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Companies have “Fair Notice” that FTC can Challenge Substandard Cybersecurity Practices as “Unfair”

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) is the federal agency that is charged with enforcing laws to protect consumers from fraudulent, deceptive, and unfair business practices.  Over the past several years, one of the FTC’s focuses has been on companies with allegedly deficient cybersecurity protections.  On August 24, the Third Circuit confirmed the FTC’s authority to rule … Continue Reading

Weekly Data Privacy Alert -24 August 2015

Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cyber Security team.  This week’s alert covers news from the EU, Germany and the UK. EU Health Research Group Makes Recommendations on EU Data Protection Regulation Article 29 Working Party Releases Opinion on the Utilization of Drones Germany Bundesrat Advises … Continue Reading

Weekly Data Privacy Alert- 10 August 2015

This week’s alert covers news from Germany, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom. Germany Entrepreneur Must Remove Surveillance Camera Capturing Neighboring House Federal Ministry of the Interior Publishes New Model Contracts Containing No Spy Clause Hong Kong Hong Kong’s Privacy Commissioner Updates Guidelines in Relation to the Collection and Use of Biometric Data UK Data … Continue Reading

Weekly Data Privacy Alert- 3 August 2015

This week’s alert covers news from the EU and the United Kingdom. EU European Data Protection Supervisor Makes Recommendations for the New General Data Protection Regulation European Court of Human Rights Rules that Privacy Right is More Important than Journalistic Freedom UK A Committee of MPs to Scrutinise “Big Data” Opportunities and Risks… Continue Reading

Weekly Data Privacy Alert- 27 July 2015

This week’s alert covers news from the EU, Germany and the United Kingdom. EU US Data Transfer/Safe Harbor Talks Inch Closer to Deal Germany Bundestag Adopts Draft Law on IT Security German Privacy Commissioner Presents Activity Report for 2013 and 2014 Federal Government Provides Draft on WLAN Liability to EU Commission Federal Privacy Authorities Examine … Continue Reading

Weekly Data Privacy Alert- 20 July 2015

This week’s alert covers news from Australia, the EU, Russia, UK and the US. Australia Office of the Australian Information Commissioner Releases Guide to Privacy Regulatory Action EU Article 29 Working Party Opinion on the Draft Data Protection Regulation Draft EU Rules Approved Concerning the Passenger Name Record Data of People Flying to or From … Continue Reading

Weekly Data Privacy Alert – 6 July 2015

This week’s alert covers news from Austria, Belgium, China, EU, Germany and the UK. Austria Austrian Court Rejects Facebook Privacy Case Belgium Belgian Constitutional Court Dismisses Data Retention China China Adopts New Law on National Security EU Article 29 Data Protection Working Party publishes Opinion on Utilisation of Drones Member States Must Publish Lists of … Continue Reading

Weekly Data Privacy Alert – 22 June 2015

Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cyber Security team.  This week’s alert covers news from the EU, the Czech Republic, Germany and the UK. EU The European Council Approves EU General Data Protection Regulation Draft EU Parliament Adopts Tougher Rules on Money Laundering European … Continue Reading

Weekly Data Privacy Alert- 15 June 2015

Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cyber Security team.  This week’s alert covers news from the EU, the Czech Republic, Germany and the UK. EU European Parliament Announces Data Protection Reform Timetable Czech Republic The Czech Government is Preparing a New Whistleblowing Regulation Germany … Continue Reading

Weekly Data Privacy Alert – 6 April 2015

Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from the Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cyber Security team. This week’s alert covers news from the EU, the UK and the US. Australia New External Accountability Task Force to Improve Privacy Management at the Department of Immigration and Border Control EU Amazon’s Cloud Services Declared … Continue Reading

President Issues Third Cybersecurity Executive Order in Two Years

President Obama issued an Executive Order (EO) on April 1, 2015 which targets for economic sanctions for persons engaged in significant malicious, cyber-related activities. While no individuals or organizations have been named yet, the White House confirmed that a “robust interagency process” is currently underway to examine which persons or organizations to target first. This … Continue Reading

Weekly Data Privacy Alert – 30 March 2015

Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from the Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cyber Security team. This week’s alert covers news from European Union, France, UK and the US. EU Delegation from Civil Liberties Committee Discuss Data Protection Issues During Visit to Washington France CNIL Facilitates International Transfers of Data for Companies … Continue Reading

Weekly Data Privacy Alert – 23 March 2015

Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from the Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cyber Security team. This week’s alert covers news from the European Union, Germany and the United Kingdom. European Union European Council Agrees Partial General Approach to One-Stop Shop Mechanism in Draft Data Protection Regulation Online Behavioural Advertising Report Published … Continue Reading
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