Alston & Bird has strengthened its global platform for advising on EU and international data protection with the addition of senior privacy and cybersecurity attorney Wim Nauwelaerts as partner in the firm’s Brussels office. Arriving from Sidley Austin LLP, Nauwelaerts is a veteran privacy and cybersecurity attorney with more than 20 years’ experience. Nauwelaerts advises […]
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New Hampshire Passes Insurance Data Security Law
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 […]
The CCPA Could Reset Data Breach Litigation Risks
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 parties. While this is a sea change in data privacy legislation in […]
Peter Swire’s Op-ed: Schrems II Ruling Could Rupture Trans-Atlantic Data Flows
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 […]
Oregon Extends Data Breach Notification Obligations to Third Parties
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 definition of “personal information” to include information used to access an online account. SB684 extends breach […]