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CNIL Unveils 2021 Annual Activity Report

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On May 11, 2022, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) published its Annual Activity Report for 2021 (the “Report”). The Report provides an overview of the CNIL’s enforcement activities in 2021. One of the CNIL’s priorities in 2021 was to verify companies’ compliance with the new cookies rules.

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Ontario moves towards introducing new privacy law

Data Protection Report

Given global trends in the development of privacy laws and enforcement, Canada and several provinces are looking at modernizing their respective privacy regimes. Ontario’s new proposed privacy law, which would govern commercial activities more broadly than current legislation (i.e., support innovation in Ontario.

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Sidley Privacy and Cybersecurity Roundtable

Data Matters

Please join Sidley’s Privacy and Cybersecurity Group for a two-part discussion with UK government officials with a focus on data transfer and innovation. Tuesday, September 14, 2021. Tuesday, September 21, 2021. 11:00 a.m. – UK Data Protection and Data Transfers – New Directions. and Developments on “Adequacy”.

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C-11 – The act to enact the Consumer Privacy Protection Act: Five top measures to get ready

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

Chantal Bernier, National Practice Leader, Privacy and Cybersecurity, Dentons Canada LLP Former Interim Privacy Commissioner of Canada. It will apply to all businesses across Canada, except to provincial businesses in Alberta, British Columbia and Québec where provincial privacy laws apply to the private sector. .

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How to Effectively Equip Your IG Program for the Perilous Journey Into the Future

Speaker: Andrew Ysasi, Vice President of Advocacy for Vital Records Control, President of IG GURU®, MS, FIP, FIIM, CIPM, CIGO, CISM, PMP, CRM, IGP, CIP, CSAP

Countless data breaches, hacks, and the never-ending changes being made to privacy regulations illustrate why it is critical for data-driven organizations to develop information privacy strategies that fill the gaps of their existing data management programs. Information privacy is a critical part of an IG program.

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Australian Privacy Regulator Sues in Data Breach Case

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The Australian legislature increased maximum penalties for ‘serious’ contraventions of the Privacy Act with effect from December 2022 to at least A$50 million. The company acquired Medlab Pathology (“Medlab”) in December 2021. Approximately 11 months later, proceedings were filed in the Federal Court of Australia.

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Canada Re-Introduces Major Federal Privacy Law Reforms

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Bill C-27 is similar to former Bill C-11, which died in the 2021 legislative session. . Bill C-27 would modernize Canada’s approach to private sector data protection and introduce new rules related to artificial intelligence (“AI”).

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Recovering from a Cyber Attack

Speaker: Mike Cramer, Director of HIPAA & Data Security at The Word & Brown Companies

IBM reported that the total damage from data breaches in 2021 was 4.24M USD (up from 3.86M USD in 2020), easily the highest aggregated amount on record. It takes an organizational mindset which realizes that data privacy and security is a continuous, evolving process, as opposed to a “fire-and-forget” set of steps.