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California Prop 24 – Is the New Privacy Law Really New (Or Is the Sky Falling)
California has once again decided it needed to pass privacy legislation to protect the residents of the great state from the nefarious actions of Big Tech. However, this time they did it with a ballot...
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Employers Take Note – New York Introduces A Biometric Information Privacy...
Cross-posted from Seyfarth’s Workplace Class Action Blog. Seyfarth Synopsis: The New York state legislature recently introduced a standalone biometric information privacy bill, AB 27, that mirrors...
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Maryland Joins Growing Number Of States Introducing Biometric Information...
Cross-posted from Seyfarth’s Workplace Class Action Blog. Seyfarth Synopsis: Following in the footsteps of New York, Maryland recently introduced a standalone biometric information privacy bill, House...
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Portland, OR and New York City Follow Illinois’ Lead on Private Rights of...
Seyfarth Synopsis: Both Portland and New York City have followed the example set by Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”), a statute that has spawned thousands of cookie-cutter class...
View ArticleOverview of Technology and Data Privacy Issues Arising from COVID Passports
This was originally published as a Seyfarth Legal Update. Seyfarth Synopsis: As the world progresses with COVID vaccinations, the scenario where you have to show a COVID passport before crossing a...
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Upcoming Seyfarth Webinar: Responding with Strength to the SolarWinds Attack...
There have been seminal events in the cybersecurity space since 2012, but there has likely been no event in recent times bigger than the SolarWinds attack which was first announced in December 2020....
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What President Biden’s New Executive Order Means for the Cybersecurity of the...
Seyfarth Synopsis: On May 12, 2021, President Joe Biden issued a very broad, 34 page “Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity.” The Executive Order, or “EO”, can be found here. This...
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Out With the Old, In With the New: New GDPR Standard Contractual Clauses
In a long awaited decision, the European Commission (“Commission’) adopted two new sets of standard contractual clauses (“SCCs”) to reflect the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (“EU GDPR”) and...
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China Released Second Draft of Personal Information Protection Law
On April 29, 2021, the national legislator in China released the second draft of the Personal Information Protection Law (“PIPL”) to collect public comments until May 28, 2021. The updated draft...
View ArticleChina’s New Data Security Law
Introduction On June 10, 2021, China officially passed China’s first Data Security Law, which will take effect on September 1, 2021. Following the introduction of the Data Security Law, together with...
View ArticleChina Releases Draft Measures on Security Assessment of Cross-Border Data...
On October 29, 2021, the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC“) published the “Draft Measures on Security Assessment of Cross-Border Data Transfer” (“Draft Measures“) for public comment, which...
View ArticleData Protection Challenges in M&A Transactions in China
The regulatory landscape in China around data protection and flows continues to develop. Since the 2017 Cybersecurity Law, China has been refining the legal and regulatory framework for data...
View ArticleMultiple Cyber Incidents Impact Employee Benefit Plans and Participants
By this point, most people in the employee benefits space have heard about the MOVEit and Retirement Clearing House (RCH) cyber incidents, which could directly impact employers’ benefit plans. The...
View ArticleAdequacy for the US (kind of) – But What Are the Side Effects?
On July 10th, the European Commission issued its Implementing Decision regarding the adequacy of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (“DPF”). The Decision has been eagerly awaited by US and Europe based...
View ArticleSEC Publishes Public Company Cybersecurity Disclosure Final Rule
This blog post is co-authored by Seyfarth Shaw and The Chertoff Group and has been cross-posted with permission. What Happened On July 26, the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted...
View ArticleUpcoming Webinar! BIPA (and GIPA!) Litigation and Compliance Updates
Tuesday, September 12, 20232:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Eastern1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Central12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mountain11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Pacific REGISTER HERE In the wake of recent,...
View ArticleOregon Enacts Consumer Privacy Act
On July 18, 2023, Oregon’s Governor Tina Kotek signed SB 619, which created the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act (“OCPA”). Oregon joins California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Iowa, Indiana,...
View ArticleUpcoming Webinar! How to Comply with and Unpack the Wide Reach of...
Thursday, October 5, 20231:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. CT11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. MT10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. PT REGISTER HERE About the Program Seyfarth is pleased to offer this...
View ArticleTop 5 Reasons to Remember Your Business Associate Agreements This Fall
As organizations begin renewing and entering into new contractual relationships for 2024, an oft-forgotten aspect of the contracting process is determining whether a Business Associate Agreement (a...
View ArticleHow to Comply with and Unpack the Wide Reach of Washington’s My Health My...
On October 5, 2023, Seyfarth offered a Masterclass, hosted by Lexology, which was designed to familiarize in-house counsel and privacy professionals, in and out of Washington state, with the My Health...
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