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Data Processing
189 published works
Privacy and Cybersecurity
CCPA is Here – Is Your Privacy Notice Ready?
Last year towards the end of May, a barrage of emails and pop-ups informed online users about how companies use cookies – small bits of software that track website activity…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
EDPB Publishes Final Version of Guidelines on the GDPR’s Territorial Scope
By vchiu
The European Data Protection Board has adopted its final guidelines on the territorial scope of the GDPR, taking into account the feedback it received during the public consultation of its…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
Dutch Data Protection Authority Offers Its Take on ‘Legitimate Interest” Data Processing Authority
By Odia Kagan
The Dutch DPA has issued guidance on the use of "legitimate interest" as a legal basis for processing data under GDPR. Key takeaways on what constitutes "legitimate": The interest needs…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
Latin American and Spanish DPAs Issue Joint Statement on Data Processing and Artificial Intelligence
By Odia Kagan
Latin American Data Protection Authorities and the Spanish Data Protection Authority have issued a joint statement on data processing and Artificial Intelligence. Key recommendations: 1. Comply with local regulations on…
Technology Law Dispatch
EDPB issues guidelines on the contractual lawful basis for processing for online services
By Cynthia O’Donoghue, Eleanor Brooks
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) met for its fourteenth plenary session on 8 and 9 October 2019. One of the key developments was the adoption of the final version…
Privacy World
When is it ‘Necessary’ to Process Personal Data to Perform a Contract?
By Francesca Fellowes, Squire Patton Boggs
The European Data Protection Board has adopted final Guidelines on the processing of personal data using the “necessary perform a contract” lawful basis under Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR, in…
Data Law Insights
Why consent is the weakest link
Consent is only one of the six legal grounds for processing personal data under the GDPR, but it is certainly the most well-known. While it might look safe and solid…
The Right Coast
The rise of the financial machines – Masters of the universe
THE JOB of capital markets is to process information so that savings flow to the best projects and firms. That makes high finance sound simple; in reality it is dynamic…
Data Protection Report
Office of Privacy Commissioner Says It’s Status Quo on Consent Requirements for Data Processing Transfers
By Ann Henderson (CA), Julie Himo (CA), John Cassell (CA), Alexis Kerr (CA)
On September 23, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) announced, following consultation with stakeholders, that it will maintain the position set out in its 2009 guidelines that…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Time Variation in the News-Returns Relationship
By Paul Glasserman Fulin Li, Harry Mamaysky
How does the stock market respond to news reports about a company? Previous work has found that it takes a few days for prices to fully absorb news, and this…