As the way we work, consume, travel, and interact has changed due to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), so too has the way our children learn and play changed. Millions of children (and families) affected by the closures of in-person schools, day cares, athletics, summer camps, and other kids programming now rely on home computers and
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)’s historic decision in Schrems II, in which the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield was invalidated, requires businesses to rethink the mechanism they can rely on to transfer personal data from the EU to the United States and other countries. After several EU data protection authorities (DPAs) published their reactions, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), an association comprising, inter alia, national DPAs of all EU Member States, presented its guidance in form of an FAQ.
At the time of its publication, the guidance comprises 12 FAQs. It will be updated with further analysis. While the EDPB notes that supplementary measures may be necessary when using standard contractual clauses (SCCs), it fails to specify what that means but promises to provide more guidance in the future. Summarized below are the key takeaways from the EDPB’s guidance.
Continue Reading EDPB Issues Data Transfer FAQs in the Post Privacy Shield Area
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)’s historic decision in Schrems II, in which the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield was invalidated, requires businesses to rethink the mechanism they can rely on to transfer personal data from the EU to the United States and other countries. However, how the decision will be enforced remains
GT San Francisco Shareholder Gretchen Ramos will join the PrivacyConnect San Francisco panel on Monday, July 27, 2020, at 9:00 a.m. PST. The event is free and will provide an overview of the latest global regulatory updates, requirements, and trends. This program will cover North America privacy updates and cookie consent, concluding with a panel
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) declares invalid a decision of the European Commission which attested that the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield provided adequate protection to personal data transferred from the EU to the U.S., if the receiving party had self-certified its adherence to the Privacy Shield Principles. At the same time, the
On June 24, the California Secretary of State announced that the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) has qualified as a statewide ballot initiative to be listed on this November’s General Election ballot.
The announcement follows official confirmation that the nonprofit group behind the ballot initiative, Californians for Consumer Privacy, obtained in excess of the 623,212
2020 heralds a proliferation of data privacy laws as countries and states follow on from GDPR and CCPA and rush to put privacy on the statute books.
It’s hard to keep track. Now with the added uncertainty of a global pandemic, this has privacy teams shifting focus. In this webinar we’ll
review the global data
Regulators’ enforcement priorities evolve alongside technological changes and in response to consumer-impacting activities that are emphasized in news headlines. This trend can be seen in the SEC’s relatively recent focus on monitoring and bringing formal actions against opportunistic stock trading by corporate insiders who have knowledge of enterprise security incidents and data breaches.
As the SEC described in its 2018 guidance intended to assist public companies in preparing disclosures about cybersecurity risks and incidents: “Companies and their directors, officers, and other corporate insiders should be mindful of complying with the laws related to insider trading in connection with information about cybersecurity risks and incidents, including vulnerabilities and breaches.”
What follows is an overview of an article published in Cybersecurity Law Report (subscription paywall) last week by Greenberg Traurig’s Darren Abernethy regarding the interplay between corporate insider trading and cybersecurity incidents, including some possible planning steps for businesses to consider with legal counsel.
Continue Reading Insider Trading in the Data Breach Context: Proactive Corporate Planning and Regulatory Enforcement
GT Shareholders Ian Ballon (Silicon Valley) and Kate Black (Miami) will be presenting at the 2020 Privacy + Security Forum Spring Academy taking place online from May 6 – 8.
Ian led a virtual workshop on CCPA on May 6. Additionally, he will be speaking on a panel discussion, “CCPA Litigation and AG Regulatory Enforcement:
Shareholder Gretchen A. Ramos of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP will speak on the online roundtable, “COVID-19 and the Internet,” May 7, at 1:00 pm ET, hosted by CircleID.
ICANN President & CEO Goran Marby, Cloudflare’s Head of European Public Policy Caroline Greer, and ARIN’s Director of Caribbean Affairs Veil Wooding