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European Data Protection Roundup – June 2024

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Our top five European data protection developments from June are: Non-material damage under GDPR: The CJEU clarified the scope of compensation for non-material damage in the context of identity theft and data subjects’ fear that their personal data had been exposed. These developments, and more, are covered below.

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European Data Protection Roundup – September

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million fine against Austrian Post for channelling electronic data protection-related inquiries to a web form and not offering an additional email address, irrespective of the data subject option to also use non-electronic postal mail or customer service.

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GDPR vs Meta Platforms: The Rest of the Story. User Consent Must Be Provided

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The concept of necessity has an independent meaning in European Union law, which must reflect the objectives of data protection law. Thus, investigating the issue of processing sensitive data for advertising purposes, the court determined in paragraph 13.14 of the Dutch Telecommunications Act.

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European Data Protection Roundup: 2020 in Five Trends

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In this post, we look back at the 2020 European data protection landscape and five trends that help companies understand not only where we are, but where data protection enforcement, litigation, and practice may be headed. million against Marriott for its 2018 data breach When you dig deeper though, two key points emerge.

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European Data Protection Roundup – June & July 2023

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. : Business may want to revisit their cross-border data transfer arrangements following the new adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, assess whether they are eligible to self-certify and, if they are, whether it makes sense to. Data Privacy Framework (the “DPF”). Data Privacy Framework (the “DPF”).

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European Data Protection Roundup – May 2021

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This is the third investigation carried out under the FCO’s new powers; it announced investigations into Facebook and Amazon earlier this year, and also previously conducted a similar investigation into Facebook in 2019 (see our updates here and here ). The Act enters into force on 1 December 2021.

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What the GDPR Can Tell Us About State Privacy Laws

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The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation 2016 (the “GDPR”) changed the global privacy landscape, and has been called the “gold standard” for data protection regulation. Recently, a number of U.S. Recently, a number of U.S. Thus far, only the CCPA has regulations in force and has been enforced.