On July 23, 2019, APEC issued a press release announcing the recent appointment of the Infocomm Media Development Authority as Singapore’s Accountability Agent for the APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules and APEC Privacy Recognition for Processors.
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Organizational Accountability in U.S. Law and Its Relevance to a Federal Data Privacy Law: A CIPL Study
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The Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP recently published a white paper on Organizational Accountability’s Existence in U.S. Regulatory Compliance and its Relevance for a Federal Data Privacy Law.…
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CIPL Publishes Q&A on Organizational Accountability in Data Protection
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The Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP recently published a Q&A document on organizational accountability in data protection.…
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FTC Takes Action Against Companies Misrepresenting Compliance with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield and Other International Privacy Agreements
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On June 14, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it has taken action against a number of companies that allegedly misrepresented their compliance with the EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield frameworks and other international privacy agreements. This blog entry provides an overview of these developments.…
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UK Seeks to Establish Internet Watchdog
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In April 2019, the UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport announced in its Online Harms White Paper proposals for a new regulatory framework to make companies more responsible for users’ online safety.…
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European Commission Releases Final Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI
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On April 8, 2019, the European Commission High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence issued the finalized version of its Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI. This blog entry provides an overview of the Guidelines.…
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CIPL Issues White Paper on Principles for a Revised U.S. Privacy Framework
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The Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP has issued a white paper on Ten Principles for a Revised U.S. Privacy Framework.…
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GPEN and National DPAs Publish Sweep Results on Privacy Accountability
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On March 5, 2019, the Global Privacy Enforcement Network published the results of its 2018 intelligence gathering operation on organizations’ data privacy accountability practices. This blog entry provides highlights on the results.…
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CIPL Supports APEC’s Privacy Work at Recent APEC Meetings in Chile with International Privacy Workshop
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During the week of February 25, 2019, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP participated in the meetings of the APEC Data Privacy Subgroup and Electronic Commerce Steering Group in Santiago, Chile. CIPL enjoys formal guest status and a seat at the table at these bi-annual APEC privacy meetings.…
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CIPL Submits Comments to ICDPPC Declaration on Ethics and Data Protection in AI
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On January 25, 2019, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth submitted formal comments to the International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners on its Declaration on Ethics and Data Protection in Artificial Intelligence.…
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