Debevoise Data Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Marketing: In the retail context, facial recognition or “facial detection” technologies can scan shoppers for features such as age, gender, and mood—then deliver tailored advertisements in real time. Particularly scrutinized is the use of “real-time” facial recognition to scan crowds in public places, such as marches and protests.

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Debevoise Data Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2021

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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Debevoise Data Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

As covered in our Annual Review , 2020 was a blockbuster year for European data protection. If January is anything to go by, 2021 will be the same. This was bolstered by the ICO’s announcement that it is resuming investigations into real time bidding and the adtech industry that were paused in May 2020 due to COVID-19.

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Debevoise Data Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The Task Force was convened in September 2021 following hundreds of cookie banner-related complaints from the European Center for Digital Rights. EDPB’s cookie banner task force report highlights user-friendly design choices What happened : In January 2023, the EDPB adopted a final report on the Cookie Banner Task Force’s work.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JULY 20, 2021

Here are our highlights: European Commission adopts new Standard Contractual Clauses What happened : As reported in our blog post , the European Commission adopted its new Standard Contractual Clauses (“SCCs”) for the cross-border transfer of personal data from the EEA to “third countries”. What to do : For now, nothing.

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Debevoise Data Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Data protection & AI: In particular: (i) the French CNIL published its first set of guidance on GDPR compliance when developing AI tools; and (ii) the UK ICO issued a preliminary enforcement notice against Snap over its AI chatbot, alleging that Snap had not adequately assessed the privacy risks posed to child users of the tool.

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Debevoise Data Blog

MARCH 11, 2021

There were a few European data protection developments in February that companies may want to have on their radar. What happened: CNIL has reminded businesses to audit their use of cookies and tracking technologies, ahead of the regulator’s October 2020 guidance coming into force at the end of March.

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Law Technology Today

MARCH 23, 2023

According to the Future Ready Lawyer 2021 report , 84% of legal departments have increased their technology budgets in the last year. Here are some of the key reasons law firms should invest in technology: Increased Efficiency: Using legal technology to automate tasks that consume much of a lawyer’s time.

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Legal IT Group

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

By virtue of the control over users’ data, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, etc., have become, on the one hand, an ideal platform for business interaction with customers and, on the other hand, personal data controllers whose processing scale is quite impressive. What conclusions should be drawn?

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Legal IT Group

MARCH 21, 2023

At the same time, the rapid evolution of remote work over the past few years has dramatically changed how we think about work rhythms and workflows. Therefore, a logical question arises: what should an employer know about the use of personnel monitoring tools in order not to violate the requirements of personal data protection legislation?

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Debevoise Data Blog

JANUARY 21, 2021

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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Rocket Matter

JULY 24, 2023

When law firms should use their best judgment with ChatGPT ChatGPT has access to a vast amount of information, but it doesn't have access to anything published on the internet after September 2021. With ChatGPT, lawyers can substitute hours of work every month for 30 minutes of work one time.

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Debevoise Data Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Recent Data Minimization Enforcement Actions In January 2022, the New York Attorney General (“NYAG”) reached a $600,000 settlement with EyeMed related to a 2020 data breach in which attackers gained access to an EyeMed email account that contained sensitive customer data for a period of six years. The companies agreed to pay $1.5

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JUNE 16, 2021

This follows a February 2021 reference by the German courts to the CJEU on whether the GDPR imposes a materiality threshold for damages claims. The Act enters into force on 1 December 2021. The Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information will be the sole regulator for the new Act.

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ABA TECHSHOW

JANUARY 25, 2024

According to the Future Ready Lawyer 2021 report , 84% of legal departments have increased their technology budgets in the last year. Here are some of the key reasons law firms should invest in technology: Increased Efficiency: Using legal technology to automate tasks that consume much of a lawyer’s time.

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Debevoise Data Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

Everalbum We first wrote about model destruction in early 2021, in connection with the FTC’s requirement that Everalbum delete its facial recognition algorithms that were developed by allegedly misleading consumers into believing that Everalbum was not using face recognition unless the user enabled it or turned it on.

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Debevoise Data Blog

MAY 2, 2023

International Regulatory Regimes Europe On April 21, 2021, the European Commission published the draft EU AI Act , which quickly became the world’s leading example of a comprehensive AI regulatory framework. Track Regulatory Developments.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JANUARY 14, 2022

Monitor Aggressive Policy Developments under New FTC Chair Lina Khan As noted in a prior Debevoise in Depth article, on July 1, 2021, the FTC implemented a number of rules and policies that signal the arrival of a new era of aggressive FTC enforcement. [3] He also wrote a well-known law review article titled “Privacy as a Civil Right.” [14]

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Debevoise Data Blog

JANUARY 16, 2025

To underscore these risks, DOJ cited real-world cases of unregulated access to sensitive data. Investigators demonstrated vulnerabilities by purchasing digital advertising data from brokers to track U.S. Engaging in data-mapping exercises may alleviate this burden. To subscribe to the Data Blog, please click here.

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