Providing timely updates and perspectives on current events, legislation, regulatory enforcement, and a myriad of other topics that pertain to the collection, use, disclosure, and protection of data.
Technology and Data Privacy Implications for Driver Relationships
It is no surprise that technology is driving change in the motor carrier industry. In fact, we are observing a perfect trifecta of challenges as technology and carrier business converge. The technological solutions that have driven efficiency and profitability are allowing for far greater visibility and access to data than ever before.
Revised Approach to Standard Contractual Clauses Creates Key Deadlines and Offers Long-Awaited Answers
The European Commission’s long-awaited updates to the Standard Contractual Clauses (“SCCs”) have arrived. Data protection lawyers globally have eagerly anticipated these changes, which are necessary to address a legal landscape re-made by the GDPR and, more recently, the Schrems II decision.
Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Regulate COVID-19 Exposure Notification Apps
On June 1, 2020, U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced bipartisan legislation, or the Exposure Notification Privacy Act (“Act”), to the Senate.[1],[2] The Act would regulate coronavirus contact-tracing and exposure-notification apps, which different U.S. states have been developing as part of efforts to track the spread of the virus and to notify individuals who may have been exposed to the virus.