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Class Action Data Protection Authority

A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
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Trendwende bei datenschutzrechtlichen Sammelklagen? Generalanwalt stellt hohe Anforderungen an immateriellen Schadensersatz nach...

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Das Umfeld für datenschutzrechtliche Sammelklagen wird seit Jahren immer klägerfreundlicher. Gerade die Geltendmachung von immateriellen Schadensersatzansprüchen nach Art. 82 DSGVO hat sich zu einem beliebten Geschäftsfeld...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

UK Supreme Court Rules for Google in “Class Action”—However, Increased Data Damages and Fines Risk Remains

This year has seen further record GDPR fines levied by Data Protection Authorities, however, a second “under the radar” risk exists—namely, being sued for damages. Today we saw a sea-change case (Lloyd v Google) ruling by...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - September 2020

In this month's edition, we examine the Swiss data protection authority's comments on the validity of its data-sharing framework with the U.S., as well as the European Data Protection Board's guidance on joint controllers and...more

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The Weekly Privacy Rewind

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Federal Trade Commission - Federal Trade Commission Asks for Ability to Fine Companies for Privacy Violations - Speaking before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, the...more

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Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 13

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On December 28, 2016, the New York Department of Financial Services ("DFS") released a revised version of a proposed regulation that would require banks, insurance companies, and other financial services institutions...more

Alston & Bird

France Adopts New Regime for Privacy Class Actions

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A few weeks ago, France passed the Digital Republic Act which significantly enhances French citizens’ rights to privacy by offering new avenues to exercise rights and granting new powers to the French data protection...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - September 2016"

In this edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the Sixth Circuit's decision to allow injury-in-fact to be established by alleging a "substantial risk of harm" in a data breach case, New York state's...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - August 2016"

In this edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we highlight guidance issued by the Irish data protection authority regarding the use of location data, as well as the FTC's request for comment on its Standards for...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - June 2016"

In this edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the impact of Brexit on EU data protection, court rulings on cyber insurance policy exclusions and coverage gaps, recent statements from the FTC and the...more

Alston & Bird

Germany’s Christmas Present: Data-Protection Class Actions

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Following the European Court of Justice’s Schrems decision invalidating the Safe Harbor mechanism, much attention has focused on how the Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) of EU member states would interpret and enforce...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

EU safe harbor update

Last week, the Vienna Higher Regional Court ruled that most of Max Schrems’ claims against Facebook can proceed, including his claim that Facebook improperly allowed his personal information to be shared with the National...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Advertising Law - October 2015 #3

With EU Safe Harbor Invalidated, Companies Ask: What Now? - What happens now?: That is the question that businesses across the country are asking after the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) threw out the...more

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