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Your quarterly privacy & cybersecurity update

Welcome to the ninth edition of Updata!  Updata is our US and international update on the most important privacy and cybersecurity regulatory and legislative developments from the past quarter, July to September 2020.   Full of newsworthy items from our global team members, this edition includes updates on:  the Schrems II court decision, which invalidated the EU-US...

Quarterly Aerospace, Defense and Security Sector Briefing—Q2 2020

1. When it comes to managing future risk, there’s no time like the present Aerospace and defense companies are continuing to experience a number of supply chain challenges as they look to manage risk long-term. With the world changing and budgets set to be considerably impacted over the coming years. More than ever management teams must rethink and redesign existing approaches to go...

No rest for the weary: cybersecurity and privacy enforcement actions heat up

A recent wave of cybersecurity and privacy enforcement actions cautions businesses dealing in personal data to strengthen their security and compliance plans. The New York Department of Financial Services recently announced its first enforcement action under its cybersecurity regulation. The California Attorney General began enforcement-related inquiries under the newly enacted...

FinCEN advisory highlights increased cybercrime risks during COVID-19

FinCEN Advisory Zeroes in on Opportunistic Cybercrime During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cybercriminals are hard at work taking advantage of weaknesses in remote processing; FinCEN issues Advisory highlighting red flags that compliance officers should be familiar with to help shore up compliance gaps; Advisory issuance signals possible increased attention by FinCEN on these crimes and...

The seismic shift of Schrems ll and what you can still do to transfer personal data to the US from the EU

If you transfer data from the EU to the US, or if your trusted service providers do, the Schrems II European Court decision has seismic significance— even if you do not rely on Privacy Shield, recent FAQs issued by the European Data Protection Board further highlight the changes: The FAQs provide further clarification on whether there is a “grace period” for those companies...

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