Peter Swire issued the following statement today following news of a revised Safe Harbor framework. Today the European Union and United States announced a new framework for transatlantic data flows, called the EU-US Privacy Shield. This will … [Read more] about Statement from Peter Swire on Safe Harbor Agreement
FTC Updates IdentityTheft.gov Website
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 … [Read more] about FTC Updates IdentityTheft.gov Website
Examining the Judicial Redress Act
The proposed Judicial Redress Act has recently been touted as a critical step towards developing a revised “Safe Harbor 2.0" framework. (See our prior posts on Safe Harbor here and here.) This post summarizes the essential provisions of the bill as … [Read more] about Examining the Judicial Redress Act
The Importance of Strategic Vendors in Breach Response
Alston & Bird recently issued an Advisory, co-authored by Jim Harvey and Karen Sanzaro, on the complexities of managing a data breach that implicates strategic third party vendor relationships. Cybercrime and data security incidents are on the … [Read more] about The Importance of Strategic Vendors in Breach Response
Civil Liberties Organizations Call on FCC To Regulate Broadband Privacy
In a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) made public on January 20, 2016, sixty civil liberties organizations, including the ACLU and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, called on the FCC to use its authority to issue new privacy … [Read more] about Civil Liberties Organizations Call on FCC To Regulate Broadband Privacy