The floodgates open – Illinois Supreme Court issues landmark ruling in biometrics case
Posted on Jan 28, 2019 in Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Litigation, Regulation | Comments Off on The floodgates open – Illinois Supreme Court issues landmark ruling in biometrics case
In a unanimous decision on January 25, 2019, the Illinois Supreme Court found that a plaintiff need not show actual harm to seek relief under the state’s Biometric Information and Privacy Act (BIPA). This is welcome news for plaintiffs’ attorneys who have already used BIPA as a vehicle to file dozens of class action lawsuits against businesses across a wide swath of industries in each...
Updata – Your quarterly privacy & cybersecurity update
Posted on Jan 16, 2019 in Cybersecurity, GDPR, Government, Insurance, Regulation | Comments Off on Updata – Your quarterly privacy & cybersecurity update
Welcome to the second edition of Updata – the international quarterly update from Eversheds Sutherland’s dedicated Privacy and Cybersecurity team. Updata provides you with a compilation of privacy and cybersecurity regulatory and legal updates from our contributors around the globe over the past quarter. You can find previous editions on our dedicated webpage....
New guidance proposed on the extra-territorial scope of the GDPR
Posted on Dec 18, 2018 in Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, GDPR, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Regulation | Comments Off on New guidance proposed on the extra-territorial scope of the GDPR
The agency responsible for administering the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) recently proposed guidelines to clarify the extra-territorial scope of Europe’s sweeping new privacy law. While these guidelines are not yet finalized, they indicate that the reach of the GDPR spreads far beyond the European Union. American businesses that had concluded that they were likely exempt...
Vietnam sheds light on impending cybersecurity law
Posted on Dec 4, 2018 in Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Government, Intellectual Property, Regulation | Comments Off on Vietnam sheds light on impending cybersecurity law
Vietnam recently issued a draft decree that clarifies the scope of its impending cybersecurity law and its impact on foreign businesses. The law is set to go into effect on January 1, 2019, though the implementation of certain requirements that impact foreign companies the most will likely be delayed. Unlike other cybersecurity and data privacy laws passed this year, which were...
SEC and CFTC continue efforts to regulate cryptocurrency
Posted on Nov 13, 2018 in Regulation | Comments Off on SEC and CFTC continue efforts to regulate cryptocurrency
Important events at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last week further indicate these regulators’ strong intent to oversee cryptocurrency markets. On November 7, 2018, the CFTC Chairman gave a speech encouraging regulators to leverage technology to help keep pace with technological advancements in the cryptocurrency space....
India’s highest court defends data privacy
Posted on Oct 16, 2018 in Data Privacy, Government, Litigation, Regulation | Comments Off on India’s highest court defends data privacy
India’s Supreme Court recently issued a holding that increases the data privacy protection that businesses operating in India must provide. The holding strikes down the portion of Section 57 of the Aadhaar Act that had previously allowed businesses to require national ID numbers, known as Aadhaar numbers, for “any purpose.” The industries most impacted by this ruling will likely be...
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