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FCC issues guidance on the TCPA’s “emergency purposes exception” based on the COVID-19 pandemic

By Kimberly Gold, Alexis Cocco & Arielle Lusardi

March 25, 2020

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (the TCPA) restricts telemarketing and the use of automated telephone equipment for phone calls, faxes, and text messages. The TCPA provides a private right of action and significant statutory penalties, and therefore is an area of significant risk for any company that communicates with its customers, particularly by phone or text. In an effort to ease restrictions in light of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued …

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U.S. data privacy considerations in the time of COVID-19

By Kimberly Gold, Samuel F. Cullari & Alexis Cocco

March 23, 2020

As businesses and individuals across the globe struggle to adapt to a new normal of remote work and social distancing due to the COVID-19 (a/k/a novel coronavirus) pandemic, they should also be aware of a number of U.S. data privacy and data security implications arising from these changes. In addition, businesses must be cognizant of data privacy limitations when collecting and considering sharing information about an individual’s COVID-19 symptoms or illness with third parties, including…

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FAQs for businesses and employers in the UK during the COVID-19 outbreak

By Cynthia O’Donoghue, Philip Thomas, Howard Womersley Smith & Katalina Bateman

March 20, 2020

Since March 11, when the World Health Organization (WHO) officially categorised the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as a pandemic, it has become clear that the world is immensely struggling with the outbreak. It has even led to a massive slowdown in economic activity, causing volatility and turbulence in the financial markets. Therefore, apart from being a threat to our health, COVID-19 has proven that it is and will continue to be a threat to the world…

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Final blow to the UPC project? German law ratifying UPCA is void

By Anette Gaertner, Alexander Klett, Jonathan Radcliffe & Marianne Schaffner

March 20, 2020

European countries have pursued the project of creating a Unitary Patent and a Unified Patent Court (UPC), since the early seventies. Success seemed within reach in 2013 when the international Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA) was concluded and subsequently ratified by several states. However, in 2017 the project came to a grinding halt in the biggest contracting state, Germany, when a single patent practitioner filed a complaint against the national law ratifying the…

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Germany Coronavirus FAQs for businesses and employers

By Dr. Andreas Splittgerber, Jan Weißgerber & Andrea Manger

March 19, 2020

The current outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is causing the world to struggle. It is clear that coronavirus is a threat to all human beings. It has also become clear that coronavirus is a threat to the health of the world economy and businesses. On March 11, 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) characterized the virus outbreak as a pandemic. The stock markets duly crashed. Governments began to prohibit certain events and close down schools.…

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issues final rules expected to transform how certain stakeholders share patient information

By Nancy Halstead & Vicki Tankle

March 18, 2020

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released companion interoperability and information blocking final rules that will significantly impact the way in which certain health care providers, health information technology (IT) developers, and health plans share patient information. For a discussion on major provisions of these rules, please read our post on our Health Industry Washington Watch blog.…

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Singapore data protection law FAQ for employers

By Charmian Aw & Carolyn Chia

March 18, 2020

Since coming into effect in 2014, Singapore’s personal data protection law has been active enforcing the law since its passing. The law applies to all organizations operating in Singapore, regardless of their size and the nature of their business. Companies that employ personnel in Singapore must take note of how Singapore data protection law applies to them. To read more about Singapore’s data protection law in the employment context, click here.…

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Vermont Attorney General brings first data broker enforcement action

By Divonne Smoyer, Samuel F. Cullari & Alexis Cocco

March 17, 2020

On March 10, 2020, Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan initiated an enforcement action based on Vermont’s new data broker law against Clearview AI, Inc. Vermont’s data broker law, which became effective January 1, 2019, governs data brokers, which it defines as companies that collect and sell or license to third parties the personal information of a consumer with whom the business does not have a direct relationship. The law requires that data brokers (a) annually…

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Still working on it – draft CCPA regulations are modified a second time

By Bart Huffman, Wendell Bartnick & Haylie Treas

March 16, 2020

Last week, on March 11, the California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General (AG) released its second set of revisions to its draft regulations under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). This second set of proposed revisions is based in part on comments received in response to an initial set of proposed revisions released by the AG last month (see February 10 Reed Smith client alert here). Written comments to this second…

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COVID-19 outbreak: Data privacy issue requirements on employee personal data differ in China, Hong Kong, and Singapore

By Dora Wang, Amy Yin, Peter Witherington, Cindy Shen, Asha Sharma, Steve Tam, Evelyn Dai, Charmian Aw & Carolyn Chia

March 12, 2020

On January 30, 2020, The World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is a “public health emergency of international concern.” This was, in part, an acknowledgement of the geographic spread of the virus and the need for intensified support for preparation and response, especially in vulnerable countries and regions. Further information is available in the WHO statement. On January 31, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in…

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FCC issues guidance on the TCPA’s “emergency purposes exception” based on the COVID-19 pandemic

U.S. data privacy considerations in the time of COVID-19

FAQs for businesses and employers in the UK during the COVID-19 outbreak

Final blow to the UPC project? German law ratifying UPCA is void

Germany Coronavirus FAQs for businesses and employers

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issues final rules expected to transform how certain stakeholders share patient information

Singapore data protection law FAQ for employers

Vermont Attorney General brings first data broker enforcement action

Still working on it – draft CCPA regulations are modified a second time

COVID-19 outbreak: Data privacy issue requirements on employee personal data differ in China, Hong Kong, and Singapore

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