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Second time´s a charm – Spanish DPA's decision on NOYB vs. Google Analytics Part 2

Hogan Lovells on 2/1/2024

Following NOYB's filing of 101 complaints over continuous EU-U.S. data transfers by websites operators in the European Economic Area (EEA) in the post-Schrems II era, the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) issued its first...more

Divergence Among EU Data Protection Authorities as Spanish DPA Rules that the Use of Google Analytics Does Not Breach the GDPR

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 1/18/2023

In a recent decision, the AEPD (the Spanish data protection authority) became the first EU Data Protection Authority to reject one of the 101 complaints filed by privacy activist organisation, NOYB, against 101 European...more

Transferring Data from the EU: What to Take Away from the Recent Google Analytics GDPR Rulings

Stikeman Elliott LLP on 4/6/2022

Companies using Google Analytics (“Analytics”) or similar platforms may be interested in recent rulings of several European data protection authorities that found Analytics data transfers to the U.S. to be non-compliant with...more

The Austrian Data Protection Authority Ground-breaking Google Analytics Decision: Analysis and Key Takeaways

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 2/3/2022

The Austrian data protection authority (Österreichische Datenschutzbehörde; Austrian DPA) recently ruled that the use of Google Analytics violated Chapter V (transfers of personal data to third parties) of the EU General Data...more

No Google Analytics for You? EDPS Decision on EU Parliament’s Use of Google Analytics and More

Fox Rothschild LLP on 1/21/2022

A few days before the Austria DSB decision, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) issued a decision on the use of Google Analytics by the European Parliament. For Schrems II: EDPS says “if you don’t have any...more

Privacy Update: Corporate Boards - Don’t Underestimate Your Role in Data Security Oversight

ArentFox Schiff on 5/20/2021

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) continues to put emphasis on the importance of corporate board involvement in privacy and data security. Corporate Boards: Don’t Underestimate Your Role in Data Security Oversight - The...more

Highest Administrative Court in France Upholds Google’s €50 Million Fine

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 6/30/2020

On January 21, 2019, the CNIL (the French data protection authority) issued a fine of €50 million to Google under the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”) for its failure to (1) provide notice in an easily...more

Privacy and Data Security Alert | November 2019

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 11/20/2019

EU Court Allows Class Action to Proceed, Sets Precedent for Future Data Breach Class Actions - A class action brought against Google will be allowed to move forward after the plaintiff’s appeal was permitted, allowing him to...more

European Court of Justice Limits the "Right to be Forgotten" in Landmark Privacy Decision

Goodwin on 10/16/2019

The European Court of Justice recently limited the “right to be forgotten” in a landmark decision for online privacy law. The decision arises from a dispute between Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés...more

The European Court of Justice Issues Two Important Decisions Clarifying the Scope of the Right to Be Forgotten and ISPs' Liability

Troutman Pepper on 10/11/2019

We routinely hear from United States citizens who want advice on how to remove photographs, newspaper articles, videos or personal information about themselves from the internet. Originally published by the European...more

Europe’s Supreme Court Places Limits on the Right To Be Forgotten

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 9/24/2019

On Tuesday, September 24, 2019, the European Court of Justice issued two rulings that further defined the right to be forgotten under European laws. The right to be forgotten, also known as the right to erasure, is a...more

Hamburg Data Protection Commission: Declaring a Data Emergency

Womble Bond Dickinson on 8/7/2019

On August 1st, the Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information announced that the Hamburg Data Protection Commission (HDPC) had opened an administrative procedure to prohibit Google from carrying out...more

Privacy and Data Security Client Alert | February 2019

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 2/7/2019

Google Receives Record GDPR Fine - Marking the first major penalty against a U.S. tech company under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the French data-protection authority, CNIL, has fined Google a record $57...more

Google Fine Signals GDPR Enforcement Priorities and Complexities

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 1/31/2019

The French Data Protection Authority, CNIL, has fined Google $50 Million Euros for Google’s alleged failure to comply with the EU’s sweeping General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The enforcement action is significant for...more

Non-profit Activists’ Strategic Pursuit of Alleged GDPR Violations Spurs Compliance Developments

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 1/28/2019

• Non-profit organizations are testing companies’ GDPR compliance through targeted requests for information and other means and are filing complaints against allegedly non-compliant companies. • Main areas for non-profit...more

Cybersecurity Update: 2018 — A Year in Review

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP on 1/28/2019

This Update highlights key legal and policy developments in cybersecurity and privacy law that may impact important trends for 2019 and beyond. A central takeaway from 2018 is that regulators in the U.S. and abroad are...more

Google Fined $57M by French Data Protection Authority for Alleged Violations of GDPR

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 1/28/2019

France’s data protection authority (DPA) (CNIL) recently announced that it has fined Google $57 million for violations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This is the first fine by a European DPA of an American...more

GDPR Alert: Google Gets Biggest Fine Ever Issued by a European Data Protection Authority

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 1/23/2019

On 21 January 2019, the French Data Protection Authority (the “French DPA”) fined Google LLC 50 million euros for breach of the GDPR. As we reported on this blog, just after GDPR became applicable, noyb.eu (None of Your...more

Advocate General Opinion Supports Limiting the “Right to be Forgotten” to the EU

BakerHostetler on 1/23/2019

On January 10, Advocate General Maciej Szpunar released an opinion recommending that Google and other search engines should not be forced to apply the EU’s “right to be forgotten” beyond the EU. ...more

Is the Right to be Forgotten National, European or Worldwide? The Advocate General Issues an Opinion in the Google Case

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 1/21/2019

On January 10, 2019, Advocate General Szpunar issued his much awaited opinion in the Google case that was referred to the European Court of Justice by the French “Conseil d’Etat”, the highest administrative court of the...more

EU e-Privacy Regulation Raises Stakes for Compliance

Ballard Spahr LLP on 1/13/2017

The European Commission's proposed e-privacy regulation sets forth obligations on handling electronic communications and clarifies obligations for seeking consent for the use of cookies. Meant to bring the e-privacy directive...more

Which U.S. Businesses Must Comply with EU Data Protection Laws?

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 9/6/2016

What the recent Amazon decision tells us - On 28 July 2016, the European Court of Justice rendered a decision in a dispute between an Austrian Consumer Protection organization known as VKI (Verein für...more

Important Issues are yet to be corrected in the Right to be Forgotten

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 5/24/2016

The recognition by the European Union of a “Right to be Forgotten” has caused much controversy, but seemingly progress is being made. The Right, which entitles Europeans to petition data controllers to prevent harmful...more

French Data Protection Wants to Force Google to Extend the Right To Be Delisted to All the Search Engine’s Extensions

Proskauer - Privacy & Cybersecurity on 4/9/2016

On March 10, 2016, the French data protection agency (« CNIL ») pronounced a €100.000 ($111,715) fine against Google Inc. for failure to comply with its formal injunction of May, 2015 ordering the company to extend delisting...more

Alphabet Soup and Data Security

Bilzin Sumberg on 10/19/2015

In the span of two days, mobile device users learned of two data breaches that could compromise their personal data. In one, Experian (a credit reporting agency) reported that it was hacked, potentially putting 15 million...more

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