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Organisations that make international transfers of personal data have undergone significant challenges and changes over the last few years. With the invalidation of the Privacy Shield agreement in 2020 and the introduction of...more
On 7 March 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a ruling (C-604/22 | IAB Europe) clarifying the concepts of personal data and controller in the context of the use of a Transparency and Consent Framework...more
Introduction - Data protection is being driven by rapid technological advances and the increasing digitalization of society. Data protection legislation in Portugal is aligned with European Union law, in particular with...more
Introduction - The General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) is the EU regulation which is directly applicable in all member states of the EU, including the Czech Republic, as of 25 May 2018. The new...more
Late last month, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) hosted a panel on artificial intelligence and how it is rapidly transforming the life sciences sector, allowing companies to leverage large datasets to accelerate...more
On September 7, 2023, the Saudi Authority for Data and Artificial Intelligence (SDAIA) issued the Implementing Regulations of the Personal Data Protection Law (the Implementing Regulations) and the Regulations on Personal...more
The French Data Protection Authority imposed a €280,000 fine for GDPR infringements and a €100,000 fine for violation of French cookie rules. On 11 May 2023 the French Data Protection Authority (the CNIL) handed down its...more
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser has published revisions to the Colorado Privacy Act rules, as well as some additional questions for public feedback. His questions include: What are the pros and cons of using IP...more
On 3 May 2022, the European Commission launched its proposal for a Regulation for the European Health Data Space to “unleash the full potential of health data”. However, questions arise as to whether this proposal is a...more
What does the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) Advocate General’s opinion in the case of Meta vs. the German Bundeskartellamt tell us regarding the scope of what constitutes “sensitive information,” “contractual...more
Four years after GDPR was implemented, we are seeing the pillars of the internet business destroyed. Given two new EU decisions affecting the practical management of data, all companies collecting consumer data in the EU are...more
On 2 February 2022 the Belgian Data Protection Authority ("Belgian DPA") ruled that IAB Europe's Transparency and Consent Framework ("TCF") does not comply with the GDPR and fined IAB Europe €250,000. While the sanctions...more
European regulators unofficially announced the major theme of this new year, through the release of several decisions pertaining to cookies and other tracking technologies in the first 10 days of 2022. As the General Data...more
Last week’s blog detailed the wave of state legislation that occurred in the U.S. during 2021. It is no surprise that there were also many data privacy developments abroad. It is crucial that organizations affected by...more
Datatilsynet Denmark has issued serious criticism — and an injunction — to bring dating app Dating.dk’s data processing into compliance before November 16, 2021. The group says the app failed to acquire user consent in a...more
Countries all over the globe have been changing their data privacy landscape to account for the information protection required in the digital age. Organizations are handling large amounts of personal data gathered from...more
Across the economy, businesses are using digital technology to pivot into innovative service lines, accelerate growth and transform their businesses altogether. These businesses’ digital strategies and data assets play...more
Earlier this year, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) issued additional guidance on the application of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) in the area of scientific health research. In key takeaways...more
The Council of the European Union (Council) released a new draft of the ePrivacy Regulation (Council doc. 5642/21) on January 5, 2021. Various versions of the ePrivacy Regulation have been under consideration in the Council...more
Virginia is primed to become the next U.S. state to pass comprehensive data-privacy legislation with striking similarities to the California Consumers Privacy Act (CCPA), the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), and the...more
On October 1, 2020, the three-month grace period for businesses to comply with the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Data Protection Law (DIFC Law No. 5 of 2020) (“DPL 2020”) came to an end. Regulating the...more
Keypoint: LGPD is a complicated regulatory regime that will required U.S. entities subject to its requirements to undertake substantial compliance efforts. As documented in Dirceu Santa Rosa’s article for the IAPP’s Privacy...more
On 23 June 2020 the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof, BGH) orally announced its decision in the interim proceedings initiated by Facebook against the prohibition and cessation orders of the German Federal...more
In addition to the potential uses of contact-tracing apps, discussed recently in episode 1 of the Global Solutions series, most employers now conduct some form of employee screening or monitoring to help prevent the spread of...more
The Council decision contains useful considerations and clarifications on the “one-stop shop” mechanism, transparency obligations, and consent for targeted advertising. On 19 June 2020, France’s Highest Administrative...more