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The French Law on the Regulation of Games Including NFT is Passed: Place Your Bets

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We have been talking about it since last year: the bill to secure and regulate the digital space ("SREN") has now been passed. The legislative process leading up to the enactment of the SREN bill has been slow (as a reminder:...more

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Website & Social Media Archiving to Comply with FINRA Books & Records Rules

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Investment firms and other financial institutions are subject to the strict recordkeeping and communication regulations laid out by both the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Securities and Exchange...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

European Digital Compliance: Key Digital Regulation & Compliance Developments - February 2024

To help organizations stay on top of the main developments in European digital compliance, Morrison Foerster’s European Digital Regulatory Compliance team reports on some of the main digital regulatory and compliance...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

Driving data privacy compliance with workflow automation

Easily track, manage, archive, and audit consumer data requests, subject access requests (SARS), and other processes needed to keep your company compliant. In an era of increasing scrutiny and activity surrounding data...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The UK’s Online Safety Bill – Implications for US and International Businesses

On 19 September 2023, the UK Parliament passed the Online Safety Bill (“OSB”). The OSB aims to protect individuals from illegal online content and focuses on the protection of children by requiring the removal of content that...more

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Does the New EU Digital Services Act Apply to Me?

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On 25 August 2023, the EU’s Digital Services Act (“DSA”) came into effect for very large online platforms and very large online search engines. The DSA becomes fully applicable to other entities within its scope on 17...more

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EU Top Court Sheds Light on Untested Crossroads Between Competition and Privacy Law

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On July 4, 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a ruling in the case involving Meta Platforms Inc., Meta Platforms Ireland, and Facebook Deutschland (Meta). The judgement explores the intersection of...more

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The EU Digital Services Act: Overview and Impact

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On 16 November 2022, EU Regulation 2022/2065, better known as the Digital Services Act (“DSA”), came into force. The DSA is a key development in the use of online services in the European Union (“EU”), with an impact on...more

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France Fines Discord under GDPR

The French data privacy authority (DPA) announced that it will fine Discord, Inc. 800,000 euros under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Discord is a social messaging platform popular with gamers, technology...more

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Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 13

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EU Institutions Reach Political Agreement on the Digital Services Act - On April 23, 2022, European legislators achieved political agreement on the Digital Services Act (“DSA”). Together with the recently agreed Digital...more

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Polish DPA says data subjects have the right to be informed about their behavioral profile

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In a recent decision, the Polish Data Protection Authority ordered an online platform owner to inform the complainant (a platform user) about her behavioral profile which was assigned to her based on cookie files and to...more

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The ‘Morning After’ Third Party Cookies

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The development of alternative techniques to “third-party” cookies cannot be done at the expense of the right of individuals to protect their personal data and privacy, according to France’s Commission Nationale de...more

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DMA - a whole new world for large platform service providers?

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The European Commission has published the long awaited Digital Markets Act proposal. The Proposed Regulation imposes a series of ex ante behavioural obligations on entities that the Commission designates as ‘gatekeepers’. ...more

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

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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

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EDPB Emphasizes Joint Controllership between Social Media Providers and ‘Targeters’ in Draft Guidance

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On September 7, 2020, the European Data Protection Board (‘EDPB’) published its draft guidelines on targeting of social media users (the ‘Guidelines’). The EDPB is accepting feedback from stakeholders on the Guidelines until...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - July 2020

In this month's edition, we examine the Court of Justice of the European Union's decision invalidating the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework, as well as the U.S. government's response to the decision. We also examine two...more

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The EU Copyright Directive: Potential Copyright Liability and a “Best Efforts” Standard for Platforms

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In 2019, the Council of the European Union’s Committee of Permanent Representatives approved a Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market to respond to developments in the modes and markets for creation, production...more

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Client Alert: Using Facebook’s “Like” Button Makes Websites Responsible for Data

Website plug-ins such as Facebook’s “Like” button are becoming increasingly common on websites to promote websites’ products and services on social media platforms.  However, a recent ruling by the European Union Court of...more

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CMA Publishes Digital Markets Strategy

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Following recent proposals for regulatory reform (see articles here and here) in relation to competition in digital markets, the CMA published its new Digital Markets Strategy on 3 July 2019, which sets out the agency’s...more

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ICO Launches Consultation on Age-Appropriate Design: A Code of Practice for ISS

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Online services have until 31 May to respond to 16 draft standards of age-appropriate design. The ICO is required by s123 of the Data Protection Act 2018 to prepare a code of practice which contains guidance on standards...more

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UK House of Lords Select Committee calls for a Digital Authority to regulate the online world

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On 9 March 2019, the House of Lords Select Committee on Communications published its report on “Regulating in a digital World”. ...more

Fenwick & West LLP

10 Tips for Online Brand Enforcement and Policing Post GDPR

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You’ve just learned someone registered a domain nearly identical to yours, or is using your brand online to sell similar products or offer related services. What do you do? A few months ago, you probably would’ve checked who...more

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Social Media Account Holders Potentially Liable for GDPR Violations by Platform Operators

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Social media is an important marketing channel for many organisations. It is also a convenient way by which marketers can learn about customers, through data collected when they use social media channels....more

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DSM webinar highlights tax, competition law, copyright, AVMS and data economy issues for 2017

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In a February 7, 2017 webinar, the Hogan Lovells Digital Single Market (DSM) team presented its take on new developments for 2017. Peter Watts introduced the session by warning that the loss of the UK voice in EU policy...more

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