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Client Alert: New GDPR Investigations into the Use of Children’s Data

Jenner & Block on 3/11/2025

The UK’s data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), has recently announced investigations into three companies in connection with the use of children’s personal information. In a statement on...more

One-Two Punch: Lessons from the Irish DPC’s WhatsApp Decision

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP on 2/3/2023

2023 continues to be a busy year for European data protection authorities. Following its release of the Irish Data Protection Commission’s (DPC’s) binding decisions in cases against Facebook and Instagram, the European Data...more

Current Developments in the US: White-Collar Enforcement and trends for 2020

Latham & Watkins LLP on 2/11/2020

In the following article we will discuss the current developments and trends for 2020 and outline what EU-based companies with a US presence should look out for in 2020 regarding US white-collar and compliance trends in the...more

Influencer Marketing: Top Business and Legal Considerations for 2020

Fenwick & West LLP on 1/24/2020

Although influencer marketing is an ever-larger part of marketing budgets, questions have arisen about the longevity of influencers as a marketing channel. In addition, marketers are grappling with how to ensure that they and...more

ECJ Rules Companies Using Social Plugins Are Joint Controllers

Jones Day on 8/5/2019

The Situation: Fashion ID, a German online clothing retailer, embedded on its website the Facebook "Like" button. When a user consults the website of Fashion ID, that user's personal data are transmitted to Facebook Ireland....more

Federal Cartel Office vs. Facebook: When Data Privacy and Competition Law Collide

McGuireWoods LLP on 3/5/2019

On 7 February 2019, the German competition law regulator, the Federal Cartel Office (FCO), concluded a lengthy investigation into Facebook. It found that the company abused its dominant market position by making the use of...more

Data Protection Authority of Baden-Württemberg Issues First German Fine Under the GDPR

Hogan Lovells on 11/26/2018

In the first fine issued by a German data protection authority under the European General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), on 21 November 2018 the authority of the German state of Baden-Württemberg (“LfDI”) imposed a fine...more

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