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GDPR Approved by Parliament, Set to Become EU Law

April 14, 2016 By Daniel Felz

Last week, we reported that the Council of Ministers accelerated the timetable for passage of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).  The European Parliament followed suit and approved the GDPR this morning. As a result, the GDPR is now officially adopted and will become the law of the land in the EU.  The GDPR will be […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, Data Security, Enforcement, GDPR, International, Legislation, Privacy, Privacy Policy, Regulation Tagged With: GDPR

Art. 29 Working Party Issues Formal Opinion Opposing Privacy Shield

April 14, 2016 By Daniel Felz

Several hours after holding a closely-watched press conference we reported on yesterday, the Article 29 Working Party (“Art. 29 WP”) released its highly anticipated formal opinion on the adequacy of Privacy Shield. Background The European Commission has put forth a draft “adequacy decision” in which it declares that on the basis of Privacy Shield, the […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, Data Security, Enforcement, International, Legislation, Online Privacy, Privacy, Privacy Litigation, Privacy Policy, Regulation

Art. 29 Working Party Announces it Will Not Support Privacy Shield at Press Conference

April 13, 2016 By Daniel Felz

Early this afternoon, the Article 29 Working Party (“Art. 29 WP”) held a press conference at which it presented its forthcoming opinion on the adequacy of the US-EU Privacy Shield. As background, the European Commission has put forth a draft “adequacy decision” in which it declares that on the basis of Privacy Shield, the United […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, Data Security, Enforcement, International, Legislation, Online Privacy, Privacy, Privacy Policy, Regulation

EU Council Issues New Consolidated GDPR and Accelerates GDPR’s Legislative Timetable

April 7, 2016 By Daniel Felz

Yesterday evening, the Council of Ministers issued a new consolidated version of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).  This is the first “clean” version of the GDPR that (a) incorporates all revisions agreed upon from the time of the Commission’s original 2012 proposal to the December 2015 trilogue compromise text; and (b) numbers individual provisions […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, Data Security, Enforcement, GDPR, International, Legislation, Online Privacy, Privacy, Privacy Litigation, Privacy Policy, Regulation Tagged With: GDPR

Kim Peretti Named to Cybersecurity Docket’s “Incident Response 30”

April 1, 2016 By Cybersecurity Preparedness & Response Team

Kim Peretti, partner and co-chair of Alston & Bird’s Cybersecurity Preparedness & Response Team, has been named to Cybersecurity Docket’s inaugural “Incident Response 30.” Described by the publication as the “30 best and brightest data breach response lawyers,” the list “honors incident response attorneys and compliance professionals who not only have the right stuff to manage a […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Security, Events

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