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Sharenting, BYOD and Kids Online: 10 Digital Tips for Modern Day Parents

Troy Hunt

Having just gone through the BYOD process with my 10-year old son at school (and witnessing the confusion and disinformation from parents and teachers alike), now seemed like a good time to outline some fundamentals whilst sitting on a plane heading down to Sydney to do some adult-related cyber things! What say you, internet?

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Important Changes to the Singapore Data Privacy Regime

Data Matters

On November 2, 2020, Singapore’s legislature finally approved amendments to the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA). The changes become law once a government gazette is passed (possibly before the end of 2020). NEW mandatory data breach notification requirement. Expanded scope of “deemed consent”.

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CIPL Releases Report on Effective Data Privacy Accountability

Hunton Privacy

On June 3, 2020, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership (“CIPL”) at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP published its report, What Good and Effective Data Privacy Accountability Looks Like: Mapping Organizations’ Practices to the CIPL Accountability Framework (“Report”).

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A deeper dive into the new Standard Contractual Clauses

Data Protection Report

This approach was disputed by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the European Data Protection Supervisor in their joint opinion on the Commission’s draft SCCs which was published in November 2020 (the Joint Opinion) who consider that even theoretical access to personal data is of concern. Module 1, clause 8.5(e)

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Nation-State-Sponsored Attacks: Not Your Grandfather’s Cyber Attacks

Data Matters

It used to be that data breaches were all about cyber-crooks hacking computer systems to steal personal information, followed by an affected company sending regretful notification letters offering a year or two of complimentary credit monitoring. All rights reserved. Agency (Feb. 14,028, 86 Fed. 26,633 (May 12, 2021). 19, 2022).

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The Burden of Privacy In Discovery

Data Matters

To pick just two recent examples of the latter, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation1 (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act2 (CCPA) both impose sweeping requirements on businesses with the aim of increasing consumers’ privacy and control over how their personal data is used. For example, in John B.

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The Good, Bad, And The Ugly: Key Takeaways From California’s New Privacy Law

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

California law also requires businesses that suffer a breach of security to disclose the breach to consumers, and in some instances law enforcement, if sensitive information is compromised. The CCPA goes into effect January 1, 2020. Its final status, however, is far from clear. CCPA Background. 17-0039). Who Is Covered?

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