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Best Best & Krieger LLP on 12/2/2019

BB&K's Christina Morgan Talks About Data Privacy in Riverside Lawyer Magazine - Due to rising concerns about privacy in the digital world, in April 2016, the European Union adopted the General Data Protection Regulation...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

Chapter 9: Rights of data subjects – Unlocking the EU General Data Protection Regulation

White & Case LLP on 4/16/2019

Why does this topic matter to organisations? EU data protection law provides data subjects with a wide array of rights that can be enforced against organisations that process personal data. These rights may limit the...more

The Right to be Forgotten in an Era of Instant Notoriety

Poyner Spruill LLP on 2/26/2019

*Trigger Warning*: This article includes mentions of suicide. It could be the start of a Law & Order episode. In August, a pedestrian in Manhattan’s East Village noted a driver sitting inside a parked car. The driver was...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

GDPR's Most Frequently Asked Questions: Can a company refuse a right to be forgotten request based upon technical feasibility?

BCLP on 10/26/2018

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

Top Human Rights Court Denies Right to be Forgotten in Old Murder Case

Hogan Lovells on 8/22/2018

On June 28, 2018, the European Court of Human Rights decided that Germany had correctly denied two individuals their “right to be forgotten” requests in connection with press archives relating to a 1991 murder. The two...more

Pardon the Interruption, but…US Jurisdictions Enact Data Protection Laws Reminiscent of GDPR

Morgan Lewis on 7/3/2018

US legislatures are following the European Union’s lead for defining data protection. California just passed a sweeping new consumer data protection law, giving California consumers more control over how their personal data...more

Key Privacy Requirements of the GDPR for U.S. Companies (Part 2)

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 5/21/2018

In Part I of this series, we provided information about whether the GDPR applies to your U.S.-based business. In this article, we will explain the key privacy requirements of the GDPR. The GDPR is, at its heart, a regulation...more

GDPR COMPLIANCE DEADLINE IS MAY 25, 2018: Privacy Regulation is a Moving Target

Nossaman LLP on 5/17/2018

Worldwide, companies are scrambling to meet the May 25th deadline to comply with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). For companies with physical operations in an EU member state, this deadline is...more

Summary of the March 2018 Global Privacy Summit

Ward and Smith, P.A. on 4/27/2018

The International Association of Privacy Professionals ("IAPP") is the world's largest information privacy organization. IAPP provides education, training, and tools to professionals engaged in data privacy and security. ...more

What the EU’s New Data Regulations Mean for the US

Cozen O'Connor on 2/28/2018

On May 25, 2018, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect. The GDPR was adopted in April 2016, and designed to protect the privacy rights of EU individuals through enhanced personal data...more

Data Protection Laws in India

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 2/7/2018

In August 2017, the Supreme Court of India passed a judgment in the case of Justice K S Puttuswamy vs Union of India (Supreme Court of India, WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO 494 OF 2012), in which fundamental rights, as provided in...more

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): Steps to Consider to Achieve Compliance by May 2018

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 12/13/2017

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a uniform regulation aimed at protecting customer and employee personal information, becomes enforceable on May 25, 2018. The regulation will be implemented and applied in all 28...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

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - September 2015

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 10/1/2015

Adviser to European Court of Justice Says US-EU Safe Harbor Should Be Declared Invalid - An advisory opinion issued by the advocate general to the European Court of Justice states that the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor should be...more

First “Right to be Forgotten” enforcement action levied against Google

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 8/31/2015

The U.K. Information Commissioner issued an order to Google this week requiring it to remove nine search results of an individual’s minor criminal offense that was committed close to ten years ago. This is reported to be the...more

The French Data Protection Authority Puts Google On Notice To Delist Domain Names Beyond Site’s EU Extensions

McGuireWoods LLP on 6/17/2015

One, of course, recalls the May 13, 2014 decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on the “right to be forgotten”. As a result, the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL – Commission Nationale de...more

Article 29 Working Party Discusses the Right to be Forgotten

McDermott Will & Emery on 10/1/2014

On 18 September 2014, the European Union’s Article 29 Data Protection Working Party published a press release outlining its recent plenary session discussions on the so-called “right to be forgotten” or “de-listed.”...more

Toward the enforceability of the “right to be forgotten” in Europe

Proskauer - Privacy & Cybersecurity on 9/25/2014

The European Court of Justice, in a decision rendered on May 13, 2014, held that search engines are considered data controllers under the Directive of October 24, 1995 on data protection, and as such they must provide data...more

Google, the House of Lords and the timing of the EU Data Protection Regulation

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 8/20/2014

In the Google Spain “Right to be Forgotten” case, the ECJ held that Google must remove links to a newspaper article containing properly published information about a Spanish individual on the basis that the information is no...more

The EU's Right to be Forgotten: Overly Burdensome?

Pillsbury - Global Sourcing Practice on 8/5/2014

In May earlier this year, the European Union's top court held in favor of an individual who requested that Google remove the search results associated with his name. In this particular case, a Spanish citizen requested that...more

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