The Senate Commerce Committee held a second hearing on consumer data privacy, this time with privacy advocates

This past Wednesday, the Senate Commerce Committee held another hearing on consumer data privacy, this time giving voice to prominent privacy advocates. Previous testimony in September from leading technology businesses focused on concerns with the complexity of having to comply with a patchwork of different state privacy regulations, broad definitions of “personal information” in the … Continue Reading

Visiting With SKW Schwarz at IAPP’s Global Privacy Summit

By Amy Carlson on April 9, 2018 Posted in EU, Events

Hunter Ferguson and I were joined by Dr. Matthias Orthwein and Dr. Volker Wodianka at IAPP’s Global Privacy Summit 2018. We had many interesting discussions about GDPR, German data privacy law and DPO services. Our firms, Stoel Rives LLP and SKW Schwarz Rechtsanwalte are members of TerraLex ®, an international network of 155 leading independent law firms … Continue Reading

Drop By and Visit Us at the Privacy + Security Forum in DC!

By Amy Carlson on September 26, 2017 Posted in Announcements, Events

We are happy to announce that we are sponsors of this year’s Privacy + Security Forum and one of our own, Amy Carlson is speaking on Healthcare Data Breaches: Unique Industry Issues and Prevention Strategies. Please stop by and learn more about Stoel Rives LLP Privacy and Data Security Team.… Continue Reading