GDPR – Now What? With Mark Aldrich LISTEN VIA THESE CHANNELS LINK LINK LINK LINK LINK On May 25th, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect. While there was a big push among companies to obtain some level of compliance prior to the deadline, some have taken a wait and…
Title: I’m OK, You’re OK: Key GDPR Vendor and Contract Issues for U.S. Companies Sponsor: California Lawyers Association’s IP Section’s Technology, Internet and Privacy Subcommittee Date: Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at Noon PDT The European Union General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) that takes effect this month potentially applies to companies situated anywhere in the world–if they…
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has mandated that domain registrars maintain a WHOIS database providing information on the domain issued. According to ICANN, the purposes of the database include Enabling a reliable mechanism for identifying and contacting the registrant; Providing reasonably accurate and up to date information about the technical and administrative…
While the Tech Giants have benefited from the “light-touch” regulatory approach taken in the United States, European regulators are increasingly flexing their muscles in the area of taxation, antitrust, content moderation and privacy. This is even before any potential retaliatory action taken in response to President Trump’s proposed tariffs on steel and threat of a…
Beginning in the 1980’s with the OECD Guidelines on the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Flows of Personal Data and the Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data (Convention 108), European governments sought to establish a legal regime governing data and data flows. This ultimately found their…
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