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Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Blog Posts From November 2017
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Blog: GDPR, Part V: Understanding the Fines and Penalties Provisions
Date: November 28, 2017
Title: GDPR, Part V: Understanding the Fines and Penalties Provisions
Summary: Non-compliance with the forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) can mean significant fines and administrative penalties for non-compliant data controllers and processors. The GDPR will go into effect on May 25, 2018, when the former Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC is repealed. While the former directive was binding on all EU member states, it left to the national authorities of each state the choice of “forms or methods” to achieve compliance with its intended results....
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Blog: GDPR, Part IV: The Data Subject Consent Provisions
Date: November 21, 2017
Title: GDPR, Part IV: The Data Subject Consent Provisions
Summary: With the forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) set to change the cybersecurity landscape of data collection and storage in the European Union (EU), one of the most important areas that organizations processing or storing EU citizens' data will need to ensure they are complying with is the GDPR's consent guidelines. ...
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Blog: Proposed Cybersecurity Legislation Casts A Wide Net For U.S. Ports
Date: November 20, 2017
Title: Proposed Cybersecurity Legislation Casts A Wide Net For U.S. Ports
Summary: On November 7, 2017, Sens. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., and Dan Sullivan, R-Ark., introduced a bipartisan bill designed to strengthen cybersecurity measures in U.S. ports. The bill, S. 2083, is entitled “Strengthening Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Coordination in Our Ports Act of 2017.” The bill comes in the wake of a ransomware attack in California that disabled the largest terminal in the Port of Los Angeles....
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Blog: GDPR, Part III: The Data Protection Officer Requirement
Date: November 13, 2017
Title: GDPR, Part III: The Data Protection Officer Requirement
Summary: This seven-part series analyzes the ways in which the forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), effective May 25, 2018, will impact the regulatory landscape for entities doing business with or transacting in the data of European Union citizens. The first part of this series provided an overview of the history of pre-GDPR European data protection law. The second installment focused on the GDPR’s breach notification requirements....
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Blog: GDPR, Part II: Personal Data Breach Notification Requirements
Date: November 01, 2017
Title: GDPR, Part II: Personal Data Breach Notification Requirements
Summary: This seven-part series analyzes the ways in which the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which goes into effect May 25, 2018, will impact the regulatory landscape for entities doing business with, or transacting in the data of European Union citizens. The first part of the series provides an overview of the history of pre-GDPR European data protection law. Future installments will each address a discrete aspect of the GDPR itself....