On Thursday, September 17, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 685 (“AB685”) into law. AB685 amends a number of portions of California’s Labor Code to address the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to provisions that regulate reopening activities at California worksites, AB685 introduces two new COVID-related notification obligations for California employers: (1) a requirement […]
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Brazil’s General Data Protection Law: A Comparison Between Brazil’s Newly Effective Law and the GDPR
Brazil’s General Data Protection Law (the “LGPD”), a law similar to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”) is now effective. On April 29 of this year, Brazil’s President issued Provisional Measure 959 that, amongst other things, postponed the effective date of the LGPD, which was originally set to be effective August 2020, […]
EDPB Emphasizes Joint Controllership between Social Media Providers and ‘Targeters’ in Draft Guidance
On September 7, 2020, the European Data Protection Board (‘EDPB’) published its draft guidelines on targeting of social media users (the ‘Guidelines’). The EDPB is accepting feedback from stakeholders on the Guidelines until October 19, 2020. The Guidelines not only provide guidance on the obligations of social media providers (‘Providers’) under the EU General Data […]
EDPB publishes draft guidelines on the concepts of controller and processor
The European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) has published draft guidelines on the concepts of controller and processor for public consultation. While its predecessor – the Article 29 Working Party – had issued guidance on the concepts of controller/processor (Opinion 1/2010, WP169) back in 2010, many practical concerns have been raised since the entry into force […]
European Parliament Committee Meeting Provides Insight into the Future of EU-US Personal Data Flows
On September 3, 2020, The EU Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (the LIBE Committee), met to discuss the future of future of EU-US personal data flows following the Schrems II decision. In particular, the session was attended by Max Schrems, EU Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders, and Andrea Jelinek (head of […]