New COPPA Rules Effective July 1
By Kevin Boyle and Aryeh Richmond Here is a reminder that the Federal Trade Commission’s revisions to its Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule become effective on July 1. If you haven’t already,...
View ArticleFDA Issues Draft Guidance on "Content of Premarket Submissions for Management...
By Elizabeth Richards and Kevin Boyle On June 14, 2013, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued a draft guidance entitled, “Content of Premarket Submissions for Management of Cybersecurity in...
View ArticleHow to Comply with Laws That Protect Personal Data in the Middle East
By Justin B. Cornish, Brian A. Meenagh, Alice Marsden and Omar M. Elsayed Protecting Personal Data Whilst it is not widely recognized that countries in the Middle East have specific established laws...
View ArticleCalifornia Legislation Requiring Disclosure of "Do Not Track" Practices Heads...
By Drew Wisniewski and Jennifer Archie On September 3, 2013, California Assembly Bill 370 (“A.B. 370”), an amendment to the California Online Privacy Protection Act (“CalOPPA”), was enrolled and sent...
View ArticleHIPAA Omnibus Final Rule Compliance Deadline is Today - 3 Things You Need to...
By, Jeremy M. Alexander, Natalie E. Brown & Susan A. Ebersole The day all covered entities and business associates have been working toward is here—September 23, 2013, the deadline to comply with...
View ArticleCalifornia Governor Jerry Brown Signs "Do Not Track" Disclosure Bill
By Drew Wisniewski & Jennifer Archie Governor Jerry Brown signed California Assembly Bill 370 (“A.B. 370”), an amendment to the California Online Privacy Protection Act (“CalOPPA”), into law on...
View ArticleMalaysian Personal Data Protection Act Comes Into Force
Guest Blogger Jillian Chia from Skrine, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia & Gail Crawford With the Malaysian Personal Data Protection Act 2013 (“PDPA”) having come into force on 15 November 2013, Jillian...
View ArticleWalburg v. Nack: Recent Supreme Court Petition in TCPA Case Tees Up Important...
By Matthew Murchison & Matthew Brill By all accounts, the number of class action lawsuits brought under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act against companies communicating by telephone, text, and...
View ArticleEuropean Privacy Reform: Council Chooses Quality Over Speed
By Ulrich Wuermeling On March 4, 2014, a policy debate was held in the European Justice and Home Affairs Council concerning the planned General Data Protection Regulation. The debate focused on several...
View ArticleEight Key Takeaways from FTC's Settlement with Snapchat
By Jennifer Archie, Kevin Boyle & Alex Stout Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement with Snapchat, the young mobile messaging company. The complaint alleges...
View ArticleThe "Right to be Forgotten" Landmark Decision: Beyond the Headlines
By Larry Cohen and Gail Crawford While the popular press has been full of stories about the European Court of Justice’s (“ECJ”) ruling creating a “right to be forgotten” (ahead of the still pending...
View ArticleCalifornia's New How-to Guide for Privacy Policies
By Kevin Boyle and Alex Stout On Wednesday, the Attorney General of California released a new privacy guide, titled Making Your Privacy Practices Public. The guide doesn’t purport to be a restatement...
View ArticleEmergency UK Legislation Expands Government Powers to Retain and Intercept Data
By Gail Crawford and Andrea Stout On July 17th, the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act (“DRIP”) came into effect in the United Kingdom reinstating the Government’s powers to require...
View ArticleSingapore's first data breach?
By Luke Grubb, Sally Murphy and Kee-Min Ngiam The Straits Times reported on 14 August that Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Commission (the “Commission”) is investigating a complaint from a user...
View ArticleCalifornia's Privacy Laws on the Move
By Jennifer Archie, Kevin Boyle, Ghaith Mahmood & Alex Stout The State of California, long the most proactive U.S. state in enacting data privacy laws, has again modified its breach notification...
View ArticleHow Data Privacy Regulations Changed Across Asia-Pacific in 2014
By Luke Grubb & Sally Murphy 2014 saw a large number of significant developments in data privacy laws across Asia-Pacific. However, unsurprisingly there has not been a consistent approach across...
View ArticleGuest Blog Post: Changes to the Polish Data Protection Act
By Joanna Tomaszewska, Ph.D. of Spaczyński, Szczepaniak & Wspólnicy Law Firm On 1st January 2015 amendments to the Polish Data Protection Act of 29th August 1997 came into force. These amendments...
View ArticleFCC Imposes Record Penalty for Data Breach
By Alex Stout On Wednesday, April 8, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) entered a consent decree and levied a $25 million civil penalty against AT&T to settle a data breach that exposed...
View ArticleThe USA Freedom Act: What it Changes and (Mostly) Doesn't for Cloud...
By Kevin Boyle The recent showdown over renewal of certain provisions of the USA Patriot Act (often called simply the Patriot Act) and the subsequent enactment of the USA Freedom Act have raised a...
View ArticleFCC Finds Fault in User Agreement and Issues Stern Guidance for Telemarketing...
By Alex Stout and Matt Murchison June is proving to be a very active month for the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in construing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, including what sorts...
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