In a prior Orrick Alert, we discussed some of the implications from the proposed data breach notification amendments in Washington State, which were largely included in the version of the bill that passed last month.

Individuals for whom the Home Office or any of its subcontractors are responsible for can now raise direct queries in relation to the retention and processing of their personal data...

On May 1, 2020, as a component of Alberta's Relaunch Strategy, the government of Alberta introduced a mobile contact tracing application with the objective of monitoring exposure to and containing the spread of COVID-19.

In the past decade, we have witnessed an enormous advance in the technological field. We can see such cases in the increase of Internet users, e-mails, PDAs, among others.

In the 1940s, the Allied codebreakers at Bletchley Park raced against time to crack the infamous Enigma machine. What seemed unbreakable turned out to be vulnerable—not because the machine itself was flawed, but because its operators made mistakes.

An English court has ordered a wealthy Russian businessman to transfer ownership of a luxury yacht from one of his companies to his ex-wife, in order to satisfy part of their divorce settlement.

On December 1, 2020, the Cyberspace Administration of China issued the Scope of Necessary Personal Information Required for Common Types of Mobile Internet Applications (Draft for Comment) for public comments by December 16, 2020.

The Court of Appeal has upheld a first instance decision requiring the claimant Iranian bank to produce customer documents in unredacted form, subject to measures to protect their confidentiality...

The Telecom sector is a crucial part of the global economy, connecting billions of people worldwide.

Ever since the creation of Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies have been applauded and welcomed for constituting an innovative method of payment without any recourse to financial institutions and their entailing bureaucracy.

Case law demonstrates the need for absolute clarity from the outset, the nuanced nature of cases involving trust assets and the enhanced duties of the lawyers involved to give judges ...

Virtual currencies have proliferated the financial market at a global level since 2013. With the advancement of technology, particularly in the distributed ledger and other similar technology space, it is evident that the economy is moving towards an entirely digital universe.

Under Australian privacy laws, organisations need to implement 'reasonable steps' to protect any personal information.

In Advanced Software Design Corp. v. Fiserv, Inc., Nos. 09-1585, 10-1011 (Fed. Cir. June 2, 2011), the Federal Circuit reversed-in-part and vacated-in-part the district court’s determination of noninfringement, affirmed the district court’s denial of Advanced Software Design Corporation’s ("Advanced Software") motion to amend the complaint, and dismissed Fiserv, Inc.’s ("Fiserv") cross-appeal on invalidity.

In Vietnam, for employees working in the state, i.e. cadres, civil servants and public employees,...

I like to have hands-on experience with the topics I write about, so I have been building some simple LangChain agents on my home AI set-up, affectionately known...

The SFC's case was that the Directors misapplied funds belonging to the Company and its subsidiaries which resulted in approximately HK$2.55 billion of receivables due to the Company which were irrecoverable.

The blockchain is a technology a personal data processing can rely on.

As organizations move towards the efficiencies of a "paperless office," the very same internet-facing technologies that help create a more efficient and productive workplace can also greatly increase...

As organizations move towards the efficiencies of a "paperless office," the very same internet-facing technologies that help create a more efficient and productive workplace can also greatly increase ....