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Personal Data
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Inside Cybersecurity & Privacy Law
New guidance issued by the EDPB on international transfers of personal data
By Oliver Yaros, Ana Hadnes Bruder, Ellen Hepworth
On 18 November 2021, the European Data Protection Board ("EDPB") adopted new guidelines which: Set out a three part criteria for identifying whether an action will be considered an international transfer of…
IT Law Blog
LGPD vs Ukraine: Key Facts to Take with You
In August 2018, Brazil approved Law No. 13.709 of 14 August 2018 (LGPD, or Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados). Similar to GDPR or the Law of Ukraine No. 2297-VI on…
Data Privacy Dish
What is considered ‘profiling’?
Modern privacy statutes create special rules for activities that involve “profiling.” As the following chart indicates, the term is defined in a similar way between modern United States and European…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Kirkland & Ellis Discusses Cross-Border Transfers of Personal Data
By Emma Flett, Jennifer Wilson
In the wake of the landmark judgment in Schrems II in July 2020 (which invalidated the EU-US Privacy Shield with immediate effect) (as reported by us here), the European Commission…
Red Clover Advisors Blog
Uncovering China’s New Privacy Law
By Jodi Daniels
On Aug. 20, 2021, the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress enacted China’s Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL)(Translation available here). Taking effect on November 1, 2021, the PIPL will…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Every day another privacy breach as we learn that 15 Million email addresses and related personal data were exposed!
By Peter Vogel
BankInfosSecurity.com reported that “Anonymous "press release" announcing the Epik data breach…More than 15 million email addresses and accompanying personal details have been leaked online under the banner of Anonymous.” The…
Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
Employee Personal Information Protection in China – Are You Up to Speed?
By Yi Huang
On August 20, 2021, China’s national legislature passed the Personal Information Protection Law (“PIPL”), which will become effective on November 1, 2021. As China’s first comprehensive system for protecting personal…
The Privacy Hacker
Colorado Privacy Act
By Chiara Portner, Pavin Kang, Zoe Monty Montalvo
This summer, Colorado passed the new data privacy law called the Colorado Privacy Act (“CPA”), granting Colorado residents new rights and creating new obligations for businesses that are located in…
Privacy World
Europe Update: New Standard Contractual Clauses for the Transfer of Personal Data Outside the EEA
For those covering developments across the Atlantic, as Stéphanie Faber covers at Security & Privacy Bytes, the new Standard Contractual Clauses (“SCCs”) have been adopted by the European Commission on…
99 Park Row
What OkCupid and Spotify have in common—packaging personal data in a creative way
Spotify is a fantastic example of taking in-house data and giving it back to consumers in a personalized manner. Their end-of-the-year Spotify Wrapped never fails to trend on Twitter and…