On October 20, Alston & Bird will host a panel discussion with FTC Commissioner Julie Brill. The event will be broadcast as a webinar. Commissioner Brill will discuss the future of U.S. – European privacy with Senior Counsel Peter Swire. The discussion will be moderated by Partner Jim Harvey. This timely discussion with Commissioner Brill […]
Board Governance & Cyber Risk Management
David Keating Quoted on Law360 about Data Transfer Issues After Safe Harbor is Invalidated
David Keating, partner and co-leader of the firm’s Privacy & Data Security practice, was quoted on Law360 regarding the practical impact on companies of the decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) invalidating the EU-U.S. Safe Harbor program for transfers of personal data. The ECJ decision requires companies to evaluate the mechanisms they and their vendors use to move data out […]
Alston & Bird to Host Live Program and Webinar on National Security, Espionage, and Data Breaches
On October 29, Alston & Bird’s Cybersecurity Preparedness & Response Team will host a live program and webinar called National Security, Cyber Espionage and “Bulk PII” Breaches in our Washington, DC office. The program will examine the recent phenomenon of allegedly state-sponsored actors executing major cyber-attacks specifically targeting large databases of personal data for espionage […]
Peter Swire Quoted In International Business Times on “Peeple” App Privacy Concerns
Peter Swire, senior counsel in Alston & Bird’s Privacy & Data Security Group and Georgia Institute of Technology Scheller College of Business professor was quoted in International Business Times regarding privacy compliance concerns for the soon-to-be rating app “Peeple.” The app, nicknamed “Yelp for Humans” by the media, will allegedly allow users to review other people […]
Kim Peretti Quoted by InsideCybersecurity on Board Involvement in Cybersecurity
Kim Peretti, partner and co-chair of the firm’s Cybersecurity Preparedness & Response Team, was quoted in an InsideCybersecurity daily news report on October 2 titled, “Amid regulatory fears, boards improve on cybersecurity.” A recent report from Georgia Tech Information Security Center shows an increase in boardroom involvement in cybersecurity management – 63 percent of boards are now actively addressing IT […]