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Are You Inadvertently Processing European Criminal Conviction Data? The Overlooked Impact of GC v CNIL

The CJEU's other 'right to be forgotten' decision in GC v CNIL has not received much attention, but may in fact have a real impact on companies that may be inadvertently processing European criminal conviction data in violation of EU law.
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New York Law Journal

Warrant-Proof Encryption and Lawful Decryption

In his Cyber Crime column, Peter A. Crusco addresses the legal landscape surrounding the question of what legal options are available for decrypting an electronic device that has been seized via a lawful search warrant subject to a criminal investigation. For example, may an accountant be compelled to disclose the password to a computer or cellphone? Courts are in apparent disagreement, and federal and state legislatures appear unwilling to act.
9 minute read

The Recorder

Saudi Activist Accuses Twitter of Exposing User Data to Hostile State Actors

Activist Omar Abdulaziz claims Twitter failed to safeguard his user information, such as a Twitter password, private email address and telephone number, in August 2013, when the company hired Al Zabarah, when the Kingdom of Saudia Arabia allegedly hired to dig up intelligence on Abdulaziz and his connections.
4 minute read

Law.com

How Vendor Data Breaches Are Putting Law Firms at Risk

Records show that law firms' relationships with third-party vendors are a frequent point of exposure to cyber breaches and accidental leaks.
11 minute read

Law.com

The California Consumer Privacy Act: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask -- 100 Days Out

Part One of a Two-Part Article Responses to questions businesses frequently ask about the impacts of the CCPA. Implementation challenges inevitably will arise as a company works to apply these new requirements to its business practices. The time is now to start preparing for the CCPA, as well as for other new U.S. privacy laws that are likely to follow.
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Legaltech News

Impeachment Investigation Likely Won't Have to Tiptoe Around Foreign Privacy Laws

As part of the ongoing impeachment inquiry, The White House has been ordered to preserve documents related to President Trump's foreign calls. However, the implications for foreign privacy laws may not be as severe as one might expect.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

EU's Top Court Limits 'Right To Be Forgotten'

The EU's highest court, the Court of Justice of the European Union, recently issued a decision limiting a "de-referencing" obligation and declaring that the right to be forgotten is not "absolute." After briefly discussing the right to be forgotten and the de-referencing obligation, Shari Claire Lewis, in this Internet Issues/Social Media column, reviews the CJEU's ruling and explore its implications.
10 minute read

The Recorder

'Plowing New Ground': California's Draft Data-Privacy Rules Are Unveiled

California attorney general Xavier Becerra proposes 'first in the nation' rules for enforcing data privacy law.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

'Cookie Placement': 3rd Circuit Leaves Cy Pres-Only Settlement on the Menu, but With Reservations

The U.S. Supreme Court decision that was expected to resolve the appropriateness of cy pres-only class action settlements, 'Frank v. Gaos,' did not turn out the way most observers (including the Third Circuit) anticipated.
9 minute read

The Recorder

In Cambridge Analytica Privacy Suit, Facebook Asks for Early Appeal

"The question whether alleged data privacy violations give rise to Article III standing is an evolving issue of increasing importance that already has drawn considerable attention from the nation's appellate courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court," wrote Facebook's lawyers at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.
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