In Part 1 of this Contract Corner, we discussed the importance of evaluating the types of data to be processed or accessed by a service provider at the beginning of the contracting process and key considerations to address when defining the types of data in the services contract.

Drafting and negotiating the data protection provisions in services agreements can be one of the trickier and more time-consuming aspects of the contracting process.

The seventh edition of Data Protection & Privacy, published annually by Getting the Deal Through, provides answers from practitioners around the globe regarding key questions in international privacy and data protection laws and regulations.

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) was signed into law this summer, as described in our prior post and this LawFlash.

The first edition of Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Regulation 2019

London partner Pulina Whitaker recently published a LawFlash discussing how the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union will make the UK a “third country”

President Donald Trump signed the NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Act, S. 770 (formally known as the “Min Street Cybersecurity Act”) into law on August 14.

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) hosted the first National Security Summit on July 31 in New York City.

The World Bank announced on August 10 that 70 years after its first bond transaction, it will be issuing the first bond to use entirely blockchain technology, in part to help the bank gain experience in the use of blockchain. The World Bank’s innovation lab partnered with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBAUF) and Microsoft on this endeavor almost a year in the making.

Moscow partners Anastasia Dergacheva and Brian L. Zimbler and associate Kseniya Lopatkina recently published a LawFlash on the new rules in Russia for platforms that aggregate information from online stores. Federal Law No. 250-FZ, signed on July 29, 2018, provides additional protection for consumers acquiring goods and services through online platforms. For more information on the effects of this new law, read the LawFlash.