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Meta Fines Expose EU Regulators’ Differences and Highlight Fundamental Issues for Data Controllers

Meta Ireland (Meta) has recently been issued with two fines by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) for breaches of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) relating to advertisements run on its Facebook and...more

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The Robins Kaplan Privacy Pulse: EU Regulators Fine WhatsApp $266 Million for GDPR Violations

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On September 2, 2021, EU regulators fined Facebook-owned chat service, WhatsApp, £225 million (around $266 million) for failing to fully disclose its user data collection and sharing practices. This is the second largest fine...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded: Technology Law Insights - Issue 3, August 2020

The Editors' Note - Welcome to the third issue of Decoded, Spilman's e-newsletter focusing on technology law, including data security, privacy standards, financing technologies, and digital-based means of conducting...more

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Facebook and Twitter fined for violation of requirements for the personal data localization

At the end of 2019, Federal Law No. 405-FZ1 entered into force. This act has significantly increased administrative liability for violations of the requirements on the localization of databases containing personal data of...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

When the Privacy Watchdogs Bare Their Teeth

July 2019 brought an escalation in the enforcement of privacy infringements by companies around the world. The trend began with a press release published on July 8, 2019, of a fine in the approximate amount of GBP 183 million...more

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FTC Issues Landmark $5 Billion Fine Against Facebook

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Big Picture Takeaways: Facebook faces many detailed requirements for internal and external governance and oversight with extensive reporting requirements...more

King & Spalding

Data Localization in Russia: Now Backed with Big Fines

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On June 13, 2019 a bill of law entered Russian State Duma to introduce to the Code of Administrative Offense administrative fines for failure to comply with the requirements for localization of processing of personal data of...more

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Financial Daily Dose 5.21.2019 | Top Story: FCC Approves T-Mobile/Sprint Merger

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FCC Chair Ajit Pai gave his agency’s stamp of approval to the pending $26 billion T-Mobile/Sprint merger on Monday, helping move the deal towards completion based on pledges from the companies to develop “a robust 5G network...more

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U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office Imposes Maximum Fine on Facebook

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The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office announced it will impose the maximum fine of $660,000 for Facebook’s breach of the U.K. Data Protection Act (see Notice of Intent). ...more

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GDPR Starts with a Bang: NOYB Sues Google and Facebook

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Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) became effective last Friday, May 25. That same day, the non-profit NOYB (from the colloquial “none of your business”) filed lawsuits against Google, together with...more

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€110 million fine for Facebook by the European Commission for providing misleading information during WhatsApp merger review

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The European Commission (“Commission”) announced on May 18, 2017, that it was fining Facebook €110 million for providing misleading or incorrect information during the review of the social network’s acquisition of WhatsApp in...more

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EU e-Privacy Regulation Raises Stakes for Compliance

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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

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