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The European Union is an economic and political partnership comprised of 27 nations within the Eurozone. The EU was established in 1948 to promote stability and cooperation among member states in the aftermath of WWII. The EU maintains a common currency as well as several intranational institutions, including the European Parliament and the European Commission. less -
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Can Privacy Be Bought? How Scrutiny of Meta’s Subscription Model Has Wider Implications –PART II

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In Part I, we discussed the European Commission’s (“Commission”) disapproval of Meta’s “pay or consent” subscription model. In Part II, we delve into the European Commission’s findings, prior findings by the European Data...more

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Can Privacy Be Bought? How Scrutiny of Meta’s Subscription Model Has Wider Implications – PART I

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In November of 2023, Meta launched a service in the European Union that allowed users to utilize the Facebook and Instagram platforms “ad free” for a monthly fee. The subscription service was meant to address regulatory...more

A&O Shearman

European Commission takes preliminary view that social media platform’s ‘pay or consent’ model does not comply with the DMA

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On 1 July 2024, the European Commission (the ‘Commission’) announced its preliminary findings in an investigation of a leading social media platform, concluding that its ‘pay or consent’ advertising model implemented in the...more

McDermott Will & Emery

EU Regulators Confirm that Cookie Consent Rules Apply to Much Broader Range of Tracking Technologies

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Article 5(3) of the EU ePrivacy Directive (ePD) requires consent for tracking cookies (unless exceptions apply). Although this rule is best known as the reason behind ‘cookie’ banners, it is technology neutral and applies to...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Privacy and Data Security

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The very definition of generative AI suggests the creation of new content based on a program training on existing data, a recipe that necessarily raises potential U.S. and EU data privacy issues, not to mention related...more

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Updata: Your quarterly privacy & cybersecurity update - January to March 2023

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Welcome to the latest edition of Updata! Updata is an international report produced by Eversheds Sutherland’s dedicated Privacy and Cybersecurity team – it provides you with a compilation of key privacy and cybersecurity...more

King & Spalding

Tracking Employee Vaccinations Globally: Can You Obtain The COVID-19 Vaccination Status Of Your Employees Everywhere?

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Issue 2: 10 in 10 Employers are exploring methods to better ensure the safety of their employees against the COVID-19 pandemic and the continued risk the pandemic poses to return to work initiatives. One potential...more

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An Update on International and Cross-Border Discovery

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Parties in the US are allowed broad and liberal discovery of electronically stored information (ESI) relevant and proportional to the claims and defenses in a legal action. When a US-based litigant seeks ESI stored in other...more

White & Case LLP

CJEU: pre-ticked checkboxes for cookies are invalid

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The Court of Justice of the EU ("CJEU") has declared that pre-ticked checkboxes cannot be used to gain valid consent from individuals, with respect to the dropping and reading of cookies. This decision further emphasises the...more

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GDPR Privacy FAQs: Do cookie banners that simply disclose the use of analytics or behavioral advertising cookies satisfy European...

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Likely no. The placement of analytics or behavioural advertising cookies can only be accomplished when the basis for the placement of the cookies is the data subject’s consent.  In order for consent to comply with the...more

Sunstein LLP

March 2019 IP Update: Europe’s One-Stop Shop for Privacy Regulation: For EU Companies Only?

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One key aspect of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is its aim of streamlining the regulatory process by providing “one-stop shopping”: the opportunity to deal with a single regulator with respect to all data...more

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GDPR and the EU Clinical Trials Regulation

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On 23 January 2019, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) issued an opinion on the interplay between the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the EU Clinical Trials Regulation (“CTR”). The CTR is not yet...more

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EU Court Rejects “Safe Harbor” Agreement Permitting Customer Data Transfers to U.S.

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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has struck down the 15-year-old “Safe Harbor” agreement that permitted companies operating in Europe to transmit personal user data to the United States, as long as the U.S. ensures an...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

European Court of Justice Invalidates Safe Harbor Adequacy Finding: Organizations Should Re-evaluate Their Basis for EU-US Data...

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On October 6th, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued its opinion in Schrems v. Data Protection Commissioner (C-362/14), a case which, among other things, challenged the validity of the European Commission’s 2000 finding...more

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US Safe Harbor Regime Invalidated by Europe’s Highest Court

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The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled this morning that the Safe Harbor regime, which enables transatlantic data transfers from the European Union to the United States, is invalid, thereby giving each national...more

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Do I Need To Comply With E.U. Privacy Laws?

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I have not posted in some time because I enjoyed some traveling with the family in Hungary. ...more

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European Privacy Regulator Issues Important Opinion on the Use of Apps

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On February 27, 2013, the European Article 29 Working Party (a group comprising representatives from all of the data protection authorities of the EU Member States, referred to in this articles as “WP29”) issued an Opinion on...more

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