General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Data Privacy, Corporate Fines

GDPR Fines to Be Determined by Reference to Global Turnover of Corporate Group

Latham & Watkins LLP on 2/20/2025

The CJEU has decided that the maximum thresholds for GDPR fines should be calculated using the global turnover of the broader corporate group, not solely the infringing entity....more

Europe: Amazon Slapped with Record-Breaking Privacy Fine

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co. on 8/25/2021

E-commerce giant Amazon reported in its financial statements at the end of last month that the Luxembourg data protection authority had imposed on it a fine totaling EUR 746 million. The fine appears to have been laid on...more

White Collar & Compliance Academy - Die Verteidigung

Latham & Watkins LLP on 5/21/2021

Effektive Verteidigungsstrategien in Datenschutzkonflikten - Unternehmen drohen bei möglichen Datenschutzverstößen mittlerweile hohe Bußgelder und Schadensersatzklagen. Mit welchen Strategien und Argumenten können sich...more

Exemplary and Record-Breaking: After a Two-Year Investigation, the UK’s ICO Issues British Airways with Its Largest Fine to Date...

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 10/19/2020

When British Airways (“BA”) suffered a significant personal data breach in September 2018, just months after the coming into force of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), all eyes were on the UK’s Information...more

Marriott Facing 124 Million GDPR Fine

Epiq on 8/8/2019

Everyone knows about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The GDPR is the EU’s new privacy regime in the region. Over a year has passed since its implementation and organizations are discovering how strict EU...more

French Regulator Says "Oui" to GDPR Fines for Under-Protected and Over-Retained Data

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 7/30/2019

NIL, the French data privacy regulator, issued a 400,000 euro ($448,358) fine against a company for GDPR violations stemming from sensitive information collected on its website. Investigating a complaint, CNIL discovered that...more

[Webinar] Live from the ZyLAB Amsterdam Office: One Year GDPR: What's Up (Next)? - May 24th, 7:00am ET

Association of Certified E-Discovery... on 4/23/2019

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) caused consternation in organizations worldwide, before and after the new law came into effect on May 25, last year. The introduction of the GDPR came with many...more

January’s Privacy Blizzard

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 2/5/2019

As predicted, the start of 2019 provided scant respite from the frenetic pace of privacy and cybersecurity developments during 2018. This past month alone, in a blizzard of activity, regulators amended regulations and...more

How the GDPR Will Impact U.S.-Based Companies (Part 1)

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 5/7/2018

On May 25, 2018, the European Union (“EU”) will implement the most robust regulation of privacy data that the digital world has ever seen—commonly known as the General Data Protection Regulation, or “GDPR.” The GDPR is the...more

GDPR: Ready for the EU’s New Data Privacy Law? What You Need to Know

Knobbe Martens on 1/11/2018

What is the GDPR? The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a new law going into effect on May 25, 2018 that grants European residents broad, never-before-recognized data privacy rights, and imposes...more

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