On February 28, 2024, the White House issued an Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern. The 17-page Executive Order pointed out that “countries of concern” could use
On February 21, 2024, President Biden signed an Executive Order and issued several federal rules aimed at improving the cybersecurity of U.S. ports and maritime supply chains. The measures introduce new cybersecurity requirements and standards for stakeholders of the U.S.
This article first appeared in PLC Magazine in the January / February 2024 issue of PLC Magazine.
The right of access to personal data looks set to be a key focus area for data protection regulators for 2024 in
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)’s Schrems II decision[1] clarified strict rules for personal data transfers outside of the European Union. The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) followed up with recommendations[2]
On 25 December 2023, the Personal Data Protection Committee (PDPC) published two notifications detailing regulations for cross-border transfers of personal data under Sections 28 and 29 (Notifications) of the Personal Data Protection Act B.E. 2562 (2019)
On November 1, 2023, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) released the finalized amendments of Part 500 of its cybersecurity regulations. These revisions represent the most significant modifications since the enactment of the rules in March 2017. Noticeably
On November 1, 2023, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) finalized the second amendment to its cybersecurity regulations, which are available here. The rules contain the provisions we had described in the original NYDFS proposal a year
Under the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) new amendment to the Safeguards Rule (the “Amended Rule”), non-banking financial institutions will have to report certain data breaches and other security events to the agency.
Requirements
Approved on October 27, 2023 by a
On 12 October 2023, the Government introduced the Information Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023 (Bill) to Queensland Parliament which, amongst other things, establishes a mandatory data breach notification scheme (MDBN Scheme) in Queensland. The
We have published an article, EU: An overview of the European digital strategy, explaining the aims and key components of the EU digital strategy, outlining at a high-level key legislation that has been published in this space in the past