After years out of circulation, class-action lawsuits asserting claims under the Video Protection Privacy Act (VPPA) are now back in reruns. But early critical assessment is mixed, so it remains to be seen whether VPPA-driven...more
The European Union’s top court ruled last week that the operator of a Facebook fan page is a “joint controller,” along with Facebook, with respect to personal data collected on such pages. The decision has implications for...more
6/12/2018
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Data Collection ,
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Data Protection Authority ,
EU ,
Facebook ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Germany ,
Personal Data ,
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The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its landmark decision in Maximillian Schrems v. Data Protection Commissioner on October 6, 2015, ultimately invalidating the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework.
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10/8/2015
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Edward Snowden ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Facebook ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Ireland ,
National Security ,
National Security Agency (NSA) ,
Personal Data ,
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Privacy Laws ,
Right to Privacy ,
Safe Harbors ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework ,
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