By Devin Chwastyk, McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC While the California Consumer Privacy Act (effective Jan. 1, 2020) has been getting the lion’s share of attention, Nevada’s Senate Bill No. 220 (SB 220) already went into effect on Oct. 1, 2019. SB 220 gives Nevada citizens the right to opt out of the sale
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By Thomas S. Markey, McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC Facebook. Google. Yahoo. These companies, and many more, have made headlines related to their expansive collection and use of personal information, and for data breaches exposing that information. Now, as the World Wide Web celebrates its 30th birthday, Congress considers whether a national data privacy
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By Joshua Mooney and Kate Woods, White and Williams LLP Data privacy and security can feel overwhelming for a company’s executive management. Unfortunately, that overwhelming feeling can prevent constructive dialogue and action toward improving a company’s cybersecurity program. Recently, the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) issued what it called a “Board tookit” —
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By Joshua Mooney, White and Williams LLP On May 25 2018, the European Union General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), took effect across the European Union, implementing one of the most significant regulatory changes in data protection in more than 20 years. The foundational principle of GDPR is that individuals have a fundamental
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Jordan Fischer, XPAN Law Group A common question that we receive at our firm is: will the U.S. adopt legislation similar to the GDPR? And, if yes, what will that look at? Well, let us look into our “magic-8” ball … And, no surprise, it looks like privacy is moving (slowly) across the pond
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