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New York Becomes First State to Mandate CLE in Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection

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state to mandate that attorneys take continuing legal education courses in cybersecurity, privacy and data protection. New York has become the first U.S. The order creates two types of cybersecurity training, one focused on ethics and the other on practice.

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Spanish Data Protection Authority Issues Guidance on Data Spaces

Inside Privacy

In May 2023, the Spanish Supervisory Authority (“SA”) issued a detailed guidance paper on GDPR compliance in the context of data spaces.

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European Data Protection Roundup – Q4 2024

Debevoise Data Blog

Our top-eleven European data protection developments for the end of 2024 are: EU Cyber Resilience Act: The Council of the European Union approved the Cyber Resilience Act , introducing cybersecurity requirements for digital products sold in the EU. This includes products such as software, webcams and smart TVs.

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Dutch SA Sanctions Credit Card Company for Failure to Perform Data Protection Impact Assessment

Inside Privacy

In December 2023, the Dutch SA fined a credit card company €150,000 for failure to perform a proper data protection impact assessment (“DPIA”) in accordance with Art. 35 GDPR for its “identification and verification process”. The DPO was also not sufficiently involved in the assessment.

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FCC Announces Creation of Privacy and Data Protection Task Force

Inside Privacy

Last week, FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced the creation of a new Privacy and Data Protection Task Force (the “Task Force”) to demonstrate the agency’s commitment to protecting consumer data and ensuring that the telecommunications industry remains secure from threat actors.

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UK ICO Updates Guidance on Artificial Intelligence and Data Protection

Inside Privacy

On 29 March 2023, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) published updated Guidance on AI and data protection (the “Guidance”) following “requests from UK industry to clarify requirements for fairness in AI”. AI has been a strategic priority for the ICO for several years.

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The UK Information Commissioner’s Data Protection Practioner’s Conference 2023 on Cybersecurity

Technology Law Dispatch

On 3 October 2023, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office organised its annual Data Protection Practioner’s Conference 2023 (DPPC 2023). Here are the takeaways from the DPPC 2023 (the event sessions available here ). Cyber security risks remain significant, the most common of them being phishing attacks.