Each year the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC” or “Commission”) publishes a report on its activities with respect to consumer privacy and data security during the prior year. On February 25, 2020, the Commission released its 2019 Privacy and Data Security Update. The update contains a summary of the FTC’s enforcement, advocacy, and rulemaking actions […]
DOJ Indicts Chinese Military Personnel for Involvement in 2017 Equifax Breach
On February 10, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice announced charges against four members of China’s People’s Liberation Army (“PLA”) for their alleged involvement in the 2017 Equifax hack that resulted in the theft of the personal information of 145 million Americans. In the nine-count indictment, the four individuals, Wu Zhiyong, Wang Qian, Xu Ke, […]
California Releases Modified CCPA Regulations
On February 7, 2020, the California Office of the Attorney General released Modified Regulations to the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). The Modified Regulations update the Initial Proposed Regulations, which were previously published on October 11, 2019. The deadline to submit written comments is February 24, 2020 at 5:00 pm PST. We will follow up […]
NIST Publishes Privacy Framework Version 1.0
On January 16, 2020, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) published Version 1.0 of its Privacy Framework: A Tool for Improving Privacy through Enterprise Risk Management (“Privacy Framework”). A draft version was initially published for public comment on September 6, 2019. The new Privacy Framework is designed to support organizations in building customer’s […]
Wim Nauwelaerts Authors Summary of EDPB’s Guidelines of the GDPR
Wim Nauwelaerts, Brussels partner and leader of the firm’s EU Privacy and Data Protection practice, has authored a summary of the European Data Protection Board’s (EDPB) guidelines on the territorial scope of the GDPR. On November 12, 2019, the EDPB adopted the final version of its guidelines – almost one year after they had been […]