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Should it be called a “privacy policy,” a “privacy notice,” an “information notice,” or something else?

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Companies use different names to describe the document that discloses their practices in relation to the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information including: “Privacy Notice,” “Privacy Policy,” “Information...more

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WhatsApp-Facebook Data Sharing Attracts Scrutiny from EU Privacy Authorities

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European Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) recently launched investigations into WhatsApp’s sharing of user data with Facebook. (Facebook owns WhatsApp.) DPAs ordered WhatsApp to stop sharing the data pending the...more

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EU Privacy Regulators Issue Letters To Yahoo And WhatsApp

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In late October 2016, European Union (“EU”) data protection authorities issued letters to Yahoo and WhatsApp related to alleged privacy incidents involving those companies. The letters were issued by a collective of EU data...more

McCarter & English, LLP

It’s Time. Pick up the Shield.

When the new EU-US Privacy Shield was adopted all the way back on the 12th of July, we were quoted in the media discussing the fact that formal legal challenges to it were inevitable. By the time the dust settled enough to...more

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EU-US Data Transfers?: An update on actions taken by European DPAs

After the European Court of Justice invalidated Safe Harbor on October 6, ?2015, the Article 29 Working Party announced in an October 16, 2015 statement that US companies that were Safe Harbor certified had until the end of...more

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Privacy Shield Rejected, GDPR Approved - What This Means to Automotive Organizations

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The European Union Article 29 Working Party (Article 29) issued an opinion on the proposed EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework agreement (Privacy Shield) last month, stating that although the Privacy Shield was a “great step...more

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Privacy Shield – Rejected. GDPR – Accepted: What This Means to Your Organization and What You Should Consider Doing Now

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The European Union Article 29 Working Party (Article 29) issued an opinion on the proposed EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework agreement (Privacy Shield) last week, stating that although the Privacy Shield was a “great step...more

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US Companies Face Increasing Privacy Challenges in Europe

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In two independent and much-anticipated events, separate EU entities took actions which will continue to complicate the ability of US companies to do business in Europe. Privacy Shield Provisions Found Lacking by Working...more

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