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On October 18, 2022, the New York State Department of Financial Services announced that EyeMed Vision Care LLC agreed to a $4.5 million settlement for violations of the Cybersecurity Regulation that contributed to the exposure of hundreds of thousands of consumers’ health data in connection with a cybersecurity event in 2020.
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On June 10, 2022, CIPL published a white paper entitled “Local Law Assessments and Online Services – Refining the Approach to Beneficial and Privacy-Protective Cross-Border Data Flows A: Case Study from British Columbia.”…
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On December 20, 2021, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) launched a public consultation on its regulatory approach. The consultation involves three separate documents – the ICO’s Regulatory Action Policy (“RAP”), Statutory Guidance on the ICO’s Regulatory Action, and Statutory Guidance on the ICO’s PECR Powers. The RAP sets forth the ICO’s risk-based approach to regulatory action and explains the factors the ICO considers before taking regulatory action, how the ICO works with other regulators, and enforces the legislation for which it is responsible. Together, the three documents illustrate how the ICO aims to enforce information rights for data subjects in the UK.
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CIPL recently published a white paper on How the Legitimate Interest Ground for Processing for Processing Enables Responsible Data Use and Innovation, which explains the growing importance of the legitimate interests legal basis for organizations, whether for routine or more complex and innovative data processing activities.
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The Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth recently submitted its comments on the Irish Data Protection Commissioner’s consultation on its Draft Regulatory Strategy for 2021-2026, in which the DPC sets out its vision for the next five years. …
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The Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth has published its paper on delivering a risk-based approach to regulating artificial intelligence. Developed in partnership with key EU experts and leaders in AI, the paper translates best practices and emerging policy trends into actionable recommendations for effective AI regulation. …
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