On October 7, 2016, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) published guidance (“Guidance”) on how cloud services providers (“CSPs”) and covered entities using cloud computing solutions can comply with the privacy, security, and breach notification rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”). Over the last … Continue Reading
On November 3, ten of the German Data Protection Supervisory Authorities (“DPAs”) announced they will be working together to select approximately 500 companies in Germany to audit for international personal data transfers for the purpose of raising awareness of data protection law. Over the coming days, the investigations will be initiated with a questionnaire. The … Continue Reading
Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from the Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cybersecurity team. This week’s alert covers news from: UK ICO Issue Record Fine to TalkTalk ICO Commissioner’s First Speech in Offce Germany Baden-Württemberg Commissioner Presents Assessments of IoT Products International Company Sues Germany for Remote Signal Monitoring US … Continue Reading
Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from the Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cybersecurity team. This week’s alert covers news from: UK Parliament Hears First Reading of Unsolicited Marketing Communications (Company Directors) Bill 2016-17 Worldwide Data Breaches Increase in 2016 EU Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European … Continue Reading
Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from the Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cybersecurity team. This week’s alert covers news from: UK Brexit Continues to Cast Shadows Over UK Future ICO Fines Two Companies a Total of £100,000 Information Rights Tribunal Reasserts Importance of Communicating Breaches to the ICO Germany Bavarian … Continue Reading
Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from the Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cybersecurity team. This week’s alert covers news from: Germany International Working Group Makes Recommendations for Privacy in Internet Telephony Nordrhein-Westfalen Data Protection Commissioner Comments on Speed Check Services US EPIC Challenges New FAA Drone Rules Software Manufacturer … Continue Reading
Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from the Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cybersecurity team. This week’s alert covers news from: EU EU-US Privacy Shield: Three Weeks On Germany Bavarian Government Adopts New Security Concept Federal Labour Court: Employee Right to Inspection For more information on any of these items, … Continue Reading
Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from the Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cybersecurity team. This week’s alert covers news from: UK The ICO Announces the UK is Well-equipped to Protect Data After Brexit The ICO Launches Online Helpline US Pokémon GO Raises Data Privacy Concerns AIG Launches Cyber Policy … Continue Reading
As we predicted last week, the European Commission has moved swiftly to issue an adequacy decision that formally adopts an agreement finalized with the US Department of Commerce in June concerning arrangements to legitimize the transfer of EU personal data to the US. The much anticipated “EU-US Privacy Shield” arrangements will replace the Safe Harbor regime, … Continue Reading
European Commission Vice-President Andrus Ansip and DG Justice Commissioner Věra Jourová jointly announced today that representatives of EU Member States have voted to approve the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. The Privacy Shield is the heavily negotiated framework for legitimizing transatlantic data flows that will replace the Safe Harbor arrangements, which were invalidated following a decision issued … Continue Reading
Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from the Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cybersecurity team. This week’s alert covers news from: EU EU Council Agrees on New Measures Against Cybercrimes France The CNIL Opens a Period of Public Consultation on the GDPR The French State Council Rules on Rights to … Continue Reading
Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from the Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cybersecurity team. This week’s alert covers news from: EU EU and US Sign Umbrella Agreement France France Launches New Do-Not-Call List French Supreme Court Rules on Privacy Rules Germany Thüringen Data Protection Commissioner: Private Video Recordings Require … Continue Reading
Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from the Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cybersecurity team. This week’s alert covers news from: EU EU Member States Urge the Commission to Remove Barriers to the Flow of Data European Data Protection Supervisor Publishes Its Annual Report European Parliament Tells the European Commission … Continue Reading
Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from the Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cybersecurity team. This week’s alert covers news from: EU EU Council Adopts the Network and Information Security Directive The Court of Justice of the EU Advises that IP Addresses are Personal Data France The CNIL Publishes Blanket … Continue Reading
Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from the Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cybersecurity team. This week’s alert covers news from: EU New Rules Give Europol More Power to Fight Cybercrime France The CNIL Prioritises Its Topics of Investigation UK Nuisance Callers Face Tighter Controls Judicial Review into the Legality … Continue Reading
Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from the Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cybersecurity team. This week’s alert covers news from: EU Publication of the New EU General Data Protection Regulation EU Passenger Name Record Directive Adopted by the Council Amendments to the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations Germany Higher … Continue Reading
Following four years of discussions, on May 4, 2016, the Official Journal of the European Union published the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). The GDPR, which will enter into force on May 24, 2016, will replace the data protection directive, Directive 95/46/EC, from 1995. Companies will then have until May 25, 2018, when the … Continue Reading
Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from the Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cybersecurity team. This week’s alert covers news from: EU European Data Protection Supervisor Releases Case Law Overview for 2014/15 Germany Brandenburg Data Protection Commissioner Presents Activity Report for 2014/15 Resolutions by the 91st Conference of German Privacy … Continue Reading
Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from the Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cybersecurity team. This week’s alert covers news from: EU GDPR Finally Agreed Article 29 Working Party to Give Opinion on the EU/US Privacy Shield France The CNIL Has Published its Annual Report for 2015 CNIL Participates in the … Continue Reading
Mobile apps that collect and report health-related data have increased consumers’ knowledge and tracking of their individual health issues in inventive ways– a consumer can count her daily steps and caloric intake, monitor blood pressure, and track many other variables. Some apps are interactive and are capable of transmitting data to health professionals—or other third … Continue Reading
Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from the Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cybersecurity team. This week’s alert covers news from: France OpposeTel Appointed to Protect Against Unwanted Telemarketing Calls CNIL Fines Google €100,000 Germany Positive Views of the General Data Protection Regulation in the German Parliamentary Committee German Association … Continue Reading
Commercial organisations carrying on business in the UK need to be aware of a new piece of compliance legislation – the Modern Slavery Act 2015. The 31 March 2016 is key in this new legislation as organisations are now required to produce a ‘slavery and human trafficking statement’ at the end of every financial year … Continue Reading
Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from the Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cybersecurity team. This week’s alert covers news from: France French Data Protection Authority Issues a Blanket Authorisation Regarding Data Processing for Litigation Purposes Germany Stiftung Datenschutz Critically Comments on Privacy Shield German Lawyers’ Association Gives its Opinion … Continue Reading
The presidential campaign is well underway in the U.S., even though the election is over 6 months away. Many candidates reach out to the public through automated phone calls or texts, often referred to as “robocalls,” and prerecorded voice calls. To remind candidates and their campaigns that those calls and texts are regulated under the federal … Continue Reading
