APEC Leaders Endorse Cross-Border Privacy Rules

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Hunton & Williams LLP

On November 13, 2011, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (“APEC”) leaders endorsed the APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules (“CBPRs”) system at an APEC meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Leaders’ Statement also endorsed interoperability between national and regional privacy and data protection regimes to facilitate moving data around the globe while protecting privacy.

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Live from Mexico City: Implementing Accountability in the Marketplace

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Hunton & Williams LLP

On November 1, 2011, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership released a discussion document entitled “Implementing Accountability in the Marketplace,” at the 33rd International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners in Mexico City. The document reflects the collaborative effort of experts from Canada, Europe and the United States, and provides a comprehensive summary of the third year of the Centre’s work with the Accountability Project. It examines the requirements and benefits of accountability when it is applied across the marketplace, and considers when and how companies may wish to be formally recognized as accountable and how recognition may be obtained.

For more information on accountability, visit the Centre’s website on the Accountability Project.

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Mexico Hosts 33rd International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Hunton & Williams LLP

On November 2-3, 2011, Mexico’s Federal Institute for Access to Information and Data Protection (“IFAI”) will host the 33rd International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners in Mexico City. Marty Abrams, President of the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP, is the chairman of the Conference’s advisory panel and principal advisor to Conference organizers on program content. Hunton & Williams is a proud sponsor of the event which will feature Hunton representatives as speakers or moderators on multiple panels and plenary sessions, including the following:

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Council of Europe Considers Proposal to Amend Convention 108 Rules on Transborder Data Flows

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Hunton & Williams LLP

On October 10-12, 2011, the Council of Europe’s Bureau of the Consultative Committee of the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to the Automatic Processing of Personal Data (known as the “T-PD-Bureau”) met in Strasbourg, France, to discuss, among other things, amending the Council of Europe’s Convention 108 and Additional Protocol. Convention 108 (together with the Protocol), which underlies the European Union’s legal framework for data protection, is the only legally-binding international convention that addresses data protection. Amendment of the Convention is also closely linked to the current review of the EU data protection framework.

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Centre Presents Accountability Paper at Canadian Privacy Conference

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Hunton & Williams LLP

On October 13, 2011, Marty Abrams, President of the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP, presented “Accountability in a Page” as part of the “What it Means to Be Accountable” plenary session at the PIPA Conference 2011 taking place in Vancouver, British Columbia. Mr. Abrams, who leads the Centre’s Accountability Project, outlined the essential elements of accountability and described how top multinational companies are building accountability-based programs. According to Mr. Abrams, “accountability as mandated by the Canadian private sector privacy law requires companies to have comprehensive programs that include polices, mechanisms to put those policies into effect, and review processes to assure the mechanisms are functional.” Mr. Abrams provided attendees with a one-pager on accountability that includes a list of common elements companies are using to implement accountability programs.

For more information on accountability, visit the Centre’s website on the Accountability Project.

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Hunton & Williams Expands Privacy Practice in London with the Addition of Rosemary Jay

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Hunton & Williams LLP

Hunton & Williams announces that Rosemary Jay, formerly head of the privacy practice at Pinsent Masons and the former head of the legal team at the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, will join the firm’s Privacy and Data Security practice in October.  Ms. Jay will be based in the firm’s London office.  As a senior lawyer, Ms. Jay will bring more than 20 years of data protection experience to Hunton & Williams, enhancing both the firm’s renowned privacy practice and its Centre for Information Policy Leadership.  Read the news release.

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Centre’s Bruening Testifies at House Hearing on EU Internet Privacy Issues

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Hunton & Williams LLP

On September 15, 2011, the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Technology held a hearing on “the impact and burden” of European privacy regulation.  Paula Bruening, Vice President of the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP, was one of five witnesses who testified at the hearing.

Read Ms. Bruening’s testimony.

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IFAI Prepares for the 33rd International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Hunton & Williams LLP

Mexico’s Federal Institute for Access to Information and Data Protection ( “IFAI”) will host the 33rd International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners in Mexico City on November 2-3, 2011.  This year’s conference, entitled “Privacy: The Global Age,” will focus on the challenges associated with managing and protecting personal data in an era characterized by the constant, instantaneous transfer of information across the globe.  IFAI President Jacqueline Peschard discussed the conference in further detail in an interview with Marty Abrams, President of the Centre for Information Policy Leadership, during the Centre’s First Friday Call on September 9, 2011.  This year marks the first time that the conference will be held in Latin America.

For more information on the conference, visit www.privacyconference2011.org.

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How the Supreme Court’s Decision in Sorrell v. IMS Health May Affect Forthcoming “Do Not Track” Legislation

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Hunton & Williams LLP

Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Sorrell v. IMS Health, Thomas Julin, partner at Hunton & Williams LLP who represented IMS Health in the case, closely studied the Court’s decision to assess its implications, including with respect to other forthcoming legislation.  In an interview with Marty Abrams, President of the Centre for Information Policy Leadership, during the Centre’s First Friday Call on September 9, 2011, Julin discussed the close parallels between the law invalidated in Sorrell v. IMS Health and proposed federal regulation of behavioral advertising such as the “Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2011,” which was introduced by Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) in May 2011.

Listen to the full audio recording of Thomas Julin discussing his views on the implications of Sorrell v. IMS.

Read Julin’s article on this topic published by BNA’s Privacy and Security Law Report.

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Commerce Department Shares Guidance on Mexico’s New Data Protection Law

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Hunton & Williams LLP

On June 24, 2011, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration released a PowerPoint presentation on Mexico’s new private sector data protection law that was shared at a meeting of the OECD Working Party on Information Security and Privacy by Mexico’s Ministry of Economy and Federal Institute for Access to Information and Data Protection (“IFAI”).  The presentation provides guidance on the creation of privacy notices and establishment of self-regulatory schemes, and also outlines the responsibilities of the Ministry of Economy and the IFAI with respect to implementation of the law.  As we previously reported, the requirements concerning self-regulation and providing privacy notices to consumers go into effect this July, with the balance of the law, granting individual participation rights to consumers, effective in January 2012.

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