Today the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the EU’s highest court, invalidated the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield for cross-border transfers of personal data. The CJEU’s decision also cast…
Ransomware attacks continue to plague businesses across the globe. As companies enhance their defenses, attackers increase the sophistication of their software and its deployment. Ransomware attacks used to be limited…
Today, Debevoise’s Data Strategy & Security practice (DSS) is launching a Data Blog to help clients identify and respond to emerging issues, and a Debevoise Data Portal to help clients facing a breach…
It looks like the California Attorney General’s implementing regulations for the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) are, finally, final. On June 1, 2020, the California Attorney General submitted for publication…
On May 21, 2020, Avi Gesser and Luke Dembosky discussed the latest cybersecurity and privacy considerations for financial sponsors and PE-backed portfolio companies, including: The unique cybersecurity challenges facing PE…
Since the start of the COVID-19 epidemic, and following the lockdown measures put in place in affected countries, the use of new communications tools by companies and their employees is…
Each passing week of lockdown brings mounting economic and social costs, increasing the urgency to find ways to get more people back to work safely. A large part of that…
On April 1, 2020, Luke Dembosky and Avi Gesser spoke with Justin Herring, Executive Deputy Superintendent of New York Department of Financial Services’s Cybersecurity Division, to discuss the latest cybersecurity…
The California Attorney General has released a second set of modifications to its proposed regulations implementing the California Consumer Privacy Act. We expect that companies planning their CCPA compliance programs will…
As companies dust off their Business Continuity Plans to prepare for possible disruptions and remote working due to COVID-19, here are 10 cybersecurity considerations to add to the list of…