Tech Law Talks

It has been a busy few weeks in the EU for all things data protection, particularly data transfers. Cynthia O’Donoghue and Andy Splittgerber walk us through the new Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) for international transfers and for controllers to processors, the newly issued EDPB Supplementary Measures Recommendation, and the UK adequacy decision.

E-Discovery consultant Lighthouse returns to our M365 in 5 series for a discussion about the importance of compliance and governance in M365 and collaboration among stakeholders to balance risk and business needs.  Reed Smith’s Anthony Diana and Therese Craparo join Lighthouse’s John Holliday to discuss implementing controls and managing data to mitigate risk.

Join our UK tech & data lawyers Cynthia O’Donoghue and Asel Ibraimova as they guide you through Data Subject Access Requests (DSAR) in the European Union. They cover recent court cases, issues surrounding identity verification, the varying scope of DSAR requests, and how to deal with third-party data and timelines.

Next on M365 in 5, we examine the data protection legal and regulatory considerations of Microsoft 365 relating to profiling, tracking and data transfers in compliance with the GDPR – and their implications in the EU and Germany.

Hear from Reed Smith partners Andy Splittgerber (Munich) and Anthony Diana (New York), with counsel Catherine Castaldo (New York).

Tune in for the latest on influencer marketing from Jason Gordon and Sarah Bruno as they discuss practical considerations for brands, including morals clauses, data ownership, data protection laws, intellectual property rights, and geo-fencing and other cross-border issues.

Proposed cybersecurity rules from the OCC, FDIC and FRB affect banking organizations and bank service providers. In this panel discussion, three lawyers from Reed Smith’s Tech & Data practice – partner Anthony Diana, counsel Catherine Castaldo and associate Trevor Satnick – discuss specific impacts and describe what business leaders have to do to prepare.

Leading tech & data lawyers Andy Splittgerber and Christian Leuthner discuss marketing consent in Europe in relation to data protection and spamming laws. Andy and Christian will guide you through the various issues involved and what you need to know.

Join two of our Munich-based data protection team, Ramona Kimmich and Andy Splittgerber, as they outline the legal situation on the use of cookies in Germany and the EU. They discuss the current status of the EU ePrivacy Regulation and of Germany’s cookie law (TTDSG) and provide insight into the changes organizations operating websites in the EU need to make in 2021, if they want to use tracking technologies in compliance with data protection rules.

Sarah Bruno and LiLing Poh discuss recent trends as organizations invest more in technology through the acquisition of new platforms or programs, and through partnerships with vendors, to bring products to market. 

Join members of our tech and data team, Andy Splittgerber and Christian Leuthner, as they discuss the first fines levied under the EU’s data protection law three years after the EU General Data Protection Regulation went live. They take a look at recent developments and describe situations where it may be worth challenging the data privacy enforcers. Andy and Christian give valuable tips on what to do if the data protection authorities knock on your door.