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Peter Swire’s Op-ed: Schrems II Ruling Could Rupture Trans-Atlantic Data Flows

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Prof. Peter Swire, Elizabeth and Thomas Holder Chair at the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business and Senior Counsel at Alston & Bird, recently published an opinion piece, first in French in Le Monde, and then in English in the European Law Blog, with the title “the US, China, and Case 311/18 on Standard Contractual Clauses.” The piece argues that the Court of Justice of the European Union’s decision in the Schrems II case could create a privacy absurdity: Trans-Atlantic data flows to … [Read more] about Peter Swire’s Op-ed: Schrems II Ruling Could Rupture Trans-Atlantic Data Flows

Potential Changes to the CCPA; California Senate Considers Amendments

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On April 30, we detailed several proposed amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”) that were advancing in the State Assembly (see our previous blog post here). Since then, a number of the proposed amendments passed the Assembly … [Read more] about Potential Changes to the CCPA; California Senate Considers Amendments

EU Ethics Guidelines For AI Are Just The Beginning

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Artificial Intelligence

As previously discussed on the Alston & Bird Privacy Blog, the European Commission High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence released on April 8, 2019 the final version of its Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI. The Guidelines, … [Read more] about EU Ethics Guidelines For AI Are Just The Beginning

Oregon Extends Data Breach Notification Obligations to Third Parties

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On May 24, 2019, Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed into law Senate Bill 684 (SB 684).  SB 684 amends the Oregon Consumer Identity Theft Protection Act (“OCITPA”) by extending data breach notification obligations to vendors and by broadening the … [Read more] about Oregon Extends Data Breach Notification Obligations to Third Parties