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The Global Cross Border Privacy Rules – A new paradigm in data protection

Hogan Lovells on 5/29/2025

The launch of the Global Cross Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) and Privacy Rules for Processors (PRP) systems on June 2, 2025 offers a framework to manage increasingly difficult standards for global data privacy governance....more

Is My U.S.-Based Company Subject to the GDPR? Clearing Up European Data Privacy Law Misinformation

Amundsen Davis LLC on 4/23/2025

If you are a compliance professional for a U.S.-based company, you have probably been told at some point that you have to worry about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Have you encountered one of these...more

Chile Passes New Data Protection Law

Alston & Bird on 12/4/2024

On 14 November, and after many years of negotiations, Chile adopted a new Data Protection Act (la Ley que regula la protección y el tratamiento de los datos personales y crea la Agencia de protección de datos personales)....more

Complying with Mexico’s Data Privacy Rules: 6 Key Tips for U.S. and Other Foreign Businesses

Fisher Phillips on 8/16/2024

Companies doing business in Mexico should review relevant policies and practices to ensure they align with the country’s comprehensive data privacy framework. Specifically, you’ll want to assess your privacy notices, data...more

Spotlight on Greater China: recent developments governing health related data and HGR

Hogan Lovells on 9/23/2022

As part of a new Asia-Pacific (APAC) Life Sciences and Health Care webinar program designed both for companies with commercial interests in APAC and for companies based in the region, Hogan Lovells is hosting a special...more

Should free services be provided for sharing personal data?

Hogan Lovells on 8/8/2022

In the judgment dated 7 July 2022, the Voivodship Administrative Court in Warsaw repealed the decision of the President of the Personal Data Protection Office ("the President of the PDPO"), leaving the authority to reconsider...more

Take a Deep Breath. A Status Check on New Privacy Laws

Foster Garvey PC on 5/17/2022

Unless you’ve been completely disconnected from the internet for the past year, you’ve undoubtedly read about the passage of a number of state and international laws addressing privacy and cybersecurity. Does this mean that...more

Recent developments in African data protection laws – Outlook for 2022

Hogan Lovells on 2/1/2022

Over the past ten years, African countries have steadily passed laws and adopted regulations on cybersecurity, cybercrime, electronic transactions and data protection. To date, 33 countries have data protection laws and/or...more

2021 Data Privacy Overview: New Regulations and Guidance

Lighthouse on 1/12/2022

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

China Issues Draft Guidance on Security Assessments for Cross-Border Data Transfers

Jones Day on 11/10/2021

The Cyberspace Administration of China has issued draft guidance on applying for and conducting security assessments for cross-border data transfers for public comment. On October 29, 2021, the Cyberspace Administration of...more

China's New Data Security Law Restricts Cross-Border Transfers of All Data to Foreign Authorities

Jones Day on 8/27/2021

When the DSL goes into effect on September 1, 2021, it will impose certain restrictions on a company's ability to transfer data out of China without the prior approval of Chinese authorities. One significant restriction is...more

[Webinar] 2021 GDPR Training Sessions - How to handle health data with care - October 19th, 9:00 am - 12:30 pm CEST

McDermott Will & Schulte on 8/24/2021

We are delighted to announce the second annual GDPR Training Series*, a series of webinars which aims to broaden depth of knowledge and expertise in the general data protection regulations (GDPR). Each session aims to...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - November 2020

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 12/2/2020

In this month’s edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the passage of the ballot initiative that enacts the California Privacy Rights Act, the U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office’s final guidance on data...more

The EU-US Privacy Shield is Invalid: Facebook May Be Only the First Casualty

Sunstein LLP on 10/5/2020

News sources reported this month that the Irish data protection authority (DPA) had sent Facebook a preliminary order that would prohibit the transfer of information about European Union (EU) residents to US Facebook users....more

Schrems Strikes Again: Battery of New Data Privacy Complaints Raise Compliance Questions for EU-U.S. Data Transfers

Troutman Pepper Locke on 9/2/2020

Barely one month after the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its Schrems II decision striking down the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework (Privacy Shield), Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems has filed 101...more

Privacy and Data Security Alert l March 2020

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 3/10/2020

Shook Weighs in on Updated CCPA Regulations - In response to extensive public comment, the California Attorney General’s office released modified draft regulations under the CCPA on February 7. Shook has provided initial...more

Should I Be Worried About the GDPR? – EDPB’S Guidelines on the GDPR’S Territorial Scope

Hogan Lovells on 12/31/2019

Does the GDPR really apply to my company? From a data protection standpoint, this is the first thing that comes to mind within non-EU companies. In many cases, the GDPR seems like an issue of the Old Continent, so some assume...more

Reflections on 2019 in Technology Law, and a Peek into 2020

Proskauer - New Media & Technology on 12/24/2019

t is that time of year when we look back to see what tech-law issues took up most of our time this year and look ahead to see what the emerging issues are for 2020. Data: The Issues of the Year - Data presented a wide...more

[Event] Privacy and Cybersecurity KnowledgeShare – September 19th, London, UK

Hogan Lovells on 7/23/2019

Join us on Thursday 19 September for the Hogan Lovells Privacy and Cybersecurity KnowledgeShare in London. We will share our latest thinking on the key privacy and cybersecurity issues faced by those with data protection...more

Privacy Report: FTC Takes Action Against Companies Falsely Claiming Compliance With International Privacy Agreements

ArentFox Schiff on 7/16/2019

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

Privacy, Cybersecurity, and the Internet of Things in Asia: What to Expect in 2019

Hogan Lovells on 1/15/2019

Increasing numbers of initiatives, devices, and solutions related to the Internet of Things (IoT) are substantially impacting the development of cybersecurity and data privacy regulations throughout Asia. ...more

FTC Settles with Four Companies over Privacy Shield Certification

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/15/2018

In the wake of the determination by the European Commission that the EU-US Safe Harbor Framework was insufficient to protect EU citizens’ personal information, the Privacy Shield Framework was implemented by the Department of...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

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