On July 25, 2016, Hogan Lovells hosted a Silicon Valley dinner as part of its 2025 dinner series. The theme of the dinner was “I’m from Mars, You’re from Venus: The Tech Community and its Future Relationship with Government”. The discussion, moderated by Deirdre Mulligan of UC, Berkeley, focused on the tech community’s view of regulatory, law enforcement and national security issues, here in the U.S., as well as in Europe; and how the tech industry will be impacted by the upcoming U.S. elections as well as Brexit.
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Precision Medicine Initiative Moves Forward with new Guidelines and Funding Opportunities
The White House released the Precision Medicine Initiative Privacy and Trust Principles, aimed at building patient trust and protecting patient privacy for precision medicine-related activities last month, as the National Institutes of Health announced the availability of $72 million in PMI-related funding opportunities for fiscal year 2016. A Security Policy Framework that will help ensure that security is built into the foundation of the PMI is in development.
Insights on the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2015
On Friday, February 27, the White House released its promised draft privacy and data security legislation. The proposed Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2015 contains few, if any, surprises and would codify the framework that the White House proposed in 2012, imposing privacy and data security requirements across sectors and industries. The proposal has drawn criticism from the Federal Trade Commission and privacy advocates for not containing enough consumer protections, and from the business community for a lack of clarity and the potential to stifle innovation and to create other unintended consequences. In this post, we summarize the Act and some of the ramifications if it were to be adopted in its current form.
Obama Administration Releases Privacy Bill of Rights Discussion Draft
Following President Obama’s announcement last month that the administration would be proposing a consumer privacy bill of rights, the Obama Administration today posted its proposed legislation. Check back here soon for further information about the proposal.
New Study Provides Cybersecurity Insights for Corporate Counsel
A recently-released research study published by Indiana University’s Bloomington School of Law highlights the rising importance of cybersecurity law and provides current insights on the role lawyers are playing to help protect companies from cyber threats. The study, entitled “The Emergence of Cybersecurity Law,” is based on a survey of corporate law departments as well as interviews conducted with lawyers, consultants, and academic experts.
White House Releases Memorandum on Safeguarding Privacy, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties in the Domestic Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems
On February 15, the White House issued a Presidential Memorandum on safeguarding privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties in the domestic use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems. The memorandum launches a multi-stakeholder process to establish voluntary baseline privacy standards for commercial use of UAS and establishes principles that will govern the federal government’s use of UAS.
The White House Announces a Cybersecurity Summit and Information Sharing Proposals
President Obama today addressed cybersecurity for the second time in as many days in a speech at the Department of Homeland Security’s National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC). Early this morning, the White House announced a February 13 Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection and released further details on several initiatives to promote cybersecurity information sharing between the private sector and government. The President then convened a meeting with congressional leaders in which he discussed cybersecurity issues. Speaking about his cooperation with House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the President noted “I think we agreed that this is an area where we can work hard together, get some legislation done and make sure that we are much more effective in protecting the American people from these kinds of cyber attacks.” Today’s developments follow the President’s address to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) yesterday, in which he announced a legislative proposal on national data breach reporting and emphasized the importance of student and consumer privacy. Together, these events provide a preview of initiatives that the President is expected to highlight during his State of the Union address on January 20.
The White House Pushes Privacy and Data Security in Advance of the State of the Union
Today, the President spoke at the Federal Trade Commission on the importance of preventing identity theft and improving consumer and student privacy. Today’s speech has been billed as a first look at a broader White House policy initiative on cybersecurity, identity theft, and privacy that will continue this week and will be included in the President’s State of the Union address to Congress on January 20th. Tomorrow, the President will highlight the work of the Department of Homeland Security and the importance of public-private collaboration on cyber threats and is expected to release policy proposals over the coming weeks.
White House Launches Cybersecurity Framework for Corporate Use; NIST to Hold “Privacy Technical Standards” Workshop
On February 12 at a White House event headlined by two Cabinet Secretaries, the President’s Chief of Staff, and three CEOs, the National Institute of Standards and Technology released version 1.0 of a “Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity.” Likely to become a highly influential benchmark for assessing the reasonableness of corporate cybersecurity programs, the Framework was developed with input from hundreds of private sector, governmental, and other experts pursuant to the President’s Executive Order on Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity.
Active Summer, Busy Fall Ahead for Cybersecurity Policy
In the past week, both the White House and Senate have taken some notable steps on cybersecurity. Both sets of developments largely relate to the Cybersecurity Framework being developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) pursuant to the President’s Executive Order on Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity.
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Bill Passes House with Veto-Proof Margins
On April 18, the US House of Representatives passed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), H.R. 624, which would enable companies to share information about cyber threats while benefiting from certain liability protections. The bill passed despite a White House threat earlier this week to veto the bill. The vote was 288-127, with 196 Republicans and 92 Democrats in […]
BREAKING NEWS: White House to Unveil Blueprint for a “Privacy Bill of Rights” in its Long-Awaited Privacy Report
Later today the White House will release its long-awaited privacy report entitled, “Consumer Data Privacy in a Networked World: A Framework for Protecting Privacy and Promoting Innovation in the Global Digital Economy.” The cornerstone of the report is a “Privacy Bill of Rights” aimed at improving consumers’ privacy protections and providing greater certainty to businesses, in order to foster innovation and growth in the Internet economy. The White House also announced that the companies responsible for the delivery of nearly 90% of online behavioral advertisements have agreed to honor consumers’ privacy choices made via Do Not Track technology on web browsers.