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On September 5, 2018, the Law of 30 July 2018 on the Protection of Natural Persons with regard to the Processing of Personal Data (the "Law") was published in the Belgian Official Gazette.

It remains to be seen whether other states will enact similar laws.

On December 4, 2018, the New York Attorney General announced that Oath Inc., which was known as AOL Inc. until June 2017 and is a subsidiary of Verizon Communications Inc., agreed to pay New York a $4.95 million...

As reported in BNA Privacy Law Watch, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (the "OPC") ...

On December 29, 2018, the UK Information Commissioner's Office announced that Elizabeth Denham, UK Information Commissioner, was awarded a CBE for her services to protecting information.

On January 10, 2019, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed legislation amending the state's data breach law.

On August 3, 2018, California-based Unixiz Inc. ("Unixiz") agreed to shut down its "i-Dressup" website pursuant to a consent order with the New Jersey Attorney General ...

There is a growing body of laws and regulations, which govern companies’ collection and use of information about individuals, and the disclosures they are required to make.

On May 21, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") announced the identification and selection of six Large Business & International division ("LB&I") compliance campaigns.

The timing of this post is triggered by Notice 2018-68 that was issued by the IRS on August 21, 2018.

The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act requires foreign financial institutions to disclose the foreign accounts of U.S. taxpayers to the Internal Revenue Service.

In a letter released to the public on April 10, 2019, New York's Department of Financial Services (DFS) denied Bittrex's two separate applications to engage in a virtual currency business

As this short video explains, the "initial exchange offering," or IEO, is the latest innovation in the offer and sale of cryptocurrencies.

On October 2, 2018, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro appeared on national television and announced the official launch of the Venezuelan Petro cryptocurrency.

Earlier this month, the Department of Energy ("DOE") and the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") co-chaired a meeting with industry leaders ...

On May 10, 2019, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law a bill that amends New Jersey's data breach notification law to expand ...

On September 7, 2018, the New Jersey Attorney General announced a settlement with data management software developer Lightyear Dealer Technologies, LLC ...

On August 22, 2018, following its recent decision denying the application of the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust

The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") and U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") have recently revisited several HSR exemption interpretations and sought penalties from investors relying on thers.