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UK: Gambling Operator Held Liable for Breaching Data Protection Law

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In RTM v Bonne Terre Limited Hestview Limited, the English High Court found the Defendants, operating as Sky Bet (SBG), liable for breaches of data protection law. The claim raises important points of law for all...more

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EDPB Issues Guidelines on Processing Personal Data for Legitimate Interests Purposes

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The draft guidelines provide further clarification to the EDPB’s interpretation of legitimate interests, and suggest a potential divergence with the UK ICO....more

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CNIL Fines Canal+ Over Marketing and Data Security Concerns

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The French Data Protection Authority announced a €600,000 fine against Groupe Canal+ over concerns with the media company’s direct marketing activities. According to the CNIL, the company sent users email marketing without...more

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Germany Updates Privacy Guidance through Unfair Competition Act

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The German Conference of DPAs (the DSK) has released new (legally non-binding) detailed Guidelines dated February 18, 2022 with respect to direct marketing in Germany. ...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Voice Analysis Complicates Personal Privacy

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Most biometric readings require your presence in the same space as the measuring tools.  Facial recognition, retinal capture, fingerprints or hand geometry, even biomarked scents are measured in close physical proximity. The...more

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If a company receives a right to be forgotten request, does it have to delete a data subject’s information from its...

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No. Although the GDPR indicates that people have a “right to be forgotten,” that right is not absolute.  Rather, it exists only where one of the following six limited situations applies...more

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Continuing GDPR Pressure for Adtech

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Data protection authorities (DPAs) in the European Union (EU) continue to scrutinize practices in the adtech sector for compliance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and local data protection and...more

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Privacy FAQs: Can corporate affiliates share information for marketing purposes?

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The California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") was enacted in early 2018 as a political compromise to stave off a poorly drafted, and plaintiff’s friendly ballot initiative. Although the CCPA is scheduled to go into force in...more

Hogan Lovells

Crumbs of Comfort: the Advocate-General’s Opinion on Consent and Cookies in Planet49

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It’s no secret that a hot topic, perhaps the hot topic, in the European data protection world at present is the interplay between the GDPR and the e-Privacy Directive, in particular how it affects online advertising involving...more

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“We’re Updating Our Privacy Policies” - Consent Under the GDPR

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With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the European Union’s new privacy law having come into effect on 25 May 2018, thousands of companies have been flooding inboxes in recent weeks with emails asking for consent...more

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GDPR’s Most Frequently Asked Questions: Can a company send an email to their database seeking consent to send direct marketing?

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The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") is arguably the most comprehensive - and complex - data privacy regulation in the world. As companies prepare for the GDPR to go into force on May 25, 2018,...more

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GDPR’s Most Frequently Asked Questions: Are companies required under European laws (other than the GDPR) to get opt-in consent...

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The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") is arguably the most comprehensive - and complex - data privacy regulation in the world. As companies prepare for the GDPR to go into force on May 25, 2018,...more

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ICO Turns Spotlight on Data Broker Industry

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Data brokers are organisations that obtain data from a variety of sources and then sell or license it to third parties. Many trade in personal data, which is purchased by their customers for several purposes, most commonly to...more

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IP Addresses as Personal Data – Website Providers To Come Under Even More Scrutiny With EU Data Privacy Law

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Website providers that collect dynamic Internet Protocol addresses (“IP address”) from website visitors may soon be subject to even more scrutiny from data protection authorities in the EU. Last week, Europe’s Advocate...more

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