I'm thrilled to announce I've joined Goodwin as a partner out of the Boston office. My good friend Lore Leitner and a group of associates are joining with me. Together with Boris Segalis we're building a global privacy powerhouse! law360.com/cybersecurity-…

The IAPP - and privacy profession - respect their elders. Here, my picture hangs opposite the great Alan Westin's at the Westin Library. And no, there's no Omer Library. Though there's an Omer Bagel Basket in the kitchen on Wednesdays.

The ⁦ICO - Information Commissioner's Office⁩ just released the next chapter of its draft anonymization guidance. It looks at ensuring your anonymization processes are effective and the key indicators of identifiability. - ⁦ICO - Information Commissioner's Office⁩. ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/…

SEC weighs into privacy with Chairman Gensler warning Senate banking against "dark patterns" by broker-dealers and investment advisers. Predictive data analytics, differential marketing and behavioral prompts. jdsupra.com/legalnews/sec-… Public comments here: sec.gov/comments/s7-10…

4 years post Equifax breach, the FTC tightens the Safeguards Rule. Important call out: "[Equifax] split authority over its info security program bet. two people, which caused failures of comms and oversight". Same logic applies to privacy: appoint a CPO! ftc.gov/news-events/pr…

#GoodwinLaw partners Boris Segalis & Tony Alexis provide an analysis of the #FTC’s updates to the #SafeguardsRule including types of #financialinstitutions impacted, suggested #cybersecurity upgrades, and the FTC enforcement approach. Register: bit.ly/3Czwk3I #dataprivacy

China's privacy law, PIPL, is now in force. Are you subject to it? Ask: 1. Am I based in China and processing personal data (PD)? 2. Am I based outside of China + processing PD of Chinese persons to: 2.a. offer them products or services 2.b analyze or assess their activities

After 20 years, last week the FTC updated the Security Safeguards Rule. If anyone doubted the need for an update, the Equifax data breach drove it home. Join us tomorrow as Mia Havel, Boris Segalis and Tony Alexis break down the implications. Goodwin linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

#Caveat guest Boris Segalis of Goodwin on SEC looking at practices of companies & protecting data: "we've got a cybersecurity problem as a nation. And so how do you approach it? You know, this is where it's important to separate governance from politics." bit.ly/3mICrNR

I'm lucky to know -- to be a friend of-- the most cited young legal scholar (born 1970 or after) of our time. Congrats Daniel J. Solove on topping this all star list compiled by U Chi L Rev. Two other privacy scholars (and 2 Israeli-Americans) also listed. 👇 lawreview.uchicago.edu/sites/lawrevie…

Omer A2Z: I talk about my career w Noah Katz in his Careers in Privacy podcast. Tel Aviv to Boston via NY, Paris, London, Berkeley & Portsmouth. Also catch episodes w @HoplandCaroline Kirk J. Nahra (work) Christopher Wolf @sbarrosvale Katelyn Ringrose & many others! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ome…

This guy. J Trevor Hughes When even insiders and conference sharks (me included) were doubters, Trevor said we’ll run the fall conferences again. Back from a week in Brussels. And it was AWESOME. Nothing matches meeting (& yes, hugging) people again. Thanks team IAPP! privacypros

Log4j will affect many companies’ privacy and security. But also mind the SEC. goodwinprivacyblog.com/2021/12/17/cri… goodwinprivacyblog.com/2021/12/17/cri…

What's coming for privacy in 2022? Join us for 3 part webinar series beginning Jan 25 at noon ET. First up: US federal and state laws. (Next parts: global; enforcement). No better visionaries than these three: Julie Brill, Jared Bomberg & Stacey Gray. sites.goodwinlaw.com/74/6111/compos…

Agree. This is disappointing and unjustified. Not everything needs to be unionized.

My latest, on how the West can help Ukraine | Here’s how NATO and the West can up their game on Ukraine — right now washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…

People I know personally in Ukraine -- people close to Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський -- make this argument. They have called on Russians to protest to end this war. They have asked me to amplify their plea. 3/

I’m Josh Shapiro, I’m the AG who stopped Trump and Giuliani from undermining the 2020 election in Pennsylvania. Now, I’m running for Governor — and fighting off attacks on our democracy again. We need you with us. Can you retweet and follow to help build our grassroots team?

It's been a while since I did this.... Look forward to teaching privacy at Vanderbilt Law with my colleagues Neel Chatterjee & Boris Segalis next Spring. Commodores: don't miss! :) law.vanderbilt.edu/bio/omer-tene

It would be an exciting challenge to help Elon Musk turn around Twitter. Epic.