California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 Approved

UPDATE: On November 3, 2020, California voters approved Proposition 24, causing the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 to become law when the California Secretary of State has certified the election results. While much of CPRA will not become operative until 2023, several key provisions become effective right away. Perhaps most importantly, California now has…

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Schrems II Resources and References

This post is intended to serve as a running list of key articles, resources, and primary law associated with Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems (Case C-311/18) EU:C:2020:559, commonly referred to as “Schrems II.” Please email hello@brooksfirm.law if you’d like to be notified when this resource is updated from time to time. Key…

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Thoughts on Cloud Service Agreements

The terms “cloud computing” and “cloud storage” are generally used to describe any system of managing or storing data that is not dependent upon a single device or computer. “Cloud computing” usually means that the data can be accessed over the Internet, and frequently means that the data is stored on a server that is…

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