On September 28, 2023, the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) issued a Draft Rule on the Regulation and Facilitation of Cross-Border Transfer of Personal Information (the “Draft Rule”). The Draft Rule seeks to streamline the security requirements pertaining to cross-border
At its Sept. 8 board meeting, the California Privacy Protection Agency reviewed draft regulations addressing cybersecurity audits and risk assessments. If adopted, the proposed regulations would require many businesses already subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act to conduct
Last week, Delaware Governor John Carney signed into law the Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (“DPDPA”), the state’s new consumer privacy law that will become effective January 1, 2025. The First State is now the 12th state to fully enact
On this episode of the R&G Tech Studio, mergers & acquisitions partner Sarah Young sits down with data, privacy & cybersecurity partner Fran Faircloth to discuss how she advises clients on all aspects of corporate strategy, and whether she thinks artificial
With the onslaught of state privacy laws passed earlier this spring and summer, the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (the “TDPSA”) signed into law on June 18, 2023, may not have received its due. Although largely following the template
On July 20, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) sent warning letters to approximately 130 hospital systems and telehealth providers. The letters were intended to warn
On July 26, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) voted 3–2 to adopt rules requiring public companies to disclose material cybersecurity incidents as well as information regarding their cybersecurity risk management, strategy, and governance (the “Cybersecurity Disclosure Rules”
Just before the July 4th holiday, the California Superior Court in Sacramento gave businesses struggling to comply with the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) a small gift by delaying enforcement of the CPRA’s regulations until March of 2024 at the
The UK Information Commissioner (ICO) was reportedly set to sound a note of caution recently, at Politico’s Global Tech Day, regarding the potential privacy risks that can arise in the context of generative artificial intelligence (AI).
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