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OFAC Ransomware Advisory Warns Companies of Potential Civil Liability

October 2, 2020 By Larry Sommerfeld and Alysa Austin

Yesterday, October 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued its “Advisory on Potential Sanctions Risks for Facilitating Ransomware Payments.” The advisory begins with the observation that “ransomware attacks have become more focused, sophisticated, costly, and numerous,” citing certain FBI statistics, before making clear what was already well […]

Filed Under: Advisories, Cyber Risk, Cybersecurity, Data Security, Digital Crimes, Enforcement, Financial Privacy, Privacy

California Mandates COVID Exposure and Outbreak Reporting to Employees, Government Agencies

September 23, 2020 By Aaron Wasser and Daniel Felz

On Thursday, September 17, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 685 (“AB685”) into law.  AB685 amends a number of portions of California’s Labor Code to address the COVID-19 pandemic.  In addition to provisions that regulate reopening activities at California worksites, AB685 introduces two new COVID-related notification obligations for California employers: (1) a requirement […]

Filed Under: Advisories, California, Cybersecurity, Health Privacy, Online Privacy, Privacy, Regulation Tagged With: Behavioral Tracking, Big Data, cybersecurity, Health Information Security, Regulatory Enforcement

Brazil’s General Data Protection Law: A Comparison Between Brazil’s Newly Effective Law and the GDPR

September 19, 2020 By Dorian Simmons

Brazil’s General Data Protection Law (the “LGPD”), a law similar to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”) is now effective.  On April 29 of this year, Brazil’s President issued Provisional Measure 959 that, amongst other things, postponed the effective date of the LGPD, which was originally set to be effective August 2020, […]

Filed Under: Children's Privacy, Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Protection, Data Security, ePrivacy, GDPR, International, Online Privacy, Privacy Tagged With: ANPD, Brazil, LGPD

Peter Swire Announced as Key Speaker at FTC Workshop on Data Portability

September 10, 2020 By Aaron Wasser

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) today announced that Peter Swire, Senior Counsel at Alston & Bird LLP and Elizabeth and Thomas Holder Chair at Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business, will deliver a key presentation at the upcoming FTC Workshop on Data Portability (“Workshop”). Data portability refers to the ability of consumers to move data […]

Filed Under: FTC, Online Privacy, Privacy

EDPB Emphasizes Joint Controllership between Social Media Providers and ‘Targeters’ in Draft Guidance

September 10, 2020 By Paul Greaves

On September 7, 2020, the European Data Protection Board (‘EDPB’) published its draft guidelines on targeting of social media users (the ‘Guidelines’). The EDPB is accepting feedback from stakeholders on the Guidelines until October 19, 2020. The Guidelines not only provide guidance on the obligations of social media providers (‘Providers’) under the EU General Data […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, ePrivacy, GDPR, Privacy Tagged With: Behavioral Tracking, EU Data Protection, EU Privacy, EU Regulation, European Union (EU), GDPR, GDPR Implementation, Marketing, Regulatory Enforcement, Social Media

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