Data Revolution: How U.S. Privacy Laws Change the Way Data Should be Managed by Retail and Tech Industries
On April 16, data privacy law regulators in seven states announced the creation of the Consortium of Privacy Regulators, a bipartisan group of state regulators seeking to “share expertise and resources, as well as coordinate...more
Countless hours are being spent categorizing cookies and other tracking technologies to work with consent management platforms, part of a purpose-built industry aiming to help companies deal with the increasingly complex and...more
Would you like some milk with those website cookies? We know the common privacy joke. However, website cookies and online tracking technologies (collectively, “cookies”) are increasingly no joking manner as they can create...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
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
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
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
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
Website operators are not permitted to use cookies and similar tracking technologies for analysis and marketing purposes without the informed consent of users, if this involves sharing personal data with third parties and...more
Yes. Most cookie banners can be classified into one of three general categories: (1) notice only banners, (2) notice + opt-out banners, and (3) notice + opt-in banners....more
42% European supervisory authorities have increasingly taken the position that, pursuant to the GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive, companies should notify visitors if they access or store information in a cookie, or if they...more
It is impossible to browse the Internet without bumping into a popup window requesting consent to enable cookies on the web page. Website cookies are text files saved to devices that contain information about a person’s...more
With the enactment of the European General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA”), retailers have been forced to cope with a shifting privacy landscape that impacts the data that...more
With the enactment of the European General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA”), companies have been forced to cope with a shifting privacy landscape that impacts the data that...more