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Data Breach Notification
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Tech Law Blog
DPC launches consultation on consent, profiling, data breach notifications and certification under the GDPR
The Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) has initiated a consultation seeking submissions in regard to how some key concepts in the GDPR should be interpreted and applied, including: Consent Profiling Personal data…
Minding Your Business
Data Breach 101, Part I: Data Breach Notification Laws
In 2017, there are few words that make companies – and their counsel – shudder more than “data breach.” Recent high-profile breaches and the resulting litigation have shown that breaches…
Data Counsel
Australia’s New Breach Notification Law Set to Take Effect February 2018
By Melinda L. McLellan, Emily R. Fedeles
On February 13, 2017, the Australian Senate passed a bill establishing a mandatory requirement to notify the Privacy Commissioner and affected individuals of “eligible” data breaches. The Privacy Amendment (Notifiable…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Australia Introduces Mandatory Data Breach Notification Scheme
By Tim Lester
On 13 February 2017, the Australian Senate passed into law the Privacy Amendment Bill 2016. This law amends the primary privacy and data protection legislation in Australia, Privacy Act 1988,…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Massachusetts Data Breach Notification History Now Available Online
The Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation (OCABR) has published an online list of data breach notifications issued each year to Massachusetts residents since 2007, the inception of…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
California Amends Its Data Breach Notification Law…Again
Under this most recent change to California's breach notification laws (California Civil Code sections 1798.29 and 1798.82), which takes effect January 1, 2017, businesses and agencies subject to the laws…
Technology Law Dispatch
The Subject Access Request That Led to a Security Breach, or Why Having a System to Respond to Access Requests Is Essential
In August, the UK’s data protection regulator, the ICO, fined a Hertfordshire GP practice £40,000 under the Data Protection Act 1998 (“DPA”) after a subject access request (“SAR”) went badly…
Global Media and Communications Watch
Proposed changes to the law on data breach notifications in Australia
By Mark Parsons, Louise Crawford
The law on the notification of data breaches in Australia looks set to change. The Privacy Act 1988 does not currently require companies that suffer a data breach to notify…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Cybersecurity Regulation in Asia: The Tightening Lines of Defense
By Mark Parsons, Harriet Pearson
In September, we proudly launched our online client cybersecurity resource portal: Ready, Set, Respond. The portal was designed by our cross-practice team of global practitioners to provide in-house counsel with…
Global IP & Technology Law Blog
Calls for Federal Breach Notification Law Continue After Yahoo Data Breach
Data breach prevention and response are again at the forefront of the public consciousness with the recent news of a massive data breach by Yahoo. The call for federal breach notification…