Alston & Bird Privacy Blog

New Hampshire Passes Insurance Data Security Law

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New Hampshire recently passed its Insurance Data Security Law based on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' (NAIC) Insurance Data Security Model Law.  The law will go into effect January 1, 2020.  New Hampshire is one of several states, including Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Michigan, Mississippi, Ohio, and South Carolina, that has passed an insurance data security law following NAIC’s model.  These laws, along with the New York Department of Financial Services Cybersecurity … [Read more] about New Hampshire Passes Insurance Data Security Law

The CCPA Could Reset Data Breach Litigation Risks

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While much has been written about the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), the focus has primarily been on the new rights it affords California consumers to have access to and control use of their data and opt out of many transfers to third … [Read more] about The CCPA Could Reset Data Breach Litigation Risks

FashionID: Another Significant ECJ Case with Potential Impacts Across the Adtech Ecosystem

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On July 29, 2019, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) issued its decision in the case of FashionID GmbH & Co. KG v. Verbraucherzentrale NRW.  The ECJ found that websites that integrate Facebook plugins are jointly responsible for the data … [Read more] about FashionID: Another Significant ECJ Case with Potential Impacts Across the Adtech Ecosystem

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 … [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