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Cybersecurity and data privacy foresight 2022

Last year’s relentless rate of change in the threat and regulatory environments for cybersecurity and data privacy will not soon abate in 2022, necessitating a forward-looking, risk-based and increasingly globalized strategy. At the same time, exciting new technologies continue to mature and open up new opportunities — as well as risks. Amidst this complexity and disruption,...

Updata: Your quarterly data privacy and cybersecurity update – July to September 2021 – Edition 13

Welcome to the latest edition of Updata – the international update from Eversheds Sutherland’s dedicated Privacy and Cybersecurity team. This edition details the most vital privacy and cybersecurity regulatory and legislative developments from the past quarter, including updates on: The increase in regulatory enforcement actions against both small and large companies, including in...

Updata: Your quarterly data privacy and cybersecurity update – April to June 2021 – Edition 12

Welcome to the latest edition of Updata – the international update from Eversheds Sutherland’s dedicated Privacy and Cybersecurity team. Updata provides you with a compilation of privacy and cybersecurity regulatory and legal updates from our contributors in the US and around the globe over the past quarter. The most recent edition is full of newsworthy items, including the new...

Once more out of the breach: SCOTUS resolves the CFAA circuit split

The United States Supreme Court took a narrow view of what the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (the federal anti-hacking act) prohibits. SCOTUS ruled last week that the CFAA’s “exceed authorized access” language does not reach those who have authorized access but who use their access for prohibited purposes.The ruling will likely be celebrated by cybersecurity practitioners but may prompt...

Vaccinations in the Workplace: The Privacy Conundrum

COVID-19 vaccines are now widely available, signaling an eventual return to work. That is certainly welcome news for employees and employers alike, but employers are finding themselves in an unprecedented quandary—whether they can condition workforce re-entry on proof of employee vaccinations. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and state legislatures have generally...

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