​ Privacy Shield Goes To Court   By Saad Gul and Michael E. Slipsky   The European Court of Justice struck down Safe Harbor, the legal device that enabled data transfers from the European Union to the United States in 2015. Safe Harbor’s succes ...[Read more]

​ The Right to be Forgotten in an Era of Instant Notoriety       By Saad Gul and Michael E. Slipsky       It could be the start of a Law & Order episode. In August, a pedestrian in Manhattan’s East Village noted a driver sitting inside ...[Read more]

​ Three-and-a-Half Weeks in May: Some Final Thoughts as GDPR Takes Effect on May 25, 2018   by Saad Gul and Michael E. Slipsky   Given recent headlines, ranging from Facebook to Cambridge Analytica to the City of Atlanta’s ransomware attack, th ...[Read more]

​ No Longer Adequate: What an EU Warning Means for Data Processing Operations in the UK   By Saad Gul and Michael E. Slipsky   European Union law requires businesses processing European data to adhere to EU privacy standards. Countries that are ...[Read more]

    9 Months And Counting: 10 Things You Need To Be Doing Tomorrow To Prepare for GDPR   By Saad Gul and Michael E. Slipsky   The European Union’s General Data Protection (GDPR) is now 9 months away. Any organization that processes data needs ...[Read more]

​ The European Union’s antitrust regulator recently imposed a record €2.42 billion fine against Google, finding that the company had “abused its market dominance as a search engine by giving an illegal advantage to another Google product, its compa ...[Read more]

​ Ten Months And Counting: Five Things Your IT Department Needs to Know to Prepare for GDPR   By Saad Gul and Michael E. Slipsky   The hour cometh. The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (the “GDPR”) ...[Read more]

by Saad Gul and Michael E. Slipsky   Editor’s Note: In the world of cyber law, privacy and cybersecurity, one of the largest and most colorful figures is Stewart Baker, whose resume includes a stint as General Counsel at the National Security Agen ...[Read more]

By Saad Gul and Michael E. Slipsky   The European Union’s highest court has just ruled that “indiscriminate” collection of data is impermissible  under EU law. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that data collection is subject to stringent c ...[Read more]

Locked In Sixty Seconds: Ransomware, Remote Access, and the Brave New Internet of Things   By Saad Gul and Michael E. Slipsky   A few months ago, we analyzed ransomware incidents and offered some suggestions for handling an episode. Ransomware i ...[Read more]