Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On April 29, 2021, China issued a second version of the draft Personal Information Protection Law (“Draft PIPL”). The Draft PIPL will be open for public comments until May 28, 2021. While the framework of this version of the Draft PIPL is the same as the prior version issued on October 21, 2020,…
Category: Legislation
Scraping Episodes Highlight Debate Over Anti-Hacking Law’s Scope
Andrea Vittorio reports: Recent data scraping incidents at Facebook Inc. and LinkedIn Corp. highlight an ongoing debate over whether companies can invoke an anti-hacking law to restrict rivals or other actors from harvesting information from people’s online profiles. The issue could reach the U.S. Supreme Court, in a case over a data-scraping dispute between LinkedIn and workforce…
Sg: Data breach alerts in Singapore up on new reporting rules, more cyber threats: Experts
Kenny Chee reports: The number of data breach alerts Singapore’s data protection watchdog received tripled in the February-March period compared with the previous two months. This comes amid a string of potential personal data leaks reported in recent months. Legal and information technology security experts said the increase could have been due to a new data breach…
White House Urged to Address Surge in Ransomware Attacks
Kartikay Mehrota reports: Cybersecurity experts, law enforcement agencies and governments urged the White House to root out safe havens for criminals engaging in ransomware and step up regulation of cryptocurrencies, the lifeblood of hackers, in the hopes of controlling a growing wave of attacks. These are two of 48 recommendations made by a task force…
As States Offer Data Breach ‘Safe Harbors,’ Not All Companies Are Receptive
Victoria Hudgins reports: While federal lawmakers might be hesitant to enact national data privacy legislation, some states are quickly moving to define reasonable cybersecurity—and protect those that adhere to them. But even as legislators extend “safe harbor” protections to encourage cybersecurity, lawyers noted some companies might ignore the incentive to avoid burdensome responsibilities. For companies that are already compliant…
Supreme Court holds that monetary relief is unavailable under Section 13(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act
Brian Wolfman notes: The first paragraph of the Court’s unanimous opinion in AMG Capital Management v. FTC sums it up: Section 13(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act authorizes the Commission to obtain, “in proper cases,” a “permanent injunction” in federal court against “any person, partnership, or corporation” that it believes “is violating, or is about to…