Pressure mounts on patchwork data privacy laws across US states
Enterprise resistance to tightening data privacy standards is increasing in the US, as states develop their own online data protection […]
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Facebook and Google could be forced to tell you how much your data is worth under new US legislation
Tech companies like Facebook and Google could be forced to reveal how much individual users’ data is worth to them […]
Navigating Privacy and Data Security Issues in Mergers, Acquisitions and Other Transactions
This article discusses how legal frameworks involving U.S. federal and state law, the EU General Data Protection Regulation, antitrust law […]
Draft data protection law submitted to Parliament of Georgia
The State Inspector presented the legislative proposal to the Parliament of Georgia aimed at bringing the Georgia’s personal data protection […]
Consumer contract law in the age of data
As part of its 2015 Digital Single Market Strategy, the European Commission proposed modernising the rules applicable to sales of […]
Portugal adopts draft law implementing GDPR
On 14 June 2019 Assembly of the Portugal had approved law implementing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The Draft Law […]
Hungarian GDPR amendments act enters into force
On 26 April 2019, the Act XXXIV of 2019 on the Legislative Amendments Implementing the European Union Data Protection Reform […]
France enacts Decree on application of data protection
On 1 June 2019 Decree No. 2019-536 of 29 May 2019 Enacted For the Application of Act No. 78-17 of 6 […]
US data privacy law talks break down
Debate to create uniform data privacy law across the US has broken down due to senators failing to decide how […]
Europe seeks to lead a new world order on data
Brussels is pulling its weight as the world’s top trade bloc to export its privacy rules. Ahead of a G20 […]
How did UK’s Government decide that the immigration exemption was in “the general public interest”?
The immigration exemption in Schedule 2 (paragraph 4) of the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA2018) has always been controversial; it […]
CIPL Issues White Paper on GDPR One Year In
On May 31, 2019, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP issued a white paper on […]