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
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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
On August 13, 2018, the Associated Press published a story: “Google tracks your movements, like it or not.” (https://apnews.com/article/north-america-science-technology-business-ap-top-news-828aefab64d4411bac257a07c1af0ecb) ...more
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
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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