In what it considered “an unusual case” (available here), the Irish High Court has referred the issue of the way data is transferred between the EU and countries outside the EU to the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”). Ms. Justice Caroline Costello will ask the CJEU for a preliminary ruling on the […]
David Keating and Karen Sanzaro to Speak at the 2017 Privacy + Security Forum
David Keating, partner and co-leader of the firm’s Privacy & Data Security practice, and Karen Sanzaro, counsel in the Technology & Privacy Group, will be speakers at the 2017 Privacy + Security Forum in Washington, DC, taking place on October 4-6, 2017. David Keating will be speaking during the session on “Emerging Consumer Tracking and Analytics […]
UK Introduces Draft Data Protection Bill
A few days ago the UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport introduced the Data Protection Bill 2017 (“the Bill”). Once adopted by the legislature, the Bill will replace the Data Protection Act 1998, which is currently in force. The purpose of the Bill is to transpose the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“the […]
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 EDGAR system, a document repository for disclosures from public companies and issuers, through which the intruder was […]
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. companies demonstrate compliance with European Union data transfer rules. Companies participating in the program commit to meet specific program requirements […]