Following a year of uncertainty regarding the date of implementation, Brazil’s General Data Protection Law has officially come into effect. Although Brazil is no stranger to sectoral privacy laws and already had more than 40 laws and norms at the federal level, the LGPD is the country’s first law to...

Brazil is at a historic moment regarding its General Data Protection Law. The LGPD is taking effect Sept. 18, 2020, after facing an uncertain and confusing scenario, since all indications were that the law’s effective date would be postponed to 2021. Instead, the LGPD is entering into force now, alt...

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced fertility-tracking mobile application Glow will pay $250,000 to settle allegations it failed to properly protect user information. The attorney general found Glow allowed for parties to access data and change passwords without user consent. In add...

After a year of uncertainty, Brazil's General Data Protection Law went into effect Sept. 18. While the law goes into effect now, the enforcement date is not until Aug. 1, 2021, though there are other significant factors businesses should consider ahead of that date. Campos Mello Advogados Partner Pa...

Groups across the U.S. continue to acknowledge they've been affected by the data breach of third-party cloud service provider Blackbaud. WLOS in Asheville, North Carolina, reports the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute had its donor list breached as part of the hack. PARI noted that donors' cred...