Catherine Anderson and Brian Prewitt of Foley Hoag write: Investment advisers and managers of private investment funds organized in the Cayman Islands should take note that on September 30, 2019, the Data Protection Law, 2017 (the “DPL”), is set to come into effect. In general terms, this will bring the Cayman Islands into line with…
Category: Laws
Google, Industry Try to Water Down First U.S. Data-Privacy Law
This should come as no surprise to any privacy advocate, but still, we need to remain vigilant to push back against efforts to water down consumer protections. Kartikay Mehrotra, Laura Mahoney, and Daniel Stoller report: Google and its industry allies are making a late bid to water down the first major data-privacy law in the…
Spurred by Opioid Crisis, Government Proposes Additional Changes to Substance Use Disorder Confidentiality Regulations to Facilitate Provision of Coordinated Care
Conor O. Duffy of Robinson & Cole LLP writes: On August 26, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to “better align” its substance use disorder (SUD) confidentiality regulations at 42 C.F.R. Part 2 (Part 2) with the needs of providers…
Five Companies Settle FTC Allegations that they Falsely Claimed Participation in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
Five companies have reached settlements with the Federal Trade Commission over allegations that they falsely claimed certification under the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework, which establishes a process to allow companies to transfer consumer data from European Union countries to the United States in compliance with EU law. In separate actions, the FTC alleges that management…