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July 01, 2019 - Privacy + Data Security, Asia
Singapore Shakes Up Privacy: 72-Hour Breach Notice, New Guidance
By: Saqib Alam
The Singapore Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) has had a busy year and shows no signs of slowing down. In January 2019, the PDPC handed down a record SGD 1 million enforcement related to the SingHealth data breach – a breach that resulted from
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June 12, 2019 - Privacy + Data Security
Nevada Enacts CCPA-Style Opt-Out Right for Consumers—but Similarities Are Few
By: Julie O'Neill and Max Phillip Zidel
Nevada just joined California as the second state to enact an opt-out right for consumers from the “sale” of their personal information. Senate Bill 220, which was signed into law on May 29, 2019, is scheduled to take effect on October 1, 2019, three months
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June 07, 2019 - Privacy + Data Security
Nevada Privacy Law: Considerations for Financial Institutions
By: Nathan D. Taylor
Nevada recently became the first state to follow California’s lead and enact legislation that includes privacy obligations similar to those that will be imposed by the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). Specifically, on May 29, 2019, the Nevada Governor signed into law Senate Bill 220 (“SB 220”), amending
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June 05, 2019 - Privacy + Data Security
CCPA: California Assembly Passes Additional Bills to Amend the CCPA
By: Nathan D. Taylor
Prior to the California Legislature’s May 31, 2019 deadline to pass bills out of their chamber of origin, the California Assembly passed six additional bills that would amend the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA” or “Act”). The California Senate now has until September 13, 2019
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June 03, 2019 - Privacy + Data Security
CCPA: One Step Closer to Excluding Employee Data
By: Nathan D. Taylor
California is now one step closer to excluding information relating to employees from the scope of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). On May 29, 2019, the California Assembly passed Assembly Bill 25 (“AB 25”), which would narrow the CCPA’s definition of “consumer” to exclude, among
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April 30, 2019 - Privacy + Data Security
John Carlin Discusses the Latest Threats of Global Cyber Attacks on CBS's 60 Minutes
Morrison & Foerster partner John Carlin, the former top national security lawyer for the Department of Justice, was recently featured on CBS's 60 Minutes. John spoke to 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl for a report drawn from a chapter of his book Dawn of the Code War on “The
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April 23, 2019 - Privacy + Data Security, European Union
GDPR: What Happened To One-Stop-Shop Enforcement?
By: Lokke Moerel
Read Lokke Moerel’s article on the NYU Blog Compliance & Enforcement on the impact of the decision of the French data protection against Google refusing to apply the GDPR’s “one-stop-shop” enforcement mechanism. Find out more here.
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April 01, 2019 - Privacy + Data Security
FTC Releases 2018 Privacy and Data Security Update Report
By: Julie O'Neill
With privacy and data security issues dominating headlines over the past year, the Federal Trade Commission – the Nation’s top privacy watchdog – has had its hands full. The FTC’s recently released 2018 “Privacy and Data Security Update” reflects this flurry of activity. The report provides
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March 28, 2019 - Privacy + Data Security
California Seeks to Strengthen Tough Privacy Laws
By: Purvi G. Patel
If you thought California’s privacy laws couldn’t get any tougher, think again. The California Legislature has proposed amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act and additional privacy bills that could expand businesses’ privacy and data security obligations and heighten liability for noncompliance. These proposals confirm
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March 05, 2019 - Privacy + Data Security
Thank You, Next Enforcement: Music Video App Violates COPPA, Will Pay $5.7 Million
By: Julie O'Neill
The cost for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), intended to ensure parents are informed about, and can control, the online collection of personal information (PI) from their children under age thirteen, has been steadily rising, and companies subject to the law
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