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Primerus

This paper highlights the various stages of a transaction, providing guidance and detailed considerations for businesses, and examples of security breaches and their consequences.

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Region: United Kingdom
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Canada’s new Anti-Spam Legislation, known as CASL, is one of the strictest in the world. In general, CASL requires consent before sending “commercial electronic messages” and requires that all such messages meet certain form and content requirements. This seems simple, but as always, implementation can be complicated. This article explains the legislation and walks through some real-world scenarios to demonstrate compliance.

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Region: Canada
Jennifer Adamy, Marc Lorelli, Stanton Weinstein

Learn to spot common issues in advertising, trademarks, licensing and other areas so that you leave empowered to respond accordingly.

Annexes to the impact assessment.

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Region: Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States
European Commission

Answers to these FAQs have been prepared by the Data Protection Unit of the Directorate-General for Justice, Freedom and Security with a view to assisting EU/EEA entities, and more particularly SMEs, in understanding the EU legal framework applicable to transfers of personal data processed in the EU (and the EEA) to “third countries” (i.e. countries that are not members of the EU or the EEA).

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Region: Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States
Kate Bally

This article contains issues related to using social media in hiring that in-house counsel should consider.

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Region: United States
Nadia Aram, Ted Claypoole

Use of social media and online marketing is becoming a mainstay in corporate communications. This resource outlines questions to consider when dealing with the ever-present world of social media marketing.

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Region: United States
Brian Kaveney

This Top Ten provides a brief overview of important tips for addressing and mitigating insider threats in a cost-efficient manner.

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Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice

Ten years ago, separation of business and personal data was much easier, but the rise of handheld computers and Internet devices has forced companies to ease their restrictions on data flow. However, risks and problems still remain, and each business needs to sensibly design a Bring-Your-Own-Device-To-Work plan that reduces risk while meeting the needs of the company and its workers. Here are the top ten considerations when creating such a plan.

Demetrios Eleftheriou and Anjli Garg

Data flow is endless, branching out to vendors, 
 affiliates and the personal mobile device of employees. 
 Organizations must manage this data in a legally
 compliant manner — which is where in-house counsel 
come in. Corporate attorneys wear multiple hats: 
the investigator that understands the flow of data
 and potential threats to its controls; the analyzer that
 knows legal and contractual obligations; and the 
advisor that offers reasonable and practical advice.

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