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Federal Court Searches for Answers in Antitrust Ad Tech Trial Against Google

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Since early September 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) presented its case-in-chief against Google in a lawsuit accusing the company of anti-competitive and monopolistic practices in the complex digital advertising...more

BCLP

Funding Representative Actions: The Strategic Decision between CPR 19.8 and Collective Actions in the CAT

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The English High Court offers limited routes to bring “opt-out” group claims but, in recent years, funded claimants have attempted to bring representative actions under CPR 19.8 at a notable rate. The rule has been available,...more

Legal Internet Solutions Inc.

Google Analytics will Delete Your Data in 2024: How You Can Save It

If you just spent any time preparing data presentations, then you know the importance of having access to your historical data. Perhaps you have it stored in a data warehouse or an Excel spreadsheet – the important thing is...more

Proskauer on Privacy

Bidding Farewell, For Now: Google’s Ad Auction Class Certification Victory

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A federal judge in the Northern District of California delivered a blow to a potential class action lawsuit against Google over its ad auction practices. The lawsuit, which allegedly involved tens of millions of Google...more

Hogan Lovells

Second time´s a charm – Spanish DPA's decision on NOYB vs. Google Analytics Part 2

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Following NOYB's filing of 101 complaints over continuous EU-U.S. data transfers by websites operators in the European Economic Area (EEA) in the post-Schrems II era, the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) issued its first...more

The Volkov Law Group

Google’s Failure to Preserve Electronic Communications — A Warning to Every Company of a New Reality Surrounding Electronic Data

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One thing you can count on — change.  Not that there is anything wrong with that, but not to be too dramatic, we are at the precipice of some significant technology trends that will have a profound impact on corporate...more

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MintzTech Connect Industry News: Spotlight on mePrism

Google yourself. Why? You should know what is out there. You will find numerous companies selling personal information about you and your family to anyone who wants it. This is the same information that gets traded on the...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

Big Tech, Biometrics and BIPA: Meta’s Recent $68.5M Class Action Settlement

In July, Instagram’s parent company Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Meta”) agreed to a $68.5 million class-action biometric privacy settlement in connection with the company’s alleged violation of Illinois’ Biometric Information...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Private causes of action not preempted by COPPA, court says

In Jones v. Google, LLC, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that a district court judge erred in finding that state privacy claims were preempted by the federal statutory framework...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Divergence Among EU Data Protection Authorities as Spanish DPA Rules that the Use of Google Analytics Does Not Breach the GDPR

In a recent decision, the AEPD (the Spanish data protection authority) became the first EU Data Protection Authority to reject one of the 101 complaints filed by privacy activist organisation, NOYB, against 101 European...more

Cozen O'Connor

The State AG Report – 12/1/2022

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Here are this week’s curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •Google and iHeartMedia Settle with Multistate...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Danish DPA Follows Suit and Becomes the Latest EU Data Protection Authority to Conclude that the Use of Google Analytics is...

In a recent announcement, Datatilsynet, the Danish Data Protection Authority (“Danish DPA”), declared that the Google Analytics tool does not comply with the GDPR’s requirements for international transfers. As such, it...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Google Analytics Runs Afoul of GDPR

Recent reports from several European Data Protection Authorities (DPAs), the bodies empowered to regulate consumer privacy under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), have ruled that Google Analytics violates the...more

Cozen O'Connor

AI and Cybersecurity Issues Look Set to Dominate the Privacy Landscape in 2022

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Meghan Stoppel, who spent over a decade serving as an Assistant Attorney General, and later a Consumer Protection Chief, to both Democratic and Republican state attorneys generals, talks to Andy Baer, Chair of Cozen...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Transferring Data from the EU: What to Take Away from the Recent Google Analytics GDPR Rulings

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Companies using Google Analytics (“Analytics”) or similar platforms may be interested in recent rulings of several European data protection authorities that found Analytics data transfers to the U.S. to be non-compliant with...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

The Austrian Data Protection Authority Ground-breaking Google Analytics Decision: Analysis and Key Takeaways

The Austrian data protection authority (Österreichische Datenschutzbehörde; Austrian DPA) recently ruled that the use of Google Analytics violated Chapter V (transfers of personal data to third parties) of the EU General Data...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

No Google Analytics for You? EDPS Decision on EU Parliament’s Use of Google Analytics and More

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A few days before the Austria DSB decision, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) issued a decision on the use of Google Analytics by the European Parliament. For Schrems II: EDPS says “if you don’t have any...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

What Is the Future for Opt-Out Class Actions in the UK After Lloyd v Google?

Takeaways - The U.K. Supreme Court, in its much-anticipated decision in Lloyd v Google, held that “opt-out” representative (class) actions cannot proceed unless the plaintiff proves material damage and shows that each class...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #311 – New Mexico AG Serious About Children’s Privacy Protections

New Mexico’s Attorney General, Hector Balderas, continues to champion children’s online privacy protections, this time settling with Google over alleged violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). ...more

A&O Shearman

Beyond Lloyd v Google: Are class actions for data breach dead?

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The decision of the UK Supreme Court in Lloyd v Google is a welcome relief for data controllers. However, is it the end of class actions for data breach?...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

The Robins Kaplan Privacy Pulse - United Kingdom Supreme Court Blocks Multi Billion Dollar Class Action Suit Against Google

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The United Kingdom’s Supreme Court, its highest court, blocked a bid for a $4.3 billion class action against Google over claims the company violated the country’s Data Protection Act (DPA). The claimants alleged that Google...more

Jenner & Block

Over Before They’d Begun: The End of the Road for Data Protection Class Actions? The UK Supreme Court in Lloyd v Google LLC [2021]...

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On 10 November 2021, the UK Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited decision in Lloyd v Google LLC. In what will be seen as a landmark decision in the fields of data protection and collective actions in the UK, the Supreme...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

UK Supreme Court Rules for Google in “Class Action”—However, Increased Data Damages and Fines Risk Remains

This year has seen further record GDPR fines levied by Data Protection Authorities, however, a second “under the radar” risk exists—namely, being sued for damages. Today we saw a sea-change case (Lloyd v Google) ruling by...more

A&O Shearman

Lloyd v Google a sigh of relief for data controllers

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In unanimously refusing to allow a representative action to proceed, the UK Supreme Court may have sounded the death knell for opt-out class actions in England for data breaches: Lloyd v Google [2021] UKSC 50....more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Practical Tips to Mitigate the Risk of Being Hacked by Fake IRS or Google Voice Scams

Risk Management Question - What are some of the newest hacking scams that may affect law firms and other businesses? The Issue - On October 27, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued warnings to be on alert...more

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