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The European Union is an economic and political partnership comprised of 27 nations within the Eurozone. The EU was established in 1948 to promote stability and cooperation among member states in the aftermath of WWII. The EU maintains a common currency as well as several intranational institutions, including the European Parliament and the European Commission. less -

UK Supreme Court Rejects Amazon's Trademark Infringement Appeal

Jones Day on 3/28/2024

In a stark alert to providers of global e-commerce services, the UK's most senior court has upheld an earlier decision that Amazon "targeted" UK customers for sales of U.S. goods on its U.S. website, amounting to trademark...more

GDPR – Company Fined for Improper Data Collection

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co. on 3/27/2024

The French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) recently imposed a EUR 310,000 fine, representing 1% of its turnover, on FORIOU, a telemarketing company promoting loyalty programs. The fine stemmed from FORIOU’s use of...more

EDPB launches website auditing tool

A&O Shearman on 2/7/2024

The EDPB launched a website auditing tool to help legal and technical auditors at data protection authorities check whether websites are compliant with the law on 29 January 2024. Controllers and processors can also use the...more

Privacy Points 2024: Recap and What to Watch For in 2024

Benesch on 1/18/2024

Last year proved to be a big year in data protection with U.S. state data protection laws popping up across the country, the FTC updating its guidance and regulations on everything from data breaches and biometric...more

UK Increases Child Safety Online

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co. on 11/8/2023

In September 2023, the UK Online Safety Bill, which seeks to increase online safety and security, particularly child safety when using various online platforms, passed its final parliamentary debate. On October 26, the bill...more

Why Your Website Needs A Privacy Policy

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC on 9/28/2023

In this day and age, data privacy is a hot topic. Many Americans believe their personal data is less secure now than ever and that data collection poses more risks than benefits. For this reason, among others, businesses must...more

CNIL Fines Health Website for Unlawful Data Processing

Latham & Watkins LLP on 6/12/2023

The French Data Protection Authority imposed a €280,000 fine for GDPR infringements and a €100,000 fine for violation of French cookie rules. On 11 May 2023 the French Data Protection Authority (the CNIL) handed down its...more

European Digital Compliance: Key Digital Regulation & Compliance Developments - March 2023

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 4/6/2023

To help organizations stay on top of the main developments in European digital compliance, Morrison Foerster’s European Digital Regulatory Compliance team reports on some of the main topical digital regulatory and compliance...more

Domain Name News: March 2023

Hogan Lovells on 3/31/2023

This is the March edition of Anchovy News. Here you will find articles concerning ICANN, the domain name industry and the recuperation of domain names across the globe. ...more

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, Number 2. Privacy Briefs: February 2023

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 2/16/2023

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, no 2 (February 2023) DCH Health Systems, based in Tuscaloosa, Ala., said it fired an employee in December after a routine privacy audit revealed evidence that the worker had accessed some...more

Time to Update Your Cookie Banners? Helpful Guidance from the European Data Protection Board on Bad Cookie Banner Practices

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 1/27/2023

When it comes to website privacy compliance, cookies have consistently presented the most fraught issues for U.S. businesses. This is especially true for those businesses that find themselves in a sometimes new or often...more

Luxembourg’s CSSF SFDR Guidance: What You Need to Know

Dechert LLP on 12/20/2022

On 2 December 2022, Luxembourg’s supervisory authority, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) published an FAQ that seeks to clarify certain items under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation...more

The Evolution of the UK Online Safety Bill: What’s Next?

Latham & Watkins LLP on 10/3/2022

The bill has been introduced into the UK’s Parliament with various amendments to the initial draft published in May 2021, reflecting the extensive feedback received and the challenges in reaching a consensus. In March...more

CJEU Advocate General Issues Opinion on Meta vs. the German Bundeskartellamt

Fox Rothschild LLP on 9/23/2022

What does the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) Advocate General’s opinion in the case of Meta vs. the German Bundeskartellamt tell us regarding the scope of what constitutes “sensitive information,” “contractual...more

The Cookie Crumbles? EU Advocacy Group Files 226 Complaints Alleging Cookie Consent Violations

Benesch on 8/26/2022

Specifically, the group is alleging that websites are commonly using deceptive cookie banners that do not adhere to the GDPR’s express consent requirements. In early August, the European Union data protection advocacy...more

New "Tech Products Toolkit": Don’t delay: Putting digital accessibility compliance front and center

Hogan Lovells on 8/19/2022

Accessibility should be considered at an early stage when developing a new technology product or service. Many countries are responding to calls for better accessibility in the digital space. The growth of the importance of...more

The Katten Kattwalk | Issue 24

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 7/27/2022

War and Peace at Rospatent: Protecting Trademarks in Russia - Yes, we shall live, Uncle Vanya. Could Anton Chekhov ever have imagined that his literary work would be used to sell hamburgers? In March, a controversial...more

French Supervisory Authority Publishes Guidance on the Use of Website Analytics in Compliance With GDPR Requirements

K&L Gates LLP on 6/23/2022

Following the 2020 Court of Justice of the European Union’s (CJEU) ruling invalidating the Privacy Shield (see our alert here), personal data transfers from the European Union to the United States required EU companies to...more

Belgian Supervisory Authority Sanctions News Media Company for Violating Cookie Rules

Alston & Bird on 5/31/2022

On May 25th, the Belgian Supervisory Authority (“GBA”) announced that it had imposed a fine of EUR 50,000 on a Belgium-based news media company for using cookies on its websites without complying with applicable cookie law...more

Record €210 Million in Fines for Breach of Cookies and Website Tracking Rules—Note e-Privacy Directive, Not Just GDPR

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 1/10/2022

France’s data protection regulator (the CNIL) said this week it has fined Google and Facebook a combined €210 million for breaches of laws on cookies use and tracking of user online activity. These fines were not under the...more

New “Two-Click Cancellation” Button – German Exceptionalism for Subscription Terminations

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 10/7/2021

As part of the new Fair Consumer Contracts Act, Germany will soon require specific cancellation/termination mechanisms for consumer subscriptions. These mechanisms come on top of the updated EU-wide consumer contract rules...more

Anchovy News, July / August 2021

Hogan Lovells on 8/26/2021

This is the July/August edition of Anchovy News. Here you will find articles concerning ICANN, the domain name industry and the recuperation of domain names across the globe. In this issue we cover: DOMAIN NAME INDUSTRY NEWS...more

Privacy Group Launches Cookie Complaints Campaign Against EU Website Operators Based on Its Interpretation of Cookie Rules

Latham & Watkins LLP on 6/7/2021

The privacy organisation noyb will file more than 10,000 complaints for use of cookies contrary to its interpretation of compliance. On 31 May 2021, the nonprofit privacy organisation noyb (short for “none of your...more

NOYB goes to war on the cookie banner terror

Hogan Lovells on 6/3/2021

On 31 May 2020, Max Schrems' organization, NOYB, launched a new campaign aimed at ending what they dramatically refer to as the “cookie banner terror.” The campaign was spearheaded by sending over 560 draft complaints to...more

Anchovy News, May 2021

Hogan Lovells on 6/1/2021

This is the May edition of Anchovy News. Here you will find articles concerning ICANN, the domain name industry and the recuperation of domain names across the globe. In this issue we cover...more

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