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February 1, 2021 For the third consecutive year, following the publication of Gibson Dunn’s ninth annual U.S. Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Outlook and Review on Data Privacy Day, we offer this separate International Outlook and Review. Like many recent years, 2020 saw significant developments in the evolution of the data protection and cybersecurity landscape in the European Union (“ EU”): CJEU” or “ Court”) struck down as legally invalid the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, on which some companies relied to transfer personal data from the EU to the U.S.  While companies are turning to ...

Happy Data Privacy Day! Since 2007, privacy professionals from across the globe have gathered together on January 28 to raise awareness about data privacy and security best practices and issues. The past year presented new challenges and questions for organizations of all sizes, as we responded to enhanced and evolving cyber-attacks; addressed the implementation of new laws and regulations, like the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the federal interoperability and information blocking regulations for health care organizations; and developed strategies for responding to new issues re...

Brexit, GDPR, AND The Timeline for Data Breaches Friday, January 22, 2021 The European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) finally came to an agreement on 24 December 2020 (EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the Agreement), less than ten days after the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published a statement on the consequences a no-deal situation would have on the flows of personal data between the EU and the UK (for previous coverage of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Brexit, please see our alert here). This statement has since been updated on 13 Janu...

Friday, January 15, 2021 On January 15, 2020, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) and European Data Protection Supervisor (“EDPS”) adopted joint opinions on the draft Standard Contractual Clauses (“SCCs”) released by the European Commission in November 2020, both for international transfers (“International SCCs”) and for controller-processor relationships within the EEA (“EEA Controller-Processor SCCs”).  Once finalized, the International SCCs will replace the existing sets of SCCs, which were drafted under the Data Protection Directive, for transfer...

Organizations Should Plan in 2021 to Comply with The California Privacy Rights Act’s Enhanced Cybersecurity Safeguards Thursday, January 14, 2021 The California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) leaps forward on cybersecurity by amending the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) to impose enhanced protections. The CPRA enhancements apply to “for profit” companies and other organizations: (a) with more than $25 million in gross revenues in the preceding calendar year, or (b) that annually buy, sell or share the personal information of 100,000 or more consumers or house...