California ballot initiative, Consumer Right to Privacy Act of 2018, gathers momentum for a November vote, spurring some telecom and internet businesses to organize opposition. By Michael H. Rubin, Roxana Mondragón-Motta, and Scott C. Jones Businesses are preparing to oppose a California ballot measure that could impose new data privacy and security obligations, with the … Continue Reading
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect on May 25, 2018. As an EU Regulation, it will be directly effective in each EU member state, but all member states are expected to pass national implementing legislation. Latham’s GDPR Implementation Tracker is an interactive, web-based tool to help companies doing business in Europe stay … Continue Reading
The UK agency’s principles-based guidance on cybersecurity for OES adds important detail to NIS Directive obligations. By Gail Crawford, Mark Sun, Fiona Maclean, and Malika Sajdik The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has published introductory guidance for operators of essential services (OES) on the new cybersecurity rules under the EU’s Security of Network and Information … Continue Reading
Proposed changes provide indication of the yet-to-be-published contents of the NIS Directive’s implementing regulation. By Gail Crawford, Mark Sun, Fiona Maclean, and Malika Sajdik The UK government moved closer to implementing the Security of Network and Information Systems Directive (NIS Directive) with the release of its consultation response. The NIS Directive is the first EU-wide legislation on … Continue Reading
By Gail Crawford and Mark Sun With the assistance of colleagues across the EU, Latham & Watkins has updated its GDPR National Implementation Tracker. With just over three months to go until the GDPR go-live date on 25 May 2018, two EU member states (Belgium, Slovakia) have joined Austria and Germany in successfully implementing the … Continue Reading
By Jennifer Archie, Serrin Turner, Kyle Jefcoat, Dean Baxtrasser and Morgan Maddoux As of December 31, 2017, many United States government contractors face a new compliance requirement involving cybersecurity. This requirement will govern most new Department of Defense (DoD) contracts and, significantly, will apply to many current DoD contracts that include the applicable standard contract … Continue Reading
By Ksenia Koroleva Russia has adopted a new law further toughening the country’s Internet-blocking regime and introducing a number of restrictive measures applicable to intermediaries providing access to blocked websites, IT networks, and information resources (hereinafter, “Blocked Websites”). The relevant provisions of Federal Law No. 276-FZ dated July 29, 2017 (the “Anonymizers Law”), came into force on … Continue Reading
By Gail Crawford, Ulrich Wuermeling and Calum Docherty The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into force in May 2018, changing how businesses and the public sector manage customer information. With seven months before the deadline, governments, supervisory authorities, and businesses are working in parallel on GDPR implementation. Latham reached out to colleagues across the … Continue Reading
By Gail Crawford and Ksenia Koroleva The Federal Law No. 87-FZ of May 1, 2017, on Amendments to the Federal Law on Information, Information Technologies, and Information Protection (the Law) came into force on July 1, 2017. The Law introduces the definition of an audiovisual service owner and regulates their activities, including imposing ownership restrictions. The Notion of … Continue Reading
By Gail Crawford, Ksenia Koroleva, and Andrea Stout The State Duma, Russia’s lower chamber of Parliament, has adopted amendments to the Federal Law on Information, Information Technologies and Information Protection of the Russian Federation (the Law) in its first reading. Under the proposed amendments, messaging apps would be required, among other things, to verify users … Continue Reading
By Steven Croley*, Jennifer Archie and Serrin Turner The Trump Administration has issued a much anticipated Executive Order (EO),“Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure,” directing federal executive agency heads to undertake various cyber-related reviews and to report findings back to the White House within prescribed timetables. Unlike some of the Trump Administration’s … Continue Reading
By Julia Dai, Hui Xu and Sean Wu On March 15, 2017, the National People’s Congress (the NPC), the national legislature of People’s Republic of China (the PRC), passed the General Provisions of the Civil Law (the General Provisions). To better protect rights and establish obligations for individuals and entities in modern China, the General Provisions have … Continue Reading
By Hui Xu, Gail E. Crawford, Wei-Chun (Lex) Kuo, Andrea E. Stout and Sean Wu The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) issued Draft Measures for public comment on April 11 on Security Assessment for Cross-border Transmission of Personal Information and Critical Data (the Draft Measures). The Draft Measures provide further clarification surrounding the “localization” requirement … Continue Reading
By Serrin Turner and Megan Behrman Another front recently emerged in the legal battle over whether US law enforcement authorities can use a search warrant issued under the Stored Communications Act (SCA) to obtain data stored overseas. Until now, the battle has been focused in New York, where Microsoft filed a challenge in December 2013 … Continue Reading
By Ulrich Wuermeling On January 10, 2017, the European Commission proposed a new ePrivacy Regulation (Proposal). Compared to the internal draft that was leaked in December, the official Proposal has been substantially modified. However, the general approach taken by the European Commission has not changed. The Proposal includes provisions with a broad scope of application covering … Continue Reading
By Jennifer Archie, Alan Avery, Serrin Turner, and Pia Naib Dozens of financial institutions and trade associations have lodged emphatic objections with the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYSDFS) in response to the Department’s September 28, 2016 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking entitled “Cybersecurity Requirements for Financial Services Companies” (the Proposed Rules). As published … Continue Reading
By Fiona Maclean & Calum Docherty The Article 29 Working Party (WP29) – the group that represents the data protection authorities of all EU Member States – has published guidance and FAQs on a number of issues under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Data Protection Officers (DPOs) (Guidance & FAQs) DPOs are the cornerstone … Continue Reading
By Ulrich Wuermeling An internal Commission draft of a new ePrivacy Regulation (Draft) has been leaked to the public. The Commission plans to propose it in early 2017, but the content of the Draft does not seem near a final proposal. It is either older or still needs some time to be finalized. The Draft … Continue Reading
By Jennifer Archie, Gail Crawford, Serrin Turner, Hui Xu & Lex Kuo The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has introduced China’s first and comprehensive Network Security Law (also referred to as Cybersecurity Law). The law will have far-reaching implications for parties that utilize the internet and … Continue Reading
Latham partners Serrin Turner, Jennifer Archie and Jeffrey Tochner sat down with Eric Friedberg, Executive Chairman at Stroz Friedberg, and Matt Olsen, President – Consulting at IronNet Cybersecurity, to discuss current cyberthreat levels and the growing need for companies to devote resources for future risk mitigation. … Continue Reading
By Ksenia Koroleva On July 6, 2016, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law No 374-FZ. This law is also known as the “Yarovaya” law (named after a Russian senator who was the main driving force for the law to come into existence). The Yarovaya law introduces amendments to certain Russian federal laws. The majority … Continue Reading
By Gail Crawford and Ulrich Wuermeling As the whole world now knows, the UK voted to leave the European Union (EU) in its historic referendum on 23rd June by a vote of 51.9 percent in favour of “leave” to 48.1 in favour of “remain”. This blog focusses on how that decision will impact both UK … Continue Reading
By Serrin Turner Typically, the process for amending the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure is a sleepy affair. Proposed amendments wend their way through a series of judicial committees and, if approved by the Supreme Court, take effect automatically by the end of the year. Theoretically, Congress may choose to intervene and block the change – … Continue Reading
By Gail Crawford and Lore Leitner Today, after more than four years of debate, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, or the Regulation) enters into force. The GDPR will introduce a rigorous, far-reaching privacy framework for businesses that operate, target customers or monitor individuals in the EU. The Regulation sets out a suite of new … Continue Reading
