Peter Swire, Alston & Bird Senior Counsel and Huang Professor of Law and Ethics at the Georgia Institute of Technology Scheller College of Business, will debate privacy activist Max Schrems on January 26, 2015 in Brussels, Belgium. The event, … [Read more] about Senior Counsel Peter Swire to Debate European Privacy Activist Max Schrems
Information Sharing Law Finally Passed
After years of vigorous debate and numerous bills aimed at incentivizing cyber threat intelligence sharing having failed to become law, on December 18, 2015, President Obama signed an omnibus spending bill containing the Cybersecurity Information … [Read more] about Information Sharing Law Finally Passed
Swire and Future of Privacy Forum Release White Paper for E.U. Regulators on U.S. Surveillance Law and Safe Harbor
Peter Swire, Alston & Bird Senior Counsel and professor at Georgia Institute of Technology Scheller College of Business, has released a new white paper through the Future of Privacy Forum titled “U.S. Surveillance Law, Safe Harbor, and Reforms … [Read more] about Swire and Future of Privacy Forum Release White Paper for E.U. Regulators on U.S. Surveillance Law and Safe Harbor
The EU General Data Protection Regulation – Europe Adopts Single Set of Privacy Rules
On December 15, 2015, following four years of close, sometimes contentious, review, the EU institutions agreed upon the text of the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”). One of the most important EU legislative initiatives in recent … [Read more] about The EU General Data Protection Regulation – Europe Adopts Single Set of Privacy Rules
EU Institutions Reach Agreement on First Pan-European Legislation on Cybersecurity
On December 7, 2015, after more than two years of legislative consideration, the European Parliament and the European Council reached a political agreement concerning the Directive on Network and Information Security (“NIS Directive”). Under the NIS … [Read more] about EU Institutions Reach Agreement on First Pan-European Legislation on Cybersecurity