Data privacy Archive
With the widespread adoption of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) throughout Europe, international organizations that offer goods and services to, or monitor the behavior of, EU residents must ensure they abide by its privacy and data control requirements. Otherwise, …
This Saturday marks Data Privacy Day, an international event that raises awareness about the risks when sharing our personal information online. Although many of us are broadly aware that organizations often our personal data can used in a variety of …
After years of negotiation, there could soon be a new legal framework that enables personal data to flow freely between the U.S. and the E.U. The announcement comes as the European Commission confirmed that it had begun the process of …
In efforts to curb cybersecurity and privacy issues, governments around the world have been tightening legislation on how organizations collect and share data. The most effective way to comply with these requirements is to draft the appropriate contracts. This is …
Legislatures follow trends. Four years ago, there were only two U.S. state legislatures that proposed bills to protect consumer data. This year, there have been 34. Unfortunately, only three states – California, Virginia, and Colorado – have passed such bills. …
Data privacy laws in the United States are notoriously tricky. There are a patchwork of industry-specific federal laws and state legislations whose scope and jurisdiction vary. And to complicate matters further, each state has its own requirements for disclosing security …
