Protecting Your Vote: 2020 Election Security I. Election Interference in the United States Doubts about a fair and secure U.S. election on November 3, 2020 are at an all-time high. According to an August 2020 Pew Research Foundation survey, a majority of American voters believe that foreign governments will try to influence the 2020 election….
On September 25, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed Senate Bill 980 (“SB 980″), California’s “Genetic Information Privacy Act,” which sought to regulate direct-to-consumer genetic marketing companies and other entities that collect and process consumer genetic information. Newsom vetoed the bill because he believed the broad language of the bill conflicts with current COVID-19 testing…
The California legislature recently passed several privacy-related bills, including Assembly Bill 713 (AB 713) and Senate Bill 980 (SB 980). AB 713 amends the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to exempt specific health information from the CCPA. SB 980, or the Genetic Information Privacy Act (the “Act”), creates data privacy and security compliance obligations for…
Following a reassessment of the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield framework, Adrian Lobsiger, the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner of Switzerland (Commissioner), has downgraded the U.S. ranking in terms of its data protection practices. The Commissioner concluded in his policy paper of September 8, 2020, that the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield, does not provide “adequate protection under certain circumstances.”
On August 30, 2020, the California state legislature passed Assembly Bill 1281 (AB-1281), which amends the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to extend the CCPA’s employee and business-to-business exemptions by one year, until January 1, 2022. Under these exemptions, businesses subject to the CCPA are not required to comply with the CCPA’s full requirements regarding…
The emergence of COVID-19 has pushed many organizations to implement a remote workforce policy by necessity. While working remotely has its benefits, remote workers can bring added security risks to an organization of any size. Many cybercriminals are targeting remote workers, as the security measures used in remote working environments can be much easier to…
In the wake of the Court of Justice of the European Union’s (CJEU or Court) Schrems II decision invalidating the Privacy Shield but upholding Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), many EU Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) have provided initial thoughts and reactions to the decision and indications that guidance from such DPAs will be forthcoming. Below, we…
Roughly a week after the Court of Justice of the European Union’s (CJEU or Court) Schrems II decision was released, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published Guidance addressing some frequently asked questions received by Data Protection Authorities (DPAs). Key points from the EDPB’s Guidance include the following: Implications on Other Transfer Mechanisms. The threshold…
Yesterday, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU” or “Court”) reached a landmark decision in the Schrems II case (case C-311/18) (the “Schrems II Decision”) invalidating the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework. The following are our top takeaways from the CJEU’s decision: Invalidation of the Privacy Shield in its entirety, effective immediately. The CJEU…
In the wake of COVID-19, many organizations found themselves transitioning to the remote world of telework. Just months later, as states begin lifting precautionary stay-at-home orders, organizations find themselves straddling the transition back to work-as-usual in a COVID-19 conscious world, as well as balancing continued telework operations. As organizations strive to reboot day-to-day physical operations,…
Online meeting platform use has surged due to events that have unfolded over the past few months, making digital communication an integral part of many day to day business operations. Many organizations discovered that online meeting platforms can provide a convenient form of communication and collaboration between team members operating in telework environments. However, along…
Click here to access our U.S. Return to Work Checklist addressing workplace safety obligations, anti-discrimination obligations, employee accommodation and leave obligations, data protection and privacy obligations, and record retention obligations for employers as they bring employees back to work as state “Stay at Home” orders related to COVID-19 are lifted.
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