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GDPR – Company Fined for Improper Data Collection

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co. on 3/27/2024

The French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) recently imposed a EUR 310,000 fine, representing 1% of its turnover, on FORIOU, a telemarketing company promoting loyalty programs. The fine stemmed from FORIOU’s use of...more

CNIL Fines Canal+ Over Marketing and Data Security Concerns

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 11/28/2023

The French Data Protection Authority announced a €600,000 fine against Groupe Canal+ over concerns with the media company’s direct marketing activities. According to the CNIL, the company sent users email marketing without...more

YouTube’s Adblocker Avoidance Tech May Violate the GDPR

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 11/10/2023

YouTube’s ad blocker detection technology is facing legal challenges from privacy advocates who claim it violates their privacy rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). According to the complaint, YouTube...more

Erfahrungsbericht: Latham & Watkins plädiert als erste Anwaltskanzlei zu DSGVO-Geldbußen vor dem Europäischen Gerichtshof

Latham & Watkins LLP on 3/8/2023

Der Europäische Gerichtshof (EuGH) wird bald darüber entscheiden, ob europäische Datenschutzbehörden künftig leichter Bußgelder nach Art. 83 DSGVO gegen Unternehmen verhängen können. Diese Entscheidung kann großen Einfluss...more

Datenschutz: Latham DSGVO-Schadensersatztabelle gibt schnellen Überblick über aktuelle Urteile und Schadenssummen

Latham & Watkins LLP on 1/21/2021

Die Latham DSGVO-Schadensersatztabelle gibt einen Überblick über aktuelle Entscheidungen deutscher Gerichte zu Schmerzensgeldern nach der EU-Datenschutz-Grundverordnung (DSGVO). Die Tabelle fasst Urteile übersichtlich...more

Twitter fined $546,000 in December 2020 by European Data Protection Authority for 2019 Breach Notification Violations

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 1/5/2021

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Twitter 450,000 euros (about US$546,000) for failing to timely notify the Irish DPC within the required 72 hours of discovering a Q4 2018 breach involving a bug in its Android...more

Aggressive Telemarketing: Italian Data Protection Authority fines telephone company 12,251,601 euros

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 12/4/2020

On November 12th , the Italian Data Protection Authority imposed a fine of 12,251,601 euros to a telephone company for illegally processing the data of millions of users for the purpose of carrying out direct marketing...more

H&M Fined EUR 35 Million for Violating Employee Privacy in Germany

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co. on 10/26/2020

In early October, the Data Protection Authority in Hamburg, Germany announced that the clothing retailer H&M committed severe violations of its employees’ privacy. Because of these European General Data Protection Regulations...more

French Court refuses to suspend Microsoft’s hosting of a public health data lake despite CNIL opinion (the Health Data Hub case –...

Hogan Lovells on 10/22/2020

On October 14, 2020, the French Administrative Supreme Court (Conseil d’Etat) published its decision in a lawsuit requesting that the French health data platform (Health Data Hub) be suspended for breach of the GDPR in light...more

French Data Protection Authority Hands Down First Sanction as Lead Authority

Latham & Watkins LLP on 9/3/2020

The CNIL has imposed a €250,000 fine on an online retailer for GDPR infringements in cooperation with other EU supervisory authorities. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in France, Spartoo SAS (Spartoo) is one of the...more

French State Council Upholds CNIL’s €50M Fine for GDPR Violations

Latham & Watkins LLP on 7/6/2020

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

Highest Administrative Court in France Upholds Google’s €50 Million Fine

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 6/30/2020

On January 21, 2019, the CNIL (the French data protection authority) issued a fine of €50 million to Google under the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”) for its failure to (1) provide notice in an easily...more

Privacy and Data Security Alert | November 2019

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 11/20/2019

EU Court Allows Class Action to Proceed, Sets Precedent for Future Data Breach Class Actions - A class action brought against Google will be allowed to move forward after the plaintiff’s appeal was permitted, allowing him to...more

German regulator issues record fine for keeping personal data too long

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 11/6/2019

The Data Protection Supervisory Authority for the state of Berlin (Die Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit, “Supervisory Authority”) recently issued a fine for GDPR violations against Germany’s...more

Die wichtigsten Fragen und Antworten zum neuen DSGVO-Bußgeldmodell der Datenschutzkonferenz (DSK)

Latham & Watkins LLP on 10/17/2019

Was ändert sich durch das neue Modell der Datenschutzbehörden zur Berechnung von Bußgeldern? Die deutschen Datenschutzbehörden haben heute ihr Modell zur Berechnung von Bußgeldern wegen Verstößen gegen die...more

A GDPR Update for Employers, Part IV: Implementing Lessons Learned From GDPR Complaints and Enforcement Actions

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/22/2019

Much has happened since the European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect on May 25, 2018. Many EU countries have enacted national legislation to implement and expand the requirements of the...more

Cookie Audit from Bavarian Data Protection Authority May Serve As GDPR Warning

Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/8/2019

Following numerous privacy complaints, the State Office for Data Protection Supervision (BayLDA) recently conducted a random audit on 40 companies and found widespread problems with their cookie disclosures....more

GDPR Enforcement Update: Increasing Fines Expected from German DPAs

Hogan Lovells on 2/22/2019

Many companies have been struggling with GDPR implementation over the past two years, putting much effort into new roles, privacy concepts, and workflows. ...more

Privacy and Data Security Client Alert | February 2019

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 2/7/2019

Google Receives Record GDPR Fine - Marking the first major penalty against a U.S. tech company under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the French data-protection authority, CNIL, has fined Google a record $57...more

Google Fine Signals GDPR Enforcement Priorities and Complexities

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 1/31/2019

The French Data Protection Authority, CNIL, has fined Google $50 Million Euros for Google’s alleged failure to comply with the EU’s sweeping General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The enforcement action is significant for...more

Google Fined $57M by French Data Protection Authority for Alleged Violations of GDPR

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 1/28/2019

France’s data protection authority (DPA) (CNIL) recently announced that it has fined Google $57 million for violations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This is the first fine by a European DPA of an American...more

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