On January 14, 2020, the French data protection authority (CNIL) launched a public consultation on its draft recommendations for the collection of consent in the context of cookies and other tracking technologies (the ‘draft Recommendations’). Under … [Read more] about French CNIL Launches Public Consultation on Cookie Consent Recommendations
On January 6, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Bureau of Consumer Protection Director Andrew Smith published a blog post summarizing the agency’s “New and improved FTC data security orders,” as part of its efforts to provide “better … [Read more] about FTC Consumer Protection Bureau Director Highlights Efforts to Strengthen Data Security Orders
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 … [Read more] about Wim Nauwelaerts Authors Summary of EDPB’s Guidelines of the GDPR
After Friday’s announcement of the killing of Major General Qassem Soleimani, a leader of Iran’s Quds Force, several regulators have put industry on high alert of the increased potential for cyber-attack. Iran has a known history of launching … [Read more] about Warning: Iranian Cyber Response Possible Against Private Industry
The Advocate General’s Opinion of December 19, 2019 deemed valid the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) adopted by the European Commission for the transfer of personal data from controllers to processors. Currently, many companies rely on … [Read more] about Schrems 2.0: Standard Contractual Clauses Declared Valid by EU Advocate General