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People’s Republic of China Passes the Data Security Law: A Summary of What We Know

July 7, 2021 By Kim Peretti and Lance Taubin

  On June 10, 2021, almost exactly three years after the passing of its Cybersecurity Law (CSL), the National People’s Congress of China passed a new Data Security Law (DSL) (click here for an unofficial English translation of the DSL), which goes into effect September 1, 2021. Where the CSL is primarily focused on cybersecurity […]

Filed Under: China, Data Security

U.S. Takes Unprecedented Action to Disrupt State-Sponsored Exploitation of Microsoft Exchange Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

April 19, 2021 By Kim Peretti and Kate Hanniford

On April 13, 2021, a federal district court granted a motion to partially unseal an FBI application and search warrant following the successful conclusion of an FBI operation to eradicate malicious web shells placed on U.S.-based computers by Chinese state-sponsored actors.  The FBI’s use of credentialed, remote access techniques to access, copy, and remove malware […]

Filed Under: China, Digital Crimes, National Security, Uncategorized

DOJ Charges Seven Individuals in Connection with Global Hacking Campaigns Against More Than 100 Companies

September 18, 2020 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

On September 16, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that seven individuals believed to be part of a hacking group known as APT41 or “Wicked Panda,” including five Chinese nationals and two Malaysian nationals, have been charged in connection with a global hacking campaign that affected more than 100 companies around the world. […]

Filed Under: China, Cybercrime, Digital Crimes, Enforcement, International Tagged With: APT41, China, Dead drop, Extradition, Hacker, indictment, Malaysia, Microsoft, Supply Chain Attack, Wicked Panda

‘Schrems II’ backs the European legal regime into a corner — How can it get out?

July 16, 2020 By Dorian Simmons

On July 16, the Court of Justice of the European Union struck down the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield in the ‘Schrems 2.0’ Case (Facebook Ireland and Schrems (Case C-311/18)).  In an article for the International Association of Privacy Professionals, Alston & Bird Senior Counsel Peter Swire analyzes the decision and discusses potential implications, including those relating […]

Filed Under: China, Data Protection, Data Security, FTC, GDPR, International, National Security, Privacy Shield

Schrems 2.0: CJEU invalidates EU-US Privacy Shield and emphasizes exporter obligations when using Standard Contractual Clauses

July 16, 2020 By Paul Greaves and Wim Nauwelaerts

Executive Summary Today, the Court of Justice of the European Union (‘CJEU’) handed down its long-awaited judgment in the ‘Schrems 2.0’ case (Facebook Ireland and Schrems (Case C-311/18)), about the validity of two means of legitimizing transfers of personal data outside the EEA under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’)[1]. In somewhat of a […]

Filed Under: China, Data Protection, Data Security, FTC, International, Legislation, National Security, Online Privacy, Privacy, Privacy Shield Tagged With: EU Data Protection, EU Regulation, European Court of Justice, European Union (EU), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), GDPR, International Data Transfers, Max Schrems Decision, Regulatory Enforcement

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