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Google’s U-Turn on Device Fingerprinting: ICO’s Response and Subsequent Guidance

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In a December, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) responded to Google’s decision to lift a prohibition on device fingerprinting (which involves collecting and combining information about a device’s software and...more

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Google’s Cookie Deprecation: What to Know About Chrome’s Data Collection

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If you’re feeling out of the loop about Chrome’s personal data collection, you’re not the only one. Google had announced that it would be deprecating third-party cookies. Then it delayed the deprecation. Then they called the...more

Legal Internet Solutions Inc.

Google Analytics will Delete Your Data in 2024: How You Can Save It

If you just spent any time preparing data presentations, then you know the importance of having access to your historical data. Perhaps you have it stored in a data warehouse or an Excel spreadsheet – the important thing is...more

Proskauer on Privacy

Bidding Farewell, For Now: Google’s Ad Auction Class Certification Victory

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A federal judge in the Northern District of California delivered a blow to a potential class action lawsuit against Google over its ad auction practices. The lawsuit, which allegedly involved tens of millions of Google...more

Hogan Lovells

Second time´s a charm – Spanish DPA's decision on NOYB vs. Google Analytics Part 2

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Following NOYB's filing of 101 complaints over continuous EU-U.S. data transfers by websites operators in the European Economic Area (EEA) in the post-Schrems II era, the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) issued its first...more

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Big Tech, Biometrics and BIPA: Meta’s Recent $68.5M Class Action Settlement

In July, Instagram’s parent company Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Meta”) agreed to a $68.5 million class-action biometric privacy settlement in connection with the company’s alleged violation of Illinois’ Biometric Information...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Private causes of action not preempted by COPPA, court says

In Jones v. Google, LLC, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that a district court judge erred in finding that state privacy claims were preempted by the federal statutory framework...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #311 – New Mexico AG Serious About Children’s Privacy Protections

New Mexico’s Attorney General, Hector Balderas, continues to champion children’s online privacy protections, this time settling with Google over alleged violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). ...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

The Robins Kaplan Privacy Pulse - Big Tech Aims to Increase Privacy Protections for Teens and Children

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Facing pressure from Congress and a groundswell of complaints by parents, many of the biggest technology companies are taking belated action to improve privacy protections for their teenage users. Though the Children’s Online...more

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Financial Daily Dose 12.15.2020 | Top Story: Moderates Push Skinnier Covid Relief Bill that Strips Out Sticking Points

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The latest lame-duck Covid relief package proposal would trim about 150 billion dollars (and a number of key sticking points, including funds “to bolster state and local governments, and a temporary coronavirus liability...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Big tech’s access to medical records

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Recent high-profile news articles have drawn public attention to large technology companies’ access to medical information. As a result, health care entities need to prepare for questions about this topic and increased...more

Carlton Fields

When Google Meets HIPAA: Some Privacy and Regulatory Issues as Silicon Valley Enters the Health Care Space

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On November 12, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights announced that it would be examining Google’s collaboration with Ascension, a nonprofit health care system that operates...more

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UK Court of Appeal rules against Google

Report on Supply Chain Compliance, Volume 2, no. 19 (October 10, 2019) - A case involving the “Safari Workaround”[1] has made its way through the U.K. courts over the past 18 months and has recently been allowed to proceed....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Landmark FTC Settlement Offers Important Lessons for Businesses That May Collect or Use Children’s Information

On September 4, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or the “Commission”) announced a settlement with YouTube and its parent Google that resolves allegations that the companies violated the Children’s Online Privacy...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Non-profit Activists’ Strategic Pursuit of Alleged GDPR Violations Spurs Compliance Developments

• Non-profit organizations are testing companies’ GDPR compliance through targeted requests for information and other means and are filing complaints against allegedly non-compliant companies. • Main areas for non-profit...more

Holland & Hart LLP

GDPR Starts with a Bang: NOYB Sues Google and Facebook

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Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) became effective last Friday, May 25. That same day, the non-profit NOYB (from the colloquial “none of your business”) filed lawsuits against Google, together with...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

EU e-Privacy Regulation Raises Stakes for Compliance

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The European Commission's proposed e-privacy regulation sets forth obligations on handling electronic communications and clarifies obligations for seeking consent for the use of cookies. Meant to bring the e-privacy directive...more

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Three Trending Topics in IoT: Privacy, Security, and Fog Computing

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Cisco has estimated that there will be 50 billion Internet of Things (IoT) devices connected to the Internet by the year 2020. IoT has been a buzzword over the past couple of years. However, the buzz surrounding IoT in the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

PRIVACY POLICIES AND THE SALE OF CORPORATE ASSETS: It pays to plan ahead to preserve the value of your data assets

Personal data is a valuable corporate asset. At times, the personal information collected from customers (such as email address, mailing address, phone number, etc.) can be a company’s most valuable asset. Unfortunately,...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Update: Google Not Going Down Without a Fight

Google is seeking further review in two cases we wrote about last week on alleged Wiretap Act violations. In the Gmail case, where Google was charged with improperly reviewing subscribers’ emails, Google asked Judge Koh to...more

Snell & Wilmer

Designing for Privacy & Web Success

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Originally published in Website Magazine, on January 18, 2013. It is a safe prediction for 2013 that public awareness of websites’ data privacy issues will continue to increase. In the last few years, popular websites,...more

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