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Adtech and real time bidding: ICO prepared to take action

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In a recently published blog, the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) provided an update on its review of the adtech sector and noted that, whilst two key organisations are starting to make changes and many have engaged...more

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GDPR Privacy FAQs: Do European privacy laws require a cookie banner when a company uses first-party session cookies?

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Probably not. A cookie can qualify as “personal data” under GDPR when it can be linked to an individual person.  Even in instances where a cookie cannot be linked, it is still governed by the ePrivacy Directive and...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

UK’s ICO Brings Texting Enforcement Action, Fines Vote Leave 40,000 Pounds

Prior to the “Brexit” vote in 2016, the pro-Brexit campaign, Vote Leave, sent almost 200,000 unsolicited texts in violation of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR), according to a recent settlement it...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

UK Issues Fine for Unsolicited Funeral Marketing Emails

The U.K. data protection authority recently fined a lead generation company £90,000 ($118,000) for a 2017 unsolicited email marketing campaign. The company, Boost Finance Ltd, sent over 4 million emails promoting pre-paid...more

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