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UK Government and the Dubai International Financial Centre Issue Joint Statement on Data Bridge

Hunton Privacy

On December 15, 2022, the UK government and the Dubai International Financial Centre Authority (“DIFC”) issued a joint statement on the shared commitment to deepening the UK-DIFC data partnership. the pursuit of a closer UK-DIFC partnership on data flows as a way of realizing untapped economic growth.”.

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Resilient Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) and Strong Passwords

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

So in 2004, the President of the United States designated October as Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Awareness events foster to shape human attitude, enhance a positive culture against cyber threats, and educate businesses and people about protective measures they can take to secure their sensitive personal data: Enable MFA.

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MY TAKE: What it takes to beat cybercrime in the age of DX and IoT: personal responsibility

The Last Watchdog

Back in 2004, when I co-wrote this USA TODAY cover story about spam -spreading botnets, I recall advising my editor to expect cybersecurity to be a headline-grabbing topic for a year or two more, tops. What’s more, key industry standards-setting bodies and government regulators are well aware of what’s at stake. I was wrong.

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EU : New SCCs published

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

Today, the European Commission published the final Implementing Decision on standard contractual clauses (“ New SCCs ”) for the transfer of personal data to third countries. use by non-EU established data exporters to the extent the processing is subject to the GDPR pursuant to the extraterritorial reach of Article 3(2) GDPR.

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European Data Protection Supervisor Publishes Priorities for 2016

Hunton Privacy

To that end, the EDPS will advise the European Commission in the revision of Regulation 45/2001 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by community institutions and on the free movement of such data, and will ensure that the principles established by the GDPR apply to EU institutions and bodies.

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German DPAs Halt Data Transfer Approvals and Consider Suspending Transfers Based on Safe Harbor, EU Model Clauses

Hunton Privacy

On July 24, 2013, the Conference of the German Data Protection Commissioners at both the Federal and State levels issued a press release stating that surveillance activities by foreign intelligence and security agencies threaten international data traffic between Germany and countries outside the EEA. Current Concerns .

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South Korea Enacts Comprehensive Privacy Law

Hunton Privacy

As reported in BNA’s Privacy Law Watch , on March 29, 2011, South Korea’s president approved the Act on the Protection of Personal Data. South Korea first attempted to enact a comprehensive privacy law in 2004; however, for the past seven years, omnibus privacy bills sponsored by the government and lawmakers have stalled in Parliament.

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