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Legal articles in easy to understand language.
Washington D.C. Security Breach Protection Amendment Act of 2019
Following several other US states, and many legal jurisdictions around the world, Washington, D.C. has strengthened one of its key privacy laws: the Washington D.C. Data Breach Notification Law. The Security Breach Protection Amendment Act of 2019, B23-0215, makes several important changes to the D.C. data breach law, including a broader...
Why is a Privacy Policy Required?
Whether you're developing an app, creating a website, or selling goods through an ecommerce store, you need a Privacy Policy. But why do you need one? What will happen if you don't have one? And does anyone even read those things? Let's find out. There are many reasons why you need a Privacy...
Why the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Was Invalidated
Editor's Note: In July of 2023, the new EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework was adopted. On July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its judgment on the case of Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Ltd and Maximillian Schrems (otherwise known as "Schrems II"). The CJEU decided...
Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs)
On June 4, 2021, the European Commission released updated EU standard contractual clauses (SCCs) to ensure the lawful transfer of personal data to countries outside the European Economic Area (aka third countries). The old SCCs pre-dated the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and, as such, do not reflect its stringent...
Do I Need a Lawyer to Write a Privacy Policy?
You don't necessarily need a lawyer to write a Privacy Policy for your website or mobile app. There is no legal requirement that a lawyer be involved when writing your Privacy Policy. With the amount of resources, information and how-to guides available online today, you should be able to quite easily...
Privacy Policy for Apps With Camera Access
If you're developing an app that requests camera access, you're asking your users to place a lot of trust in you. You also enter into some perilous territory regarding privacy law and your agreements with service providers that make your app function. When requesting such sensitive access to a user's device, you...