Updata: Your quarterly data privacy & cybersecurity update October 2022- December 2022 - Edition 18

Welcome to the latest edition of Updata – the international update from Eversheds Sutherland’s dedicated Privacy and Cybersecurity team. This edition covers key global privacy and cybersecurity regulatory and legal developments from the past quarter with updates on:

• details of US President Biden’s Executive Order intended to help reestablish an EU-US framework for international transfers of personal data from the EU to the US;
• additional published guidance on international transfer risk assessments in the UK and in China, new guidelines on security accreditation for cross-border transfers of personal data;
• key legislative updates in relation to the EU-wide Digital Services Act and the NIS2 Directive, Switzerland’s upcoming requirements for appointment of Swiss representatives and the anticipated implementation of the Swiss Information Security Act, as well as new legislation in China to regulate “deepfake” technologies and in the US, amendments to Pennsylvania’s state data breach notification law; 
• developments on the lawful use of cookies, which is getting significant attention across various countries including Austria, Belgium, Germany and Slovakia, as well as the US.

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Authors
Michael Bahar | +1 202 383 0882 | Email
Paula Barrett | +44 20 7919 4807 | Email

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