On January 23, 2019, the Personal Information Protection Commission of Japan (the “PPC”) and the European Commission (the “Commission”) jointly announced the adoption of the decisions recognizing each other’s personal data protection systems as equivalent. The Commission launched the process leading to the adoption of the adequacy decision in September 2018 and successfully completed the […]
Are You Ready for Canada’s New Privacy Breach Rules?
Mandatory privacy breach notification, reporting and record-keeping obligations under Canada’s federal data protection law called the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) will come into force as of November 1, 2018. Earlier this year, the Canadian government published new privacy-related obligations under PIPEDA. PIPEDA applies to private-sector organizations and sets the ground rules […]
Japan and EU agree on Terms of Reciprocal Adequacy for Data Transfers
On July 17, the European Commission (the “Commission”) announced that the European Union and Japan successfully concluded talks on reciprocal adequacy and agreed to recognize each other’s data protection systems as equivalent. In its press release, the Commission explains that this adequacy agreement will create “the world’s largest area of safe transfers of data based […]
Canada Publishes Final Regulations on Mandatory Reporting of Privacy Breaches
On April 18, 2018, the Canadian government published final regulations which include mandatory privacy breach notification, reporting and record-keeping obligations under Canada’s federal data protection law called the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). These new obligations will come into force on November 1, 2018. PIPEDA applies to private-sector organizations and sets out […]
DHS and FBI Issue a Joint Technical Alert with UK Warning Russian State-Sponsored Cyber Attacks
On April 16, 2018, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre issued a joint Technical Alert (TA), alerting the worldwide cyber exploitation of network infrastructure devices by Russian state-sponsored cyber actors. The TA explains primary targets to be government and private-sector organizations, […]