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FTC Updates IdentityTheft.gov Website

January 30, 2016 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced updates to the IdentityTheft.gov website aimed at making the site more useful to victims of identity theft. The changes will enable consumers to quickly file complaints and develop a personalized recovery plan after answering a number of questions on the site. “Our hope is that this is going […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Enforcement, Online Privacy, Regulation Tagged With: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Identity Theft, Regulatory Enforcement, The White House

FTC PrivacyCon Event Examines Cutting-Edge Research and Current Policies Regarding Privacy and Data Security

January 21, 2016 By Kimberly Chemerinsky and Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

The Federal Trade Commission held its PrivacyCon event, featuring nineteen presentations showcasing original research regarding important consumer privacy and security issues by leading academics from universities and think tanks from around the world. A full video recording of the webcast is available here. The conference took place in Washington on Jan. 14, 2016, and included […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, Enforcement, Events, Financial Privacy, Health Privacy, Mobile Privacy, Online Privacy, Privacy, Privacy Policy, Regulation

Germany’s Christmas Present: Data-Protection Class Actions

January 6, 2016 By Daniel Felz

Following the European Court of Justice’s Schrems decision invalidating the Safe Harbor mechanism, much attention has focused on how the Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) of EU member states would interpret and enforce Schrems. While close attention to DPA activity is important—and will become even more so upon the passage of the EU General Data Protection […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, Enforcement, International Tagged With: Class Action, EU Data Protection, European Union (EU), Safe Harbor

Swire and Future of Privacy Forum Release White Paper for E.U. Regulators on U.S. Surveillance Law and Safe Harbor

December 18, 2015 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

Peter Swire, Alston & Bird Senior Counsel and professor at Georgia Institute of Technology Scheller College of Business, has released a new white paper through the Future of Privacy Forum titled “U.S. Surveillance Law, Safe Harbor, and Reforms Since 2013.” The paper is a submission to a forum sponsored by the Belgian Privacy Commission on […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, Enforcement, Events, International, Privacy, Regulation Tagged With: European Privacy, Max Schrems Decision

The EU General Data Protection Regulation – Europe Adopts Single Set of Privacy Rules

December 16, 2015 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

On December 15, 2015, following four years of close, sometimes contentious, review, the EU institutions agreed upon the text of the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”).  One of the most important EU legislative initiatives in recent years, the GDPR is also a landmark in privacy regulation worldwide. As from the time the GDPR takes […]

Filed Under: Advisories, Enforcement, GDPR, International, Legislation, Privacy, Regulation Tagged With: EU Data Protection, EU Regulation, GDPR, International Data Transfers

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