California Consumer Privacy Act: The Challenge Ahead — Data Mapping and the CCPA
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Will the UK Meet the EU Adequacy Test?
Unless there is a political earthquake (some would say a miracle) Brexit will happen on 29 March 2019. Upon Brexit the UK will cease to be an EU Member State and become a so-called 'third country'. As a result, UK-based organisations, which in the context of transfers of personal data to countries outside the EU have always been exporters, will become importers of data originating from the EU. This is a serious concern because transfers of personal data from the EU to third countries are severely restricted. So a key UK Government objective from day one has been to ensure that the UK is regarded as an adequate jurisdiction, which would allow unconstrained transfers of personal data from the EU. But will it be?
California Consumer Privacy Act: The Challenge Ahead — Key Terms in the CCPA
Words matter. Nowhere is this truer than in legislation, where word choices—often the product of long debate and imperfect compromise—determine the scope and impact of a law. Legislative history can speak volumes about those word choices, and the unique legislative history of the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) only highlights the importance of understanding the terms used in the act. We thus focus here on discussing some of the CCPA’s key definitional terms.
GDPR Italian Implementing Decree Has Been Published
On September 4, the Legislative Decree no. 101 of August 10, 2018 for the national implementation of General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 was published in the Official Journal. The Decree integrates the provisions of the GDPR, that were previously left to the autonomy of the Member States and will enter into force on September 19, 2018.
Data Protection in the Event of a “No Deal Brexit”
California Consumer Privacy Act: The Challenge Ahead — Introduction to Hogan Lovells’ Blog Series
We have heard the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) called many things since its enactment on June 28, 2018. Our experience to date has confirmed the compliance challenge ahead for organizations that engage with the residents of the world's fifth-largest economy. We will explore the ramifications for businesses of this seminal legislation in this multi-part series, "The Challenge Ahead" authored by members of Hogan Lovells' CCPA team. In this first installment, we describe recent activity to enact so-called “technical” amendments to the CCPA.
Privacy and Cybersecurity September 2018 Events
Join us in September as we contribute key events that explore the future of privacy, text messaging privacy, and what you need to know about the One Stop Shop under the GDPR.
India’s Draft Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018: Charting the “Fourth Way”
India's Committee of Experts has submitted a draft Data Protection Bill for review by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. The Bill represents an important milestone for India, which has yet to enact comprehensive, principles-based data protection regulation, lagging a trend set in recent years by Singapore, the Philippines and others in the region playing catch up to Hong Kong and Japan, which have both had such regulation in place for years now.
Who Will Get the First Big GDPR Fine and How to Avoid It?
At the Privacy Laws and Business' International Conference, Eduardo Ustaran evaluated the sorts of activities likely to prompt regulators into exercising their increased fining powers under the GDPR. In this post, we provide links to both a video of his presentation at the conference as well as a detailed report about his presentation.
Top Human Rights Court Denies Right to be Forgotten in Old Murder Case
On June 28, 2018 the European Court of Human Rights decided that the German Supreme Court had correctly denied two individuals their "right to be forgotten" requests in connection with press archives relating to a 1991 murder. The German Supreme court reasoned that the interests of the public in having access to the information outweighed the interference with the plaintiff's privacy rights. Upon hearing the case, the ECtHR agreed and found that Germany had correctly applied the balancing test relating to right to be forgotten claims.