Privacy Law, European Union, EU, international data transfers
EU-US Data Privacy Framework in Force: EU Commission Grants Adequacy Determination to the US
By Max Landaw on July 10, 2023
Schrems, EU General Data Protection Regulation, European Union, Privacy Law, data protection
Where EU to US Transfers Stand After the Irish DPC’s Meta Decision
By Max Landaw on June 07, 2023
European Union, EU, social media platforms
European Union Passes Digital Services and Markets Acts to Increase Pressure for Transparency
By Max Landaw on May 27, 2022
GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, EU, European Union, liability, fines, penalties, consent, legitimate interests, privacy policy, Google, personalization, advertising
Google Fined $57 Million under GDPR
By W. Scott Blackmer on January 23, 2019
European Union, EU, Privacy Shield, Federal Trade Commission, FTC Settlement, Privacy Policy, Privacy and Data Security
FTC Aims to “Aggressively Enforce” EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
By Tatyana Ruderman on October 11, 2018
Canada, Canadian Anti-Spam Law, Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation, CASL, consent, CRTC, data protection, direct marketing, email, implied consent, privacy, spam
Enforcing Canadian Anti-Spam Law
By W. Scott Blackmer on October 29, 2016
EEA, EU Data Protection Directive, EU Directive, EU General Data Protection Regulation, European Commission, European Parliament, European Union, GDPR, Israel, privacy governance, security breach notice, Switzerland
GDPR: Getting Ready for the New EU General Data Protection Regulation
By W. Scott Blackmer on May 05, 2016
Breach, breach response, data breach, data protection, InfoLawGroup, information security, new york breach, privacy, Segalis
Record Number of Data Breaches for New Yorkers in 2013
By InfoLawGroup LLP on July 17, 2014
Breach, breach notification, California, data protection, data security, heartbleed, HIPAA, hipaa hitech, OpenSSL, passwords, Security, vulnerability
FAQs Concerning the Legal Implications of the Heartbleed Vulnerability
By InfoLawGroup LLP on April 14, 2014
cybersecurity, cybersecurity framework, data protection, data security, hacking, InfoLawGroup, information security, information security program, Paulding, Red Flags Rule, Segalis, smart grid, white house order
Cybersecurity Effort Moves Forward – NIST Issues Final Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Framework
By InfoLawGroup LLP on February 18, 2014
Adherence Communications, Boris Segalis, data protection, Do Not Call Regulations, healthcare, HHS, HIPAA, HITECH, InfoLawGroup, OCR, PHR Portals, privacy, privacy enforcement, privacy rule, security rule
New HIPAA/HITECH Rules Implementation Roadmap: Countdown Begins to September 23, 2013 Compliance Deadline
By InfoLawGroup LLP on March 31, 2013
cybersecurity, data protection, InfoLawGroup, information security, InformationLawGroup, privacy, Segalis, utility
White House Cyber Security Order Likely to Have Long-Term Impact on Critical Infrastructure Owners and Operators
By InfoLawGroup LLP on February 13, 2013
behavioral analytics, behavioral marketing, behavorial advertising, cookies, EU, European Union, Google, international, Privacy Policy
European Criticism for Google's New Privacy Policy
By W. Scott Blackmer on February 28, 2012
Google's new privacy policy (and its plans to create user profiles across multiple online services) has drawn fire from European data protection authorities. Online and mobile retailers and service providers should take account of a renewed emphasis on transparency and proportionality in collecting data about users.
data protection, EU, international, transborder data flows
Transborder Data Flows at Risk
By W. Scott Blackmer on February 20, 2012
The conditions for transborder data flows may become more uniform in the EU under the proposed Data Protection Regulation, but restrictions on foreign data transfers are now appearing in new data privacy laws and regulations in several regions of the world, posing global compliance challenges.
Cloud, data protection, Public, Public Cloud, Security
NIST Issues Finalized Guidelines for Managing Security & Privacy in Public Cloud Computing
By InfoLawGroup LLP on January 29, 2012
children's online privacy protection act, COPPA, data protection, Directive, gottshall, InfoLawGroup, information law group, mobile privacy, OBA, privacy, tracking
Privacy Hot Topics for 2012
By Justine Young Gottshall on January 03, 2012
As 2011 is coming to a close, many of us are thinking about what 2012 will bring. With regard to privacy, there are numerous key issues to choose from (and I am sure many privacy professionals would add to this list) - but from a corporate compliance standpoint, here are my top five picks for hot topics to address in 2012:
biometric, Biometric Data Act, Dan Or-Hof, data protection, InfoLawGroup, information law group, Israel, privacy
Israel Slated for Trial of Biometric National IDs
By InfoLawGroup LLP on September 08, 2011
Dan Or-Hof, a privacy and technology partner at the Israeli law firm Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer is reporting that new regulations and orders introduced by Israel's Ministers Committee for Biometric Applications set the ground for a two-year biometric IDs issuance trial period. The Ministry of Home Affairs is making final preparations to start issuing the IDs that will contain encoded fingerprints and facial image, and will be stored in a national database. A campaign led by privacy activists against the controversial biometric database has failed to yield a positive result so far.
Boris, Breach, data breach, data protection, enforcement, InfoLawGroup, information law group, information security breach, Megafon, privacy, privacy enforcement, Russia, Segalis, Yandex
Russia Data Protection Enforcement Update - Administrative Charges Follow Breach
By InfoLawGroup LLP on September 01, 2011
It is being reported that Moscow prosecutors conducted an investigation into whether several websites that were involved in data breaches earlier this year violated the country's data protection law. As a result of the breaches, names, contact information and order histories of Internet magazine subscribers (including adult-themed publications) became available on Internet search engines, including Russian-language Yandex. Without naming the websites, the report states that the prosecutors have filed administrative charges against two Internet magazines as a result of the investigation.
Breach, data protection, FTC, InfoLawGroup, information law group, information security, information security breach, information security law, information security program, InformationLawGroup, privacy, privacy law, SAFE Data Act, security breach, Segalis, state breach law
Federal Information Security and Breach Notification Law Approved by House Trade Subcommittee
By InfoLawGroup LLP on July 25, 2011
On July 20, 2011, the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee's Trade Subcommittee approved the Secure and Fortify Electronic Data Act (the "SAFE Data Act"). The Act would require any business that maintains personal information to implement an information security program and notify affected individuals in the event of an information security breach. The SAFE Data Act would preempt the over 45 existing state information security and breach notification laws and task the Federal Trade Commission with developing information security rules implementing the Act.
consent, data protection, InfoLawGroup, information law group, information security, Legislation, privacy enforcement, Russia, Segalis
Russia Amends Federal Data Protection Law; Privacy Enforcement on the Rise
By InfoLawGroup LLP on July 19, 2011
Last week, the upper house of Russia's federal legislature approved amendments to the country's federal data protection law. The amendments impose detailed information security requirements on businesses that process personal data and revise some of the statute's data subject consent provisions.The amended law will come into force when it is published in the official newsletter.
