On 1 July 2024, the European Commission (the ‘Commission’) announced its preliminary findings in an investigation of a leading social media platform, concluding that its ‘pay or consent’ advertising model implemented in the...more
7/23/2024
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Consent ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Digital Markets Strategy ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
Pay or Play ,
Privacy Laws ,
Social Media ,
Technology Sector
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) published its decision in the case of J.M. v Pankki S (Case C‑579/21) on 22 June 2023....more
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued on 4 May 2023 three decisions in cases concerning interpretation of key aspects of the GDPR. It also published three opinions of the Advocate General (AG). Below is a...more
Within the past year, a number of countries around the world, including the United States, United Kingdom, France, and The Netherlands have initiated regulatory inquiries and developed new strategies for the purpose of more...more
4/25/2023
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
EU ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) ,
NIST ,
Popular ,
UK
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its judgment in Case C-154/21 Österreichische Post (the Österreichische Post case) on 12 January 2023. The case relates to the interpretation of Art. 15(1)(c) GDPR,...more
On 3 October 2022, the new Secretary of State of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS), Michelle Donelan, announced plans to replace the EU GDPR with the UK’s own “business and consumer-friendly, British...more
On 19 October 2021, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) announced that it has published its final guidelines on the restrictions under Article 23 GDPR (Guidelines) following the end of its public consultation and...more
On 15 July 2021, the European Data Protection Board (the EDPB) issued a press release concerning its first urgent binding decision adopted under Article 66(2) GDPR (the Decision) in response to a request of the Hamburg...more
On 28 June 2021, just two days before the interim EU-UK data transfer “bridging mechanism” expired under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the European Commission (EC) adopted two adequacy decisions for the UK to...more
On 1 October 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its long-awaited decision in the case Planet49 (Case C-673/17). The decision clarifies the requirements for valid cookie consent under Directive...more
10/3/2019
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Cookies ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Personal Data ,
Popular