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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

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

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

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Privacy and AI in Israel and worldwide: a look to 2024

During 2023, privacy protection and artificial intelligence regulation continued apace and their implications continued to be a major focus in Israel and around the world. In Israel, this was reflected in a number of...more

McDermott Will & Emery

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

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Meta Fines Expose EU Regulators’ Differences and Highlight Fundamental Issues for Data Controllers

Meta Ireland (Meta) has recently been issued with two fines by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) for breaches of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) relating to advertisements run on its Facebook and...more

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German court rules Facebook illegally harvested data

Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 14 (July 23, 2020) - Germany’s top court reversed a decision by an appeals court, stating that there is no doubt that Facebook enjoys a dominant position in the market and also no...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Privacy and Data Security Alert | August 2019

French Data Protection Authority Issues Guidelines on Cookie Use - CNIL, France’s data protection authority, has released new rulesfor obtaining consumer consent under the GDPR for companies using cookies and other tracking...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

When the Privacy Watchdogs Bare Their Teeth

July 2019 brought an escalation in the enforcement of privacy infringements by companies around the world. The trend began with a press release published on July 8, 2019, of a fine in the approximate amount of GBP 183 million...more

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Weekly Trends Report – 1/23/2019 Insights

Insight into where e-discovery, information governance cybersecurity, and digital transformation are heading – who is doing what now or in the future, what works and what doesn’t, and what people wish they could do but can’t...more

Alston & Bird

Belgian Court Uses Novel Argument to Assume International Jurisdiction over Non-EU Facebook Entities

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On February 16, 2018, the Brussels Court of First Instance rendered a judgment in proceedings brought by the Belgian Privacy Commission’s against Facebook. The case forms one part of two-tiered litigation brought by the...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

EU e-Privacy Regulation Raises Stakes for Compliance

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The European Commission's proposed e-privacy regulation sets forth obligations on handling electronic communications and clarifies obligations for seeking consent for the use of cookies. Meant to bring the e-privacy directive...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Facebook Wins Appeal Over Storing Non-User Data in Belgian Court

The Belgian data protection authority has lost its legal battle with Facebook over whether the social network could track the online activities of non-Facebook users in Belgium who visit Facebook pages....more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

U.S. Government Petitions to Join Data Privacy Litigation Against Facebook in Ireland

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On June 13, 2016, the United States government asked the Irish High Court to be joined as amicus curiae (friend of the court) in the case brought by the Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems against Facebook attacking the use...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - January 2016

In this edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we discuss, among other matters, the status of the EU/U.S. Safe Harbor negotiations, as well as changes to privacy laws in Delaware and California that regulate online...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Means, Other Than Safe Harbor, of Transferring Personal Data to the U.S. Potentially Vitiated?

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After the decision of October 6, 2015, of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) invalidating the decision from the EU Commission (Decision 2000/520) on the Safe Harbor, transfer of personal data to the U.S. based on Standard...more

K&L Gates LLP

Transfer of Employees’ Personal Data from Germany to the United States under German Data Privacy Law

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Following the ECJ’s decision in the “Schrems” case which has invalidated the Safe Harbor framework multinational corporations may now face profound privacy law related compliance issues in a multitude of jurisdictions. In the...more

Cohen & Gresser LLP

The End of the Safe Harbor Framework – and the Threat to Model Clauses and BCRs

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Earlier last week, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) invalidated the Safe Harbor framework between the United States and the European Union -- effective immediately. This decision significantly disrupts the flow of data...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

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

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

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

Not Just For Facebook

The issue of cross border data transfer—including employee data— that is. Four years ago, Austrian law student Max Schrems attended a semester abroad study at Santa Clara University in Silicon Valley, where he heard one...more

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Is the Safe Harbor Framework Still Safe?

On October 6, 2015, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) will issue its decision in Schrems v. Data Protection Commissioner, Case C-362/14, which may invalidate the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework. The Safe Harbor Framework...more

Locke Lord LLP

Facebook Wins First Round of European Class Action Privacy Battle

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Facebook has won its latest class action case in a long-running legal battle involving 25,000 European Facebook users. The class action was led by Austrian law student and privacy campaigner Max Schrems, and alleged that...more

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Facebook Class Action Lawsuit in Austria

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A class action against Facebook has been filed in Vienna by privacy campaigner and Austrian law graduate Max Schrems, along with 25,000 other users of the social network site. The lawsuit alleges breaches of EU privacy law...more

Proskauer - Privacy & Cybersecurity

Navigating the Patchwork: When Is European Data Privacy Law Applicable to US Companies?

Are social media companies based in the United States subject to European data privacy laws? Two recent judicial decisions – one in France and the other in Germany – arrived at different answers. The Civil Court of Paris held...more

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