US Consumers Less Likely To Share Email Addresses
Western consumers are less likely to share email addresses and other data with brands than people in developing countries. Source: […]
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Survey of data security requirements in multistate breach settlements
Businesses that operate across state lines must comply with multiple state consumer protection statutes. Often these statutes include prohibitions against […]
Privacy Shield review shows European Commission’s “shift in focus”
The European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, Věra Jourová, presented, on 18 October 2017, the European Commission’s report […]
CIPL Responds to CNIL and Irish DPC on Transparency and Data Transfers under the GDPR
The Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP (“CIPL”) recently submitted responses to the Irish Data Protection […]
US Begins Collecting Social Media Information from Immigrants
U.S. officials are now permitted to collect usernames and other social media information from all immigrants seeking to enter the […]
U.S. Supreme Court Takes Microsoft Corp. v. United States in Law Enforcement Access Row
Last Monday, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in the Microsoft search warrant case , a case in which Microsoft challenged […]
Takeaways from the first review of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
The Commission’s review finds the Privacy Shield to have several novel elements that address the requirements laid down by the […]
Expanding E-Verify is a Privacy Disaster in the Making
E-Verify is a massive federal data system used to verify the eligibility of job applicants to work in the United […]
EU Commission Releases Report on First Annual Review of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework
On October 18, 2017, the EU Commission released its report and accompanying working document on the first annual review of […]
US Supreme Court to hear case against Microsoft on email privacy
The Supreme Court agreed to hear the federal government’s case against Microsoft, in which it seeks access to emails held […]
Russia’s use of Kaspersky antivirus to spy on the US shows need for encryption
Any technology that allows U.S. agencies to lawfully access data will present an irresistible target for hackers and foreign intelligence […]
US seeks input into Data Commissioner’s Facebook case
US government lawyers have said it is critically important its views are taken into account when the High Court finalises […]