On October 2, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Consumer Call Protection Act of 2019 to address the rise in deceptive robocalls and protect California consumers from fraudulent calls. The law requires telecommunications service providers to implement Secure Telephony Identity Revisited (STIR) and Secure Handling of Asserted information using toKENs (SHAKEN) protocols by January 1, 2021.  These protocols are designed to attest to the authenticity of caller identification data and provide service providers with…

On 1 October 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down a crucial decision impacting the way that consent is obtained on the internet. The judgment relates to Case C-673/17 (Planet49 – a previous post outlining the background can be found here). In the Planet49 case, the German Federal Court referred a number of questions to the CJEU regarding the validity of consent to cookies placed by a website operating…

Please join us for our October Events. October 15 Privacy + Security Forum Bret Cohen is a speaker on the panel “The Notice Trap: When and How to ‘Inform,’ Provide ‘Explicit Notice,’ and ‘Disclose’ Under the CCPA” at the Privacy + Security Academy’s Privacy + Security Forum. Location: Washington, D.C. October 15 Privacy + Security Forum Pete Marta is a speaker on the panel, “Best Practices for Preparing a Ransomware-Related Cyber Incident Response Plan,” at the Privacy + Security…

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 responsibilities within organisations. Our all-day event will cover a lot of ground through incisive quick-fire presentations, Q&A panels and hands-on workshops. We are particularly excited to announce that we will be joined by guest speakers: James Dipple-Johnston; Deputy Commissioner (Operations)…

“esports” is competitive video gaming at a professional level. This space is attractive to brand owners for targeting today’s saturated audiences with innovative forms of advertising. Combined revenues in the esports industry are expected to grow to US$ 1.4 billion by 2020. It is attracting investors from across diverse sectors, including technology, consumer goods, traditional sports and financial institutions. We’re seeing new regulatory incentives on national and international levels and we’re observing self-regulation of IP ownership…