Join Alan Friel for an insightful webinar, hosted by Today’s General Counsel, where industry experts will discuss the critical role of automated data mapping in effective data governance. This esteemed panel will discuss strategies for creating defensible data maps that safeguard sensitive information and will be moderated by Rebecca Perry, Managing Director of GTM
On January 23, 2025, President Trump issued a new Executive Order (EO) titled “Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence” (Trump EO). This EO replaces President Biden’s Executive Order 14110 of October 30, 2023, titled “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence” (Biden EO), which was rescinded on January 20, 2025,
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On December 27, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (“HHS”) published its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) titled HIPAA Security Rule to Strengthen the Cybersecurity of Electronic Protected Health Information. HHS seeks comments on proposed modifications to the Security Standards for the Protection of Electronic Protected Health
On October 9, 2024, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) unveiled its much-anticipated Guidelines on using legitimate interest (Article 6.1(f) of the GDPR) as a lawful basis for processing personal data. These guidelines set out clear criteria for data controllers, and will therefore be most welcome.
For years, legitimate interest has been among the go-to
2024 was an active year for regulation of customer contracts with “negative option” features. Generally, a “negative option” provision in an offer to sell products or provide services means that a customer’s silence or failure to take action to reject the terms of the offer is deemed by the seller as the customer’s acceptance of
On Friday, the California Privacy Protection Agency’s Board convened to tackle some critical privacy issues, including the creation of a new state-managed platform where consumers can submit opt-out requests to data brokers. In a surprising turn of events, the Executive Director, Ashkan Sultani, announced his resignation, though the reasons behind his departure were not clear
Join us tomorrow as we kick off SPB’s Data Privacy Thought Leadership Series!
State Privacy Law Roundup📅Thursday, October 3 | 9 – 10 a.m. PTSpeakers: Julia Jacobson, Elizabeth Berthiaume, Kyle DullIn the first half of 2024, seven new state consumer privacy laws were enacted and three state consumer privacy laws became effective
Malaysia’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) was enacted in 2010 and came into force in November 2013, making Malaysia the first country in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to enact comprehensive privacy legislation.
On July 31, 2024, the Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Bill 2024 (PDP Bill) was passed by the Dewan Negara (Malaysia’s
Collaboration is a core value of our firm’s client service. Daily our lawyers with in-depth experience in different practice areas collaborate with each other to find joined-up and multi-faceted solutions to the legal issues facing our clients. This is particularly so in the field of online safety, where several legal regimes overlap. We have already
The recently released discussion draft of the American Privacy Rights Act rejects the opt-out approach to targeted advertising in 17 state consumer privacy laws, and instead requires express affirmative opt-in consent for tailoring online ads based on a specific viewer’s interests and activities, akin to the prevailing European approach. In a guest post published earlier
