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OCTOBER 22, 2014

On October 10, 2014, TD Bank, N.A. entered into an assurance of voluntary compliance (“Assurance”) with a multistate group of nine attorneys general to settle allegations that the company violated state consumer protection and personal information safeguards laws in connection with a 2012 data breach.

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APRIL 14, 2014

On April 10, 2014, the Federal Trade Commission announced that the Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection had notified Facebook and WhatsApp Inc., reminding both companies of their obligation to honor privacy statements made to consumers in connection with Facebook’s proposed acquisition of WhatsApp.

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JANUARY 2, 2014

On December 10, 2013, a German data protection working group on advertising and address trading published new guidelines on the collection, processing and use of personal data for advertising purposes (the “Guidelines”). The first set of guidelines were published in November 2012.

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OCTOBER 15, 2014

The interpretations are entitled Provisions of the Supreme People’s Court on Several Issues concerning the Application of the Rules regarding Cases of the Infringement of Personal Rights over Information Networks (the “Provisions”) and became effective on October 10, 2014. China has not implemented a comprehensive data protection law.

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MAY 20, 2014

The following are some of other highlights from the Report: In 2013, the CNIL received 5,640 complaints (a number which is slightly down from 2012). The CNIL already served 10 formal notices and adopted 8 sanctions related to these breaches.

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