to scrutinize practices in the adtech sector for compliance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and local data protection and...more

A Year of GDPR: Five Recommendations to Help Limit Regulatory Scrutiny

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 5/31/2019

A year ago, on May 25, 2018, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force. With its extraterritorial scope and detailed requirements, the GDPR aimed to change the approach to personal data...more

California and European Privacy FAQs: If a company is required to provide a privacy notice, how soon must it be provided?

BCLP on 3/13/2019

The California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") was enacted in early 2018 as a political compromise to stave off a poorly drafted, and plaintiff’s friendly ballot initiative. Although the CCPA is scheduled to go into force in...more

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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) › Data Subjects Rights › Data Privacy

DSAR Response Letter: How to Respond to a Subject Rights Request

GDPR Compliance Checklist: 8 Steps You Need to Complete

Court of Justice of the European Union Case on DSARs: Summary of Information Is Not Enough!

Data Subject Access Requests – 5 Things Your Company Needs to Consider

Employee Data Protection 101

NGE On Demand: Personal Data Protection Travels: The New Standard Contractual Clause with John Koenigsknecht and David Wheeler

[Webinar] Datenintensive Technologien und Anwendungen rechtskonform gestalten - March 25th, 9:30 am - 3:00 pm CET

Global Privacy Regulations: Hot Spots to Watch in 2021

New DIFC Data Protection Law in Force - What You Need to Know

Compliance Perspectives: The Privacy and Data Security Track at the 2020 Compliance & Ethics Institute

DSAR Best Practices and Workflows an Organization Should Follow

DSARs 101: What to Expect When Doing Business with EU Customers

Data Privacy Is Not a Law, It’s a Lifestyle

Regulator Raises Concerns Over Alternative Data

Survey of Fortune 500 Companies’ Privacy Representations - December 2019

Cybersecurity 2020 — The Year in Preview: Changes in Health Data Privacy Legislation

[Webinar] Countdown to the CCPA: What the Privacy Act Means for US Companies & Lessons Learned from the GDPR - December 12th, 1:00...

Continuing GDPR Pressure for Adtech

A Year of GDPR: Five Recommendations to Help Limit Regulatory Scrutiny

California and European Privacy FAQs: If a company is required to provide a privacy notice, how soon must it be provided?

Proposed Guidance on the Extraterritorial Scope of the GDPR

GDPR’s Most Frequently Asked Questions: Is a law firm required to respond to a data subject erasure request?

EU GDPR eDiscovery — Top Ten Tips for Litigators

What is GDPR and how does it impact American businesses?

How the GDPR Will Impact U.S.-Based Companies (Part 1)

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