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UK Adequacy Holds Firm Under New Data (Use and Access) Act 2025

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The DUAA introduces several reforms to UK data protection law, but their implications are relatively limited in practice. The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (the DUAA) was enacted on 19 June 2025 and amends rather than...more

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The Data Shift: UK Sets a New Course With 2025 Data (Use and Access) Act

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The Data (Use and Access) Bill passed both Houses of UK Parliament and received Royal Assent on 19 June 2025, now becoming the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (“DUA Act”). This is the final iteration of the Data Protection and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Something Is Better Than Nothing: UK and EU GDPR Reform Finally Arrives

In recent weeks, the EU and UK have both introduced changes to their respective versions of Europe’s landmark privacy legislation, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). These reforms mark the first substantial...more

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EU: Brussels Court of Appeal Rules on IAB Europe and the TC String – Implications for GDPR Compliance

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On 14 May 2025, the Brussels Court of Appeal (Market Court) delivered the long-awaited judgement in the case concerning the Transparency & Consent Framework (“TCF”) (case no. 2022/AR/292). The Court largely upheld the...more

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EMEA - Data Privacy, Digital and AI Round Up 2024/2025

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As expected in the data privacy and digital space, 2024 shaped up to be a year full of guidance, consultations, regulatory focus areas and legislative updates. Artificial Intelligence (AI) remained a hot topic with...more

BakerHostetler

DSIR Deeper Dive - The Worst Cookie Recipe

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Countless hours are being spent categorizing cookies and other tracking technologies to work with consent management platforms, part of a purpose-built industry aiming to help companies deal with the increasingly complex and...more

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Time to Update Your Cookie Banners? Helpful Guidance from the European Data Protection Board on Bad Cookie Banner Practices

When it comes to website privacy compliance, cookies have consistently presented the most fraught issues for U.S. businesses.  This is especially true for those businesses that find themselves in a sometimes new or often...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Data Protection Professionals Like it Hot: 7 Hot Topics and Trends in Data Privacy Today

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Please take note! 1.SchremsII and cross border transfers: Risk based, wherefore art thou? With the Google Analytics, Google Fonts, Amazon AWS, Google Workspace other cases, the SchremsII and DPA guidance is piling up....more

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The Cookie Crumbles? EU Advocacy Group Files 226 Complaints Alleging Cookie Consent Violations

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Specifically, the group is alleging that websites are commonly using deceptive cookie banners that do not adhere to the GDPR’s express consent requirements. In early August, the European Union data protection advocacy...more

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International Data Protection Update - Winter 2021/2022

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This Update highlights some of the international data protection issues that caught our attention and the attention of our clients over the winter, including updates on European data transfers and cookie compliance,...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Latest Retailer Tech Trends Go Beyond Cookies to Include The Fast-Growing Metaverse - Published by Kattison Avenue/Katten Kattwalk...

Throughout the pandemic, retailers had to act swiftly to adapt to stay-at-home orders and social distancing guidelines. This meant making the most of the technologies available and experimenting with new technologies — both...more

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A Digital Advertising Primer on Preparing for the Post-Cookie World: Part Two

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Part I: What Are Third-Party Cookies and Why they are Important — PART II — Privacy Laws And Third-Party Cookies - Welcome to our second installment in our five-part series preparing you for the post-cookie world. In our...more

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France Fines Facebook and Google For Violating the EU Cookie Law: You Need to Make it As Easy to Refuse as a Cookie, as it is to...

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

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Record €210 Million in Fines for Breach of Cookies and Website Tracking Rules—Note e-Privacy Directive, Not Just GDPR

France’s data protection regulator (the CNIL) said this week it has fined Google and Facebook a combined €210 million for breaches of laws on cookies use and tracking of user online activity. These fines were not under the...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Cookies Are a Thing And Other Stuff You Need to Know About Data Security

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While presenting this week at the DRI Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Virtual Seminar, I outlined many of the issues currently impacting data security around the world. Here are some key points:.....more

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Privacy Group Launches Cookie Complaints Campaign Against EU Website Operators Based on Its Interpretation of Cookie Rules

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The privacy organisation noyb will file more than 10,000 complaints for use of cookies contrary to its interpretation of compliance. On 31 May 2021, the nonprofit privacy organisation noyb (short for “none of your...more

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[Webinar] Mitigating Risk Exposure Under Evolving Global Cookies Regulations - May 19th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

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The regulation of cookies and similar tracking technologies is rapidly evolving, not only in the European Union and United Kingdom but also in the United States and globally. If you have visited a website recently, you might...more

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CNIL Publishes FAQ Clarifying Cookie Use

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The French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) published an FAQ on March 18, 2021 to further explain its earlier guidelines and “recommendation” on cookies and other tracking technologies, which were published on September 17,...more

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International Data Protection Update – First Quarter 2021

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This quarterly update highlights some of the international data protection issues that have caught our attention, and the attention of our clients, in the past three months....more

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ePrivacy update: Comparison of the three EU drafts

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On 10 February 2021, the Council of the European Union (Council) agreed its negotiating mandate for the proposed Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications (ePR), which will replace the current ePrivacy Directive...more

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EU – Council of the EU reached an agreement on the proposed ePrivacy Regulation

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On 10 February 2021, the Council of the European Union agreed on a mandate for negotiating the final text of the proposed ePrivacy Regulation (the draft ePrivacy Regulation) with the European Parliament and the European...more

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Portuguese Presidency of the EU releases amended proposal of ePrivacy Regulation

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On 1 January 2021, Portugal took over the baton of the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU from Germany for the coming six months. On 5 January 2021, the Portuguese Presidency of the Council released a new draft of...more

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Financial Daily Dose 12.11.2020 | Top Story: Banner Airbnb Public Trading Debut Has Some Worrying About Tech Bubble

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Because too much of a good thing is always trouble (especially on Wall Street), market watchers are warning of a new tech bubble after Airbnb’s monster IPO on Thursday. The home-sharing app’s shares rose more than 112% to...more

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[Webinar] CCPA / CPRA for US and EU businesses: Deep dive on CCPA's impact on European Businesses: A webinar for German and...

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CCPA / CPRA for US and EU businesses - Deep dive on CCPA's impact on European Businesses: A webinar for German and European businesses. Main Topics - Is my business affected by CCPA and why? - I am already GDPR...more

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Spanish Data Privacy Regulator Issues New Cookies Guidance

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Cookies and trackers sat on a wall. Cookies and trackers had a great fall. …and all the regulators and all DPAs couldn’t put cookies together again. The Spanish Agencia Española de Protección de Datos AEPD has issued a...more

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