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By Claire Sng and John Wilks
With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) having taken effect across the EU on 25 May 2018, this has meant a big change to the availability of WHOIS data…
Continue Reading EU: DOMAIN NAMES AND WHOIS INFORMATION IN A POST-GDPR WORLD (GTLDS UPDATE)
By: James Clark
The United Kingdom has announced plans to introduce a new “Data Protection Fee” to replace the current system of registration for data controllers.
Draft Regulations[1] were laid before Parliament on 20…
Continue Reading UK: NEW DATA PROTECTION FEE
By: Sangeetha Punniyamoorthy and Thomas Kurys (Toronto)
The Supreme Court of Canada recently released a landmark decision in which a broad worldwide injunction was upheld restraining Google from including certain websites in its search results…
Continue Reading Global Injunctions Available Against Search Engines, Rules Supreme Court of Canada (Updated August 2, 2017)
Internet services, IoT, cookies and more will be significantly impacted.
Those who think that the EU General Data Protection Regulation is a lot to contend with are now facing the prospect of a new Regulation
By: Sydney White
The U.S. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “Agencies”), released an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANPR”) on October 20, requesting comments by January 17, 2017, on enhanced cybersecurity risk management rules for the financial sector, particularly companies that are interconnected with other industries. …
Continue Reading U.S. FINANCIAL REGULATORS PROPOSE SWEEPING NEW CYBERSECURITY REGULATIONS
By: Carolyn Bigg
After a third deliberation, the Chinese government passed the new PRC Cybersecurity Law on 7 November 2016. The new law will come into force on 1 June 2017 and has significant implications for the data privacy and cybersecurity practices of both Chinese companies and international organisations doing business in China.…
Continue Reading CHINA: SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO DATA AND CYBERSECURITY PRACTICES UNDER PRC CYBERSECURITY LAW
By: Carol A. F. Umhoefer and Caroline Chancé
France’s Law for a Digital Republic, under discussion for more than a year, has at last been published.…
Continue Reading FRANCE ADOPTS LAW FOR A DIGITAL REPUBLIC: KEY DATA PROVISIONS ARE A JUMP-START ON THE GDPR
In today’s marketplace, technology evolves at a rapid rate, and must adapt to changing circumstances, such as threats to cybersecurity. For device companies, some types of modifications
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Continue Reading IS YOUR CYBERSECURITY UPGRADE FDA REPORTABLE?
By: Jim Halpert and Anne Kierig
Online businesses and those with mobile applications have a new incentive to post privacy policies that comply with the California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA). California Attorney General Kamala Harris launched an online tool Friday through which people can report websites, mobile apps, and other online services that they allege are in violation of the law. A business is in violation of CalOPPA if it fails to post privacy policies or posts policies that are incomplete and it fails to cure that violation within 30 days of notice from the Attorney General’s Office. …
Continue Reading NEWLY LAUNCHED ONLINE COMPLAINT FORM IN CALIFORNIA BOOSTS INCENTIVE TO POST ACCURATE PRIVACY POLICIES
