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Are You Getting Noticed? Privacy compliance obligations are becoming increasingly onerous on global and even US based companies. The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) is often seen as the gold standard of privacy frameworks as evidenced by...

The first pillar of a strong data protection/privacy program is an effective data discovery and classification capability. Bottom line is, you have to know your assets in order to properly protect them. In addition to the data protection benefits of data mapping, this...

This fall begins a new journey for businesses transferring personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA). On June 4, 2021, the European Union’s executive branch, the European Commission (“EC”), released their highly anticipated new and updated Standard...

Businesses collecting and processing personal information are at extreme risk. The month of July 2021, was particularly concerning as Amazon was fined a record $886.6 million for allegedly violating the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”),...

California citizens continue to demand privacy. On November 3, 2020, a majority of California voters approved Proposition 24, (“the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020”) or (the “CPRA”), further expanding California’s existing California Consumer Privacy Act...

Since the United Kingdom’s departure from the EU, ADVISORI has received multiple inquiries from UK based organizations regarding Brexit’s impact on the application of Article 27 of the General Data Protection Regulation. We offer this guidance to assist those...

Earlier this month, the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) released a chart outlining the necessity of a data protection officer (DPO), or that of a similar role, on a per-country basis, for organizations processing personal identifiable...

This past November, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), often referred to as “America’s top cop on the privacy beat,” entered into a settlement agreement with Wall Street darling Zoom Video Communications, Inc. The FTC set its sights on Zoom earlier this year...

The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly wreaked economic havoc on the travel and tourism industry. Hospitality has been hit especially hard, resulting in catastrophic revenue loss, unparalleled hotel shutdowns, and employee furloughs and layoffs. Remarkably, China...