Don’t miss out on key events from our Privacy and Cybersecurity team in March 2018. This month, our team will be discussing a variety of privacy and cybersecurity issues ranging from autonomous vehicle privacy to GDPR compliance. We hope you can join us!
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Please join us for our Upcoming 2018 Privacy and Cybersecurity Events.
Privacy and Cybersecurity November 2017 Events
Please join us for our November 2017 Privacy and Cybersecurity Events.
Upcoming Webinar on Privacy and the Internet of Things
Join us tomorrow, October 25 for the next installment of our 2017 Internet of Things webinar series and get practical guidance on privacy compliance challenges presented by the Internet of Things.
Former FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez Joins Hogan Lovells Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice
Hogan Lovells announced today that Edith Ramirez, the former Chairwoman of the US Federal Trade Commission, has joined the firm as a partner and will play an active role in Hogan Lovells’ Privacy and Cybersecurity practice. She will also co-head the firm’s Antitrust, Competition and Economic Regulation practice.
Germany Publishes English Version of its National GDPR Implementation Act
The German Ministry of Interior affairs has published an English translation of the new Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz – BDSG). On 27 April 2017 the German Parliament passed the BDSG in order to make use of the opening clause provided for in the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This bill has been controversial; see here for an interview with Jan Albrecht, Stefan Brink and Tim Wybitul.
The new BDSG replaces its national predecessor, which has been in force for the last 40 years. The new BDSG is the first step toward adapting national German member State law to the provisions of the GDPR. With an effective date of 25 May 2018, the new BDSG will also form the basis for the adaption of further German data privacy acts to the GDPR. We note that several ministries have already indicated that they are preparing specific data privacy provisions concerning special processing situations like social security data protection, and we expect these provisions to follow the implementation of the BDSG.
This overview summarizes the major implications of the BDSG for companies operating in Germany.
Privacy and Cybersecurity June 2017 Events
Please join us for our June 2017 Privacy and Cybersecurity Events.
Hogan Lovells Launches GDPRnow App
Exactly one year before the EU General Data Protection Regulation becomes applicable, global law firm Hogan Lovells has launched GDPRnow, a mobile application that provides companies with assistance to identify practical steps to comply with the new framework. Conceived entirely in-house by the firm’s Privacy and Cybersecurity team, GDPRnow is the first app ever aimed at generating a GDPR compliance action plan specific to an individual business’s activities.
Combatting the Massive Wave of WannaCry Ransomware
Major companies, health care organizations and government agencies are facing a wave of cyberattacks involving ransomware that takes control of computers and denies access until a ransom is paid. These attacks are occurring on a global scale and in some cases are having a significant impact on business and healthcare operations. The cyberattack has disrupted targets throughout the world from Britain’s National Health Service to US Fortune 500 companies, the Russian Foreign Ministry, and universities in China.
Upcoming Webinar on Cybersecurity & the Internet of Things
“Connected” products—not just traditional IT products—are increasingly subject to cyber attacks globally. The question companies are (and should be) asking is no longer whether there will be an attack involving Internet of Things devices and infrastructure, but when. Join us on May 24 for the third installment of our 2017 IoT webinar series and get practical guidance from our international team of cybersecurity lawyers, who will present key elements of Hogan Lovells’ well-received client workshop on this rapidly evolving topic.
Privacy and Cybersecurity March 2017 Events
Please join us for our March 2017 Privacy and Cybersecurity Events.
Your Cyber Minute: Watch Our Topline Digest of Today’s Cybersecurity Issues
With cybersecurity issues evolving rapidly, every minute counts. Our new video series, Your Cyber Minute, is specifically designed for busy in-house counsel to gain practical perspectives – fast. This multi-part series is an extension of our Ready, Set, Respond resource portal and highlights today’s hottest topics in cybersecurity. Tune in to watch the first two installments and get the latest in what you need to know and how to better be prepared.
Privacy and Cybersecurity February 2017 Events
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University Panthéon-Assas (Paris II) and Hogan Lovells Launch a Data Protection Officer Degree
On January 5, 2017 Paris Law School Panthéon-Assas launched its first university degree aimed at training future Data Protection Officers under the new European General Data Protection Regulation, which becomes effective across the EU on May 25th, 2018. Created by Paris University Professor Bénédicte Fauvarque-Cosson and Hogan Lovells partner Winston Maxwell, the new program will include courses in law, cybersecurity, data analytics, management and ethics. The faculty will include professors from various law schools, as well as practicing DPOs, information security specialists, lawyers and regulators from the CNIL, and major companies including Sanofi, GE, Axa, Lagardère, Google, Microsoft, Schneider Electric, BNP Paribas and the Banque Postale.
Privacy and Cybersecurity January 2017 Events
Please join us for our January 2017 Privacy and Cybersecurity Events.
Privacy and Cybersecurity December 2016 Events
Please join us for our December 2016 Privacy and Cybersecurity Events.
GDPR Implementation Guide Available
We are pleased to announce that Hogan Lovells Frankfurt-based Partner Tim Wybitul has published a handbook – EU-Datenschutz-Grundverordnung im Unternehmen: Praxisleitfaden – to assist organizations with compliance with the European General Data Protection Regulation. Written in German, the handbook includes plain-language summaries of GDPR requirements as well as project-planning and other checklists and examples to aid companies in complying with the Regulation. The handbook draws upon case studies to present lessons learned by several companies in their efforts to develop GDPR-compliant programs and is designed to be a useful resource for companies of all sizes.
Privacy and Cybersecurity November 2016 Events
Please join us for our November 2016 Privacy and Cybersecurity Events.
We’ve Been Nominated – Help Us Win!
We are proud to announce that the Hogan Lovells Chronicle of Data Protection blog has been nominated in The Expert Institute’s 2016 Best Legal Blog Contest for the award of Best AmLaw Blog of 2016. Our editors at The Chronicle strive to provide you with the most relevant and timely legal news, practical legal analysis, and business insights relating to privacy and cybersecurity. We appreciate the recognition for this work and your continued readership.
Privacy and Cybersecurity October 2016 Events
Please join us for our October 2016 Privacy and Cybersecurity Events.
Ready, Set, Respond – Hogan Lovells Launches Global Cybersecurity Resource Portal
Cybersecurity risk continues to evolve at an astonishingly rapid rate, prompting companies to review and adjust their plans to deal with the fast-moving threats posed by an increasingly connected world. At the same time, cybersecurity law and regulation around the world are coming of age. In this complex and uncertain environment, it is not surprising that lawyers are increasingly being asked to guide on governance, counsel on compliance and risk allocation, and lead in the event of a cyber incident.
Drawing on our work with clients across the globe, Hogan Lovells’ cross-practice team of cybersecurity lawyers has launched Ready, Set, Respond, a new set of online cybersecurity resources.
Privacy and Cybersecurity September 2016 Events
Please join us for our September 2016 Privacy and Cybersecurity Events.
REMINDER: Upcoming Webinar: Privacy Shield: What You Need to Know
The much anticipated Privacy Shield framework for the transfer of data between the EU and U.S. received final approval from the European Commission on 12 July 2016. With this important data transfer mechanism available to companies at the beginning of August, the Hogan Lovells Privacy and Cybersecurity team will answer your questions in a webinar next Wednesday, 27 July. CLE credit will be available.
July 2016 Privacy and Cybersecurity Events
Please join us for July 2016 events and speaking engagements led by members of the Hogan Lovells Privacy and Cybersecurity team, detailed in this post.