There continues to be a great deal of confusion surrounding the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). To help address the confusion, Bryan Cave has published a multi-part series that discusses the questions that most frequently are asked by…
Posts by Category: Data Protection & Privacy
Pulling Fraud Out of the Shadows: Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey 2018
The PwC’s 2018 Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey has found that only 49% of global organisations said they had been a victim of fraud and economic crime. In reality, though, too few companies are fully aware of the fraud risks they face. Companies who focus on…
An AI That Reads Privacy Policies So That You Don’t Have To
A group of academics has proposed a way to make reading and understanding privacy policies a bit easier. An artificial intelligence (AI) called Polisis (privacy policy analysis) has been released by researchers at Switzerland’s Federal Institute of Technology at…
Joint Press Statement from Secretary Ross and Commissioner Jourova on the Privacy Shield Review
Officials from across the United States government, the European Commission and the European Union (EU) data protection authorities recently met to conduct the first annual review of the EU-U.S Privacy Shield framework. The review examined commercial and national…
As Privacy Shield Interest Increases, Organizations Await Review Results
The first annual review of the Privacy Shield framework was held this month. A marked increase in organizations saying they are already using or intend to use the Privacy Shield framework has been noted. The review revealed a 10% increase, up from just 34%, saying…
GDPR Awareness: 1 in 5 Businesses Claim a Fine Wouldn’t Bother Them
Trend Micro has revealed through a recent survey that C-suite executives are not as serious about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as they should be. The GDPR will take effect in May 2018 and the study has found that about 67 percent of businesses are…
7 Steps to GDPR for US Companies
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ensures that data subjects have greater control over their personal information, but it creates drastic changes to data privacy for anyone who is in the European Union and for any company that retains EU customer data….
The Intersection of US Litigation and EU Data Privacy Laws
Companies with operations in the European Union (EU) have been finding that the scope of discovery in litigation in the United States is in conflict with their obligations under laws implementing the EU Data Privacy Directive. In fact, most U.S. courts have found that…
Are You Ready for the European General Data Protection Regulation? A Practical Checklist for Employers
In what will replace the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC, employers located or with staff in the European Union (EU) will need to comply with a new data protection law. Regulation (EU) 2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of…
Federal Agencies Require Privacy Training for Contract Employees
In December, The Defense Department, the General Services Administration and the National Aeronautics and Space administration has made it a requirement for those contract employees who handle personally identifiable information to work with a system of records to…