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Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 13

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EU Institutions Reach Political Agreement on the Digital Services Act - On April 23, 2022, European legislators achieved political agreement on the Digital Services Act (“DSA”). Together with the recently agreed Digital...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

EDPB Issues New Guidance on Storing Credit Card Data for Future Purchases

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Online retailers storing credit card data for the sole purpose of facilitating further purchases will likely need to obtain consumer consent. Online shopping has boomed in recent years. In 2020, the European statistics...more

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[Webinar] US Privacy Laws for German Businesses - June 30th, 3:30 pm CET

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First we take Sacramento, then we take Berlin: How do US data protection laws affect how you do business. The webinar is aimed at in-house or outside counsel, as well as data protection and compliance officers. In this...more

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[Webinar] Datenintensive Technologien und Anwendungen rechtskonform gestalten - March 25th, 9:30 am - 3:00 pm CET

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Gerade für Juristen ist Begeisterung für und ein Verständnis von Branchen, Geschäftsmodellen und Technologien – gerade vor dem Hintergrund des Datenschutzrechts und des Gewerblichen Rechtsschutzes – unerlässlich und...more

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Clubhouse app faces court action in Germany over serious failings under data protection and consumer law

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Germany’s largest consumer protection organisation calls on Clubhouse operator Alpha Exploration Co. to cease and desist from illegal business practices and data protection violations. According to a statement by the...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

New DSA and DMA E-Commerce Rules to Note: Europe Overhauls Digital Services and Markets Regulations

The introduction of the DSA and the DMA will be the biggest shake-up of e-commerce rules since the dot-com boom. Businesses caught by the scope of the new digital services laws will be subject to a host of new obligations...more

BCLP

UK Private Equity: Horizon Scanning for 2021

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In a year dominated by the pandemic, it is easy to lose sight of some of the more granular legal developments and trends coming over the horizon for 2021 which, in their own ways, can also have a significant impact on the...more

International Lawyers Network

Data Privacy and E-Commerce: Considerations for the Food and Beverage Industry

The global food and beverage e-commerce market is expected to grow to $22.4 billion in 2020, possibly reaching $36.4 billion in 2023. That’s up from $14.9 billion in 2019.  Food and beverage e-commerce revenue in the United...more

Fenwick & West LLP

The EU Copyright Directive: Potential Copyright Liability and a “Best Efforts” Standard for Platforms

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In 2019, the Council of the European Union’s Committee of Permanent Representatives approved a Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market to respond to developments in the modes and markets for creation, production...more

BCLP

Do retailers drop more cookies on Americans or Europeans?

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Americans, but only slightly. United States companies consider several strategies for mitigating the risk that a supervisory authority might determine that they are subject to the GDPR (or the ePrivacy Directive)....more

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What percentage of United States retailers have decided to block European visitors from reaching their websites?

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25% There are two situations in which the GDPR purports to apply extraterritorially to companies that have no contact to the European Union. The first situation, described in Article 3(2)(a) of the GDPR, occurs when a...more

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Do Turkish Companies Have to Comply With the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”)?

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Your business complies with the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") and/or Turkish Personal Data Protection Law numbered 6698 and its secondary legislation ("PDPL"); but does it comply with the California Consumer...more

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January 2020: Survey of the Retail Industry’s Privacy Practices

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With the enactment of the European General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA”), retailers have been forced to cope with a shifting privacy landscape that impacts the data that...more

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Study of proposal for an ePrivacy Regulation

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On 10 January 2017, the European Commission issued a proposal for a new ePrivacy Regulation (ePR) triggering a legislative process that is still ongoing. The proposed ePR was intended to replace the existing ePrivacy...more

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GDPR Privacy FAQs: Can organizations use “terms and conditions” consent to gain consent to the deployment of cookies?

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No. The English supervisory authority, the ICO, has stated that consent requests must be “clearly distinguishable from other matters” and that bundling consent as part of terms and conditions in impermissible. According to...more

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Spanish DPA on Use of Cookies: Continued Browsing is Consent

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On November 8, the Spanish data protection authority (AEPD) published new Guidelines on the Use of Cookies (Guidelines) (Spanish only). The Guidelines have been prepared in collaboration with different organisations in the...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

CCPA’s Uncertain Effect on Digital Advertising

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Have you ever looked at a product online and realized it was following you around the internet? Have you ever visited a different website and seen the item you were just thinking about purchasing? These friendly reminders are...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

E-Commerce Businesses Beware: The Freedom to Contract does not Trump Reasonable Privacy Expectations

The EDPB’s new Guidelines on Article 6(1)(b) may severely limit e-commerce business’ ability to enhance data processing by unilaterally defining contractual services....more

Hogan Lovells

IPunkt | IP auf den Punkt gebracht - Januar 2019

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MARKENRECHTSMODERNISIERUNGSGESETZ (MaMoG) ZUR UMSETZUNG DER EU-MARKENRECHTSLINIE 2015/2436 TRITT IN KRAFT - Am 14. Januar 2019 trat die Novellierung des Markengesetzes durch das MaMoG in Kraft, mit der eine Reihe von...more

Perkins Coie

Managing the Privacy and Data Security Risks of IoT This Holiday Season

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As brick-and-mortar retailers seek effective ways of competing with the perceived convenience of online shopping, more and more are turning to the Internet of Things (IoT) to enhance customer engagement, in-store experience,...more

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French Data Protection Authority Confirms Enforcement Trend on Security Obligations for Data Controllers

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The Situation: Even before the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") became effective on May 25, there has been a noticeable trend in the enforcement of security obligations through increased sanctions. The...more

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

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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

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Takeda has officially emerged victorious in the battle for Shire. The Japanese drug giant will pay more than $66/share to acquire Shire in a deal valued at $62 billion....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

2018 EU Trade, Regulatory and Competition Trends

Our “trends for 2018” are only a selection of interesting developments to watch for in 2018. Within the political and legislative cycle of the European Union, 2018 promises to be an eventful year, given that it is the last...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

10 EU Competition & Regulatory Trends to Watch for in 2018

Introduction - Our “trends for 2018” are only a selection of interesting developments to watch for in 2018. Within the political and legislative cycle of the European Union, 2018 promises to be an eventful year, given...more

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