General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
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EU Digital Services Act to Become Fully Effective this Week, Triggering New Obligations for a Wide Range of Online Providers Doing Business in the EU
Enacted in 2022 and already partially in effect, the European Union’s (EU) Digital Services Act (“DSA”) will come...
Steve Lane, Alexei Klestoff
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Workplace Monitoring: Guidance from the UK and Comparison to the EU
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) recently released guidance discussing the privacy implications of workplace...
Nancy Kang, Jon Frankel, Noah Katz
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International Data Authorities Urge Social Media Companies to Guard Against Unlawful Web Scraping
Overview Various members of the Global Privacy Assembly’s International Enforcement Cooperation Working Group (IEWG) issued...
Rachel Miller, Ahmed Eissa, Stacey Brandenburg
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Hands Off My Biscoitos: Brazil’s New Cookie Guidance
The Brazilian (Portuguese) word for cookies is “biscoitos,” and Brazil’s data protection regulator won’t have...
Nancy Kang, Mason Weisz
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€16.7M Direct Marketing Fine Issued by Italian Authority
On July 9, 2020, the Italian Data Protection Authority (“Garante”) issued a 16.7 million euro fine against...
Plamena Gerovska, Zach Lerner, Mason Weisz
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New Push for Washington’s Privacy Bill in 2020
Washington state may be leading the charge on privacy legislation in 2020. The state legislature...
Nur Laliji, Mason Weisz
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Notable GDPR Enforcement Actions in the First Year and Key Takeaways
In the year since the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) went into effect on May 25, 2018,...
Michelle Anderson, Plamena Gerovska, Mason Weisz
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They Can Do That?! Children’s Smartwatch Recalled over Privacy Concerns
The European Commission has recalled a German-made smartwatch for children due to privacy concerns. The...
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One Month Till GDPR! Seven Insights and Predictions
Like most reading this article, we have been very busy over the last couple of...
Melissa Maalouf, Mason Weisz, Jon Frankel, Ken Dreifach, Kandi Parsons, Anna Hsia, Alexei Klestoff, Marci Rozen, Allison Bender, Michelle Anderson, Austin Mooney
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T Minus 72 Hours – Managing Breach Notification Under the GDPR
This post has been updated to reflect that the WP29 has since released updated guidance....
Jason Wool
