Over the past year, the German government has been working on legislation to implement the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). On July 6, 2017, Germany did so by passing a statute titled the Data Protection Amendments and Implementation … [Read more] about An English-Language Primer on Germany’s GDPR Implementation Statute: Part 2 of 5
SEC Chairman Jay Clayton Announces Data Breach of SEC Systems Which May Have Led to Insider Trading
SEC Chairman Jay Clayton issued a public statement on Cybersecurity (the “Clayton Statement”) last week, disclosing a 2016 attack on the SEC’s database of corporate filings. The intrusion exploited a vulnerability in the test filing component of the … [Read more] about SEC Chairman Jay Clayton Announces Data Breach of SEC Systems Which May Have Led to Insider Trading
An English-Language Primer on Germany’s GDPR Implementation Statute: Part 1 of 5
Over the past year, the German government has been working on legislation to implement the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). On July 6, 2017, Germany did so by passing a statute titled the Data Protection Amendments and Implementation … [Read more] about An English-Language Primer on Germany’s GDPR Implementation Statute: Part 1 of 5
FTC Announces First Privacy Shield Enforcement Actions
The Federal Trade Commission recently announced that it had settled charges against three companies alleged to have falsely claimed participation in Privacy Shield. Privacy Shield supports EU – U.S. transfers of personal data by helping U.S. … [Read more] about FTC Announces First Privacy Shield Enforcement Actions
Professor Peter Swire Publishes his Expert Testimony from Schrems 2.0
Peter Swire, Elizabeth and Thomas Holder Chair at the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business and senior counsel at Alston & Bird, has made public his expert testimony from the landmark Irish High Court Case Data Protection Commissioner v. … [Read more] about Professor Peter Swire Publishes his Expert Testimony from Schrems 2.0