Data Revolution: How U.S. Privacy Laws Change the Way Data Should be Managed by Retail and Tech Industries
Today, encountering a cookie banner is a common experience for most individuals who peruse the internet. These banners inform website users of the presence of cookies or other tracking technologies through language such as,...more
On September 4, 2024, the California Privacy Protection Agency ("CPPA") announced that it issued an Enforcement Advisory ("Advisory") providing guidance on how to avoid using prohibited "Dark Patterns" to obtain consent from...more
On 7 March 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a ruling (C-604/22 | IAB Europe) clarifying the concepts of personal data and controller in the context of the use of a Transparency and Consent Framework...more
A California appeals court just pressed fast-forward and ruled that the state can immediately begin enforcing new regulations governing the state’s cornerstone data privacy law instead of waiting until late next month. This...more
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office recently reported that it is continuing its review of website cookie banners. It had expressed concern late last year that these banners were not giving “fair choices” because they did...more
The use of online tracking technologies for online behavioral advertising, analytics and related activities has come under increasing scrutiny by regulators in the U.S., Europe and elsewhere. The obligations under various...more
This breakout series will discuss the latest U.S. privacy compliance programs, and how trends such as sale opt-out and cookie banners are part of the “data revolution”. The series will also cover the intersection of...more
With the advent of ad blockers, it seemed like we were just on the cusp of distraction-free web browsing—and then data privacy regulations had to come along. Now, nearly every website has to bombard you with cookie popups and...more
Sure, data privacy regulations say you need to inform website visitors about any data collection activities you perform. You know that the most significant tracking technologies on your website are cookies, so you need to...more
On 18 January 2023, the European Data Protection Board (the “EDPB”) announced the adoption of a report on the work undertaken by the Cookie Banner Task Force (the “Task Force”). The Task Force was formed in September 2021 for...more
Alla luce del recente provvedimento dell’Autorità Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali Francese, la Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (“Garante” o “CNIL”), riportiamo di seguito un’analisi del...more
FBI Seizes Hive Ransomware Servers—Blocks US$130 Million in Demanded Ransoms - On January 26, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that the Department of Justice dismantled the “Hive” ransomware group, which had...more
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
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted a draft report of the work undertaken by the Cookie Banner Taskforce (the Report). The Report describes how regulators apply cookie legislation in handling certain types of...more
As data privacy regulations have become increasingly commonplace in the last decade, organizations have had to strategically assess how they collect, process, store, and sell consumer data. To better equip themselves for this...more
On August 24, 2022, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a settlement with Sephora for violations of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The action places online consumer tracking, analytics and advertising...more
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
SEC Proposes New Cybersecurity Rules for Public Companies - On March 9, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced proposed amendments to its rules on cybersecurity. The proposed rules aim to “enhance and...more
Welcome to the third installment in our eight-part series preparing you for the post-cookie world. In our first post, we provided a deep dive into third-party cookies for a baseline understanding of the technology and the...more
European regulators unofficially announced the major theme of this new year, through the release of several decisions pertaining to cookies and other tracking technologies in the first 10 days of 2022. As the General Data...more
And the cookie continues to crumble. NOYB has filed 422 complaints with ten EU data protection authorities. The move came after it sent written warnings and draft complaints to more than 500 companies on May 31, 2021...more
Die Datenschutzorganisation noyb droht mit über 10.000 Beschwerden wegen möglicher rechtswidriger Verwendung von Cookies. Am 31. Mai 2021 startete die Datenschutzorganisation noyb (die Abkürzung steht für „none of your...more
The legislation updates the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by prohibiting internet companies from collecting personal information from anyone 13- to 15-years old without the user’s consent Senators...more
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
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