On March 16, 2023, the French Data Protection Agency (the “CNIL”) imposed a fine of € 25,000 on the company CITYSCOOT in connection with a finding that CITYSCOOT failed to comply with the obligation to ensure data...more
In July 2020, the Schrems II decision issued and the European Commission’s adequacy decision for the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework was invalidated. Further, and broader than the invalidation of Privacy Shield adequacy...more
2/10/2022
/ Analytics ,
Charter of Fundamental Rights ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
Facebook ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Google ,
Instagram ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Social Media
It has been nearly a year and a half since the Schrems II decision issued in July 2020, which invalidated the European Commission’s adequacy decision for the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework. As a result, companies were forced...more
1/20/2022
/ Analytics ,
Data Privacy ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
FISA ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Google ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
Websites
France recently fined Alphabet Inc’s Google $169 million and Meta Platform’s Facebook $67 million on grounds that the companies violated the EU e-Privacy directive (aka the EU “Cookie Law”) by requiring too many “clicks” for...more
On August 20, 2021, China passed its first general data protection law, called the Personal Information Protection Law (“PIPL”). The law is set to take effect on November 1, 2021 (two months away), and it applies to both (1)...more
Facebook, the parent company to WhatsApp, is reporting near-record low revenue growth. Thus, presumably in an effort to monetize WhatsApp more heavily, WhatsApp recently announced changes to its privacy policy: as of...more
If you’re a company that has been scratching your head and racking your brain since the Schrems II decision issued on July 16, 2020, invalidating Privacy Shield and calling into question all data transfers between the EU and...more