On June 16, 2015, Alston & Bird partners Teri McMahon and Dominique Shelton made presentations on current issues of the M&A and privacy and data security practice areas at the ACC Israel Annual Event. The event, attended by over 200 attorneys from Israel and around the world, focused on trending global mergers & acquisitions issues. Teri McMahon discussed trends in […]
Privacy & Cyber Regulatory Enforcement
Connecticut Passes Bill to Require Identity Theft Protection Services In Certain Breaches
On June 11, Connecticut SB949 became a Public Act, after being passed by both chambers of the state legislature. Governor Dannel Malloy can now either sign the bill or take no action for it to become law. SB949 will, among other provisions, require companies that experience a security breach requiring notice to individuals under Connecticut […]
The Digital Single Market Strategy and EU Data Security Policies
The landscape of data security regulation within the European Union will likely change drastically over the next few years. In just the latest indicator of this regulatory revolution, the European Commission adopted on May 6, 2015 the heavily anticipated Digital Single Market (DSM) strategy, a multifaceted package of initiatives aimed at reducing or eliminating barriers […]
Peter Swire on Passage of USA FREEDOM Act
In an article published yesterday, Peter Swire reviews the recent passage of the USA FREEDOM Act. Perhaps most notably, the Act eliminates the bulk collection of telephone metadata by the National Security Agency. Swire calls the Act, “the biggest pro-privacy change to U.S. intelligence law since the original enactment of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act […]
RadioShack Agrees to Significant Limitations in Sale of Customer Data Following Pressure from State Regulators and the FTC
In what may become viewed as the de facto standard for selling customer information in bankruptcies, a Delaware bankruptcy court approved, on May 20, 2015, a multi-party agreement that would substantially limit RadioShack’s ability to sell 117 million customer records. The agreement was entered into by RadioShack Corp., General Wireless Inc., and 17 state attorney generals as […]