Prof. Peter Swire, Elizabeth and Thomas Holder Chair at the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business and Senior Counsel at Alston & Bird, recently published an opinion piece, first in French in Le Monde, and then in English in the European Law Blog, with the title “the US, China, and Case 311/18 on Standard Contractual […]
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Federal Prosecutors Announce Indictment of Chinese Hackers Involved in 2015 Anthem Data Breach
On May 9, 2019, a federal grand jury unsealed an indictment of two members of a Chinese hacking group charged with a series of computer intrusions, including their involvement in the 2015 data breach at Anthem Inc., which affected the data of over 78 million people. In an announcement by the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, […]
DOJ Announces Indictment of Chinese Hackers
On December 20, 2018, the Department of Justice and the FBI announced the indictment of two Chinese hackers, Zhu Hua and Zhang Shilong, who have been charged in a years-long global hacking campaign that resulted in the theft of sensitive information from companies and government agencies around the world. The two hackers, members of the […]
India’s Draft Data Protection Bill: Another GDPR Around The Corner?
India recently introduced the Personal Data Protection Bill 2018 (“Bill”). The transfer of personal data in India is currently governed by the SPD Rules (Sensitive Personal Data and Information, 2011), which is however considered outdated and not fully protective of personal data. The Bill comes as a result of the country’s Supreme Court recent judgment […]
Alston & Bird Issues Cyber Alert on the New Chinese Cybersecurity Law and Regulations
On Monday, June 26, 2017, Alston & Bird’s Kim Peretti, Justin Hemmings, and Emily Poole issued an advisory on recent changes in Chinese Cybersecurity Law. The new law asserts greater control over all data collection and generation in China, as well as the processing of data from Chinese data subjects. While the law entered into […]