Who are these Privacy Shield arbitrators?
An essential component of the Privacy Shield framework, which allows companies to transfer data from the EU to the U.S., […]
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US to scan faces on border
The US Homeland Security Department is opting for a faster procurement option for the technology of facial scanning to deploy […]
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: […]
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 […]