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
French regulators have held that the use of Google Analytics violates the GDPR, a decision that likely has broad implications for web analytics companies and website operators. On February 10, 2022, the French Data...more
On 10 February 2022, the French supervisory data protection authority (CNIL) announced that it issued a formal notice to a website operator to bring its data processing in relation to audience measurement and analysis in...more
The supplemental measures adopted by Google to regulate data transfers within the framework of the Google Analytics functionality are not sufficient to exclude the possibility of access by American intelligence services to...more
The French data protection authority’s decisions cite violations of the cookie rules under the ePrivacy Directive and provide important insights on explicit consent. Between December 2019 and May 2020, the French data...more
The Council decision contains useful considerations and clarifications on the “one-stop shop” mechanism, transparency obligations, and consent for targeted advertising. On 19 June 2020, France’s Highest Administrative...more
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
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
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
On September 24, 2019, the highest court of the European Union (EU), the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU), attempted to limit the territorial scope and authority of EU data protection authorities in its recent decision...more
Google scores win to reverse order from French privacy regulator CNIL that Google apply the “right to erasure” globally. The EU’s top court has ruled that Google does not have to de-reference data viewable outside the...more
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
Recent action by the Hamburg authority may present implications for companies regulated by a lead data protection supervisory authority in Europe. A German supervisory authority has initiated an investigation into Google’s...more
Hotel Chain Pays $12 Million to Resolve Privacy Violations - Motel 6 settled claims with the Washington State Attorney General for $12 million to resolve charges that Motel 6 violated the Consumer Protection Act and the...more
One key aspect of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is its aim of streamlining the regulatory process by providing “one-stop shopping”: the opportunity to deal with a single regulator with respect to all data...more
On Jan. 21, 2019, the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) levied a 50 million euros sanction against Google LLC for violating the EU General Data Protection Regulation2 (GDPR) in the context of the first enforcement...more
On January 21, 2019, the French data protection supervisory authority (“CNIL”) fined Google €50 million (approximately $57 million) for violating the European General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). ...more
After Google was ordered to pay €50 million (about $57 million) by the French data protection authority—the largest financial penalty under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to date—other companies were left to...more
The first sanction taken in application of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in France was issued by the French data protection authority (the "CNIL") on January 21, 2019 against Google LLC....more
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
As has been widely reported, in late January the French privacy supervisor CNIL fined Google €50 million for privacy violations relating to targeted marketing using Android user data. One of the core violations the CNIL...more
As predicted, the start of 2019 provided scant respite from the frenetic pace of privacy and cybersecurity developments during 2018. This past month alone, in a blizzard of activity, regulators amended regulations and...more
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
The General Data Protection Act has been making headlines for quite some time now, especially the potential fines that can be levied for non-compliance. Since the law’s recent enactment in May 2018, legal professionals and...more
Welcome back to our two-part series examining CNIL vs. Google: 10 lessons from the largest data protection fine ever issued. In this post we continue our analysis of CNIL vs. Google by taking a closer look at the additional...more