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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

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

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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

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Court of Justice of the EU Places Limits on the Territorial Scope of the “Right to be Forgotten”

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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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

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

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

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

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Summary of the March 2018 Global Privacy Summit

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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

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GDPR: The Most Frequently Asked Questions: When Honoring a "Right To Be Forgotten" Request Do I Have To Delete Personal Data From...

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

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

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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

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

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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

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

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

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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - September 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

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the...

Google and the Right to be Forgotten: The French Data Protection Authority Takes the Matter Further

On June 12, 2015 the French Data Protection Authority (Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés – CNIL) issued a notice ordering Google to draw all the consequences of the CJEU May 13, 2014 ruling and to apply...more

Proskauer - Privacy & Cybersecurity

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

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

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

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

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

Pillsbury - Global Sourcing Practice

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

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

Butler Snow LLP

Is There A Right To Be Forgotten? The Court of Justice of the European Union Says “Yes”.

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Since Google, a web search engine provider, became a multi-billion dollar company, it has steadfastly refused to remove internet search results on a discretionary basis. In fact, Google support expressly provides that...more

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Data Privacy Law in the UK, Part I: An Introduction for U.S. Employers

The recent high-profile decision by the European Court of Justice involving Google has highlighted the existence of stringent data privacy laws in the European Union (EU). However, although the Google decision was...more

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In Right to Be Forgotten Proceedings, Who Represents the Public Interest?

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In its newly published Fact Sheet on the Right to Be Forgotten, the European Commission has tried to dampen the negative reaction to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) Right to Be Forgotten decision by noting that the right...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

European Union’s Highest Court Rules Google Must Remove Links Containing Personal Data

In a significant and concerning decision, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) has endorsed the so-called “right to be forgotten” and ruled that, in some circumstances, search engines can be compelled to remove search result...more

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