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Nabeel Yousef Kimberly Zelnick Stephanie Brown Cripps Brock Dahl Andrew Bulovsky

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September 28, 2021

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OFAC’s Updated Sanctions and Ransomware Advisory Raises the Standard of Care

Last week, on September 21, 2021, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added a foreign cryptocurrency...

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Christine Lyon

September 28, 2021

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California Privacy Protection Agency Invites Public Input for New CCPA/CPRA Regulations

On September 22, 2021, the California Privacy Protection Agency opened the next chapter under the California Consumer Privacy Protection...

Rhodri Thomas

September 24, 2021

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Data breach litigation – something to narrow the scope of claims?

In Warren v DSG Retail Limited, an individual who alleged that his personal data was compromised in a cyber-attack on a company brought...

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Olga Chislova

September 23, 2021

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Expansion of Russian tech-related legislation beyond Russian borders

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has issued a resolution that reflects the current Russian trend for regulating the activities...

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Deirdre Trapp Alex Potter Tone Oeyen Richard Flanagan Konstantin Bondarenko

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September 23, 2021

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Distribution via platforms – EU proposals still need refining

In July we reported that the European Commission had published its proposals for updated distribution rules, consisting of a revamped...

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Kimberly Zelnick Christine Lyon Doru Gavril Brock Dahl Hannah Khalifeh Ruth Montiel

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September 21, 2021

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The Future of Securities Fraud: Alternative Data Provider Fined $10 Million by SEC

Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)announced that App Annie Inc. and its former CEO and Chairman Bertrand...

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Florian Reiter-Werzin Maria Dreher

September 21, 2021

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Austrian competition law: new rules on merger control and digital platforms

Earlier this month, an extensive amendment of the Austrian Cartel Act came into force. The changes relate to merger control (thresholds...

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Olga Chislova

September 20, 2021

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Regulation of foreign tech companies that are not represented in Russia: development trends

Further to our earlier posts on Russia's new law regulating foreign tech companies’ activities on the internet ('the Law'), here we...

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Christoph Werkmeister Annabelle Hamelin

September 17, 2021

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German court confirms eligibility criteria for GDPR damages claims

The question of what is needed for successful damages claims under Article 82 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)...

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Richard Bird

September 14, 2021

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Because you bought...

To many people, the most surprising thing about China's draft Administrative Provisions on Algorithm Recommendation released on 27 August...

Alexander Glos Christoph Werkmeister Daniel Klingenbrunn Philipp Roos

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September 13, 2021

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‘Putting the human in the loop’ – supervising AI use in Germany’s financial sector

The publication by the Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin) of a discussion paper titled Big data and artificial...

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Olga Chislova

September 10, 2021

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Regulation of foreign tech companies that are not represented in Russia

This summer, Russia adopted a law establishing specific requirements for foreign companies that target a Russian internet audience ('the...

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Christoph Werkmeister Annabelle Hamelin

September 9, 2021

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CNIL publishes interactive map on data protection around the world

Providing an overview of the countries having adopted a specific data protection legislation and having data protection authorities in...

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Richard Bird

September 8, 2021

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China’s restrictions on cross-border data transfer

With the entry into effect of the Data Security Law (DSL) and the Regulations on the Security Protection of Critical Information...

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Sascha Schubert Vanessa van Weelden Joanna Goyder

September 7, 2021

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Dual distribution in the EU – the safe harbour shrinks

In July we reported that the European Commission published its proposals for updated distribution rules, consisting of a revamped

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Mark Egeler Basya Klinger

September 6, 2021

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Dutch administrative court awards non-material damages of €2,500 for a breach of GDPR

In our previous blog post, we explained that the Dutch (highest) courts are fairly strict when assessing claims for non-material damages...

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