On January 31, 2023, at 12:30 – 1:30 pm ET, join Peter Swire, Wim Nauwelaerts, David Keating, Karen Sanzaro, and Dorian Simmons in an engaging discussion focusing on trends and anticipated developments in privacy and cyber law in 2023. We will discuss recent regulatory and industry developments in the U.S. and E.U., where things appear […]
Privacy
EDPB Issues Draft Guidelines on the Calculation of Administrative Fines
On May 16, 2022, the European Data Protection Board (‘EDPB’) published draft regulatory guidelines (‘draft guidance’) on the calculation of administrative fines for infringements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’). In the draft guidance, the EDPB sets out its methodology, consisting of five steps, for calculating administrative fines. The EDPB adopted these guidelines […]
The California Privacy Protection Agency Solicits Public Input on Forthcoming Privacy Regulations
The California Privacy Protection Agency Board began its preliminary rulemaking activities to solicit input on forthcoming regulations under the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) in September 2021 when it met to review the CPRA rulemaking process. On September 22, 2021 the Agency began soliciting preliminary written public comments. The Agency then held informational sessions on […]
U.S. Department of Commerce Announces the Establishment of a Global CBPR Forum
On April 21, 2022, Canada, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, and the United States of America issued a Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules Declaration announcing the establishment of the Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules Forum (“Global CBPR Forum”). U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo, in her statement, described the establishment of […]
Momentum Building for California’s Consumer Right to Privacy Act Ballot Initiative
In early May, a group called Californians for Consumer Privacy gathered enough signatures for the Consumer Right to Privacy Act (CRPA) to qualify for the November 2018 ballot. The ballot initiative builds on existing California laws directed at protecting the privacy of California consumers’ personal information, including the Shine the Light law (Civil Code §1798.83) […]