The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) – the panel of EU privacy regulators – has published long-awaited guidance on the territorial scope of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The draft guidelines explain that according to Article 3 of the GDPR, the GDPR’s applicability is triggered into effect on one of two criteria – the “establishment” criterion and the “targeting” ...
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) – the UK privacy regulator – issued new information security guidelines on encryption methods and passwords, within its guide to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
The GDPR does not particularize what security measures organizations are required to implement in order to comply with the obligation to process personal data securely. The ICO’s guidance ...
The Israeli Securities Authority (ISA) has issued an opinion stating its intention to clarify existing disclosure requirements concerning cyber related risks. The new requirements aim to increase the awareness of publicly traded companies to such risks and their reporting obligations in cases of cyber incidents.
The opinion focuses on disclosure requirements in companies’ Prospectus or Periodic Report, and immediate disclosures during ...
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has settled charges against two companies for not registering their Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) of digital tokens as securities pursuant to the federal securities laws.
These settlements are part of the first enforcement proceedings brought by the SEC that impose civil penalties on companies solely for ICO securities registration violations. Previous cases ...
The Israeli Ministry of Health – backed up by government decision no. 3709 of March 25, 2018 – announced a national program to promote digital health. It is a highly ambitious plan, that relies heavily on using patients' health records as accumulated during the last 30 years in Israel and recorded in medical databases from various resources – clinical data, ...
The US Copyright Office has codified new exemptions to section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which prohibits circumventing technological measures used to prevent unauthorized access to copyrighted works.
Software and its copyright-protected code are an integral part of most devices. Device manufacturers argued that breaking the software locks as part of replacing parts or modifying devices is ...
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