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Cookies Resulting in Cross Border Data Transfers to the United States Draw Scrutiny from European Data Privacy Regulators

Epstein Becker & Green on 3/1/2022

Recent decisions from the European Union (EU) have placed renewed focus on the use of common cookies used on ecommerce and other websites used by consumers and employees and transfers of personal data collected through...more

Belgian Data Protection Authority Rules IAB Cookie Consent Framework Violates the GDPR

WilmerHale on 2/8/2022

Last week, the Belgian Data Protection Authority ruled that the IAB’s cookie consent framework violated the GDPR. This decision has tremendous potential implications on the ad tech industry, as both publishers and advertisers...more

Google Analytics Ruled Unlawful by Austrian Data Protection Authority Under the GDPR and Schrems II Decision

Benesch on 2/3/2022

More, possibly similar decisions are expected in the coming months, throwing cross-Atlantic data transfers and trade into doubt as diplomats seek a Privacy Shield replacement. In late December, the Austrian Data...more

US Tech Companies Under Increased Scrutiny from EU Data Protection Authorities

Jenner & Block on 1/28/2022

By the close of 2021, EU data protection authorities (“DPA”) had initiated investigations into a number of US tech companies operating in Europe and further investigations are set to continue. In a recent case concerning...more

French Data Protection Authority CNIL on a Hunt for Cookies

Cooley LLP on 12/21/2021

France’s data protection authority (CNIL) has proved again its determination to continue its enforcement strategy by issuing some 30 new formal notices to comply with its new guidelines on cookies on December 14, 2021....more

[Webinar] Mitigating Risk Exposure Under Evolving Global Cookies Regulations - May 19th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

McDermott Will & Emery on 5/10/2021

The regulation of cookies and similar tracking technologies is rapidly evolving, not only in the European Union and United Kingdom but also in the United States and globally. If you have visited a website recently, you might...more

International Data Protection Update – First Quarter 2021

BakerHostetler on 3/30/2021

This quarterly update highlights some of the international data protection issues that have caught our attention, and the attention of our clients, in the past three months....more

The Spanish DPA's new take on cookies: back to express consent

Hogan Lovells on 7/31/2020

Last November, the Spanish Data Protection Authority (Spanish DPA) published its new Guidelines on the Use of Cookies within the framework of the GDPR and Spanish E-privacy rules. ...more

French Administrative Supreme Court Endorses Data Protection Authority's Position on Cookies, Prohibits Prohibition on Cookie...

K&L Gates LLP on 7/24/2020

On 4 July 2019, the French Data Protection (CNIL) published its Guidelines on Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies. The Guidelines further detailed the nature of the interplay between the General Data Protection Regulation...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - May 2020

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 6/1/2020

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the Seventh Circuit's ruling finding standing for an Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act claim, the European Data Protection Board's updated...more

Revisions to the EDPB Guidelines on Consent: Cookie Walls and Scrolling Through

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 5/22/2020

On May 4, 2020, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted two important revisions to its 33-page Guidelines on Consent (Guidelines) under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The Guidelines are highly...more

French Data Protection Authority Issues Draft Recommendations on Consent for Cookies

Jones Day on 1/29/2020

The Situation: On July 4, 2019, the French data protection authority ("CNIL") published revised guidelines on the implementation of cookies or similar tracking technologies in order to take into account the new requirements...more

Spanish DPA on Use of Cookies: Continued Browsing is Consent

Hogan Lovells on 11/20/2019

On November 8, the Spanish data protection authority (AEPD) published new Guidelines on the Use of Cookies (Guidelines) (Spanish only). The Guidelines have been prepared in collaboration with different organisations in the...more

Spanish DPA Fines Airline For Cookie Compliance Failures

Fox Rothschild LLP on 10/18/2019

On the heels of the Planet49 decision, the Spanish data protection authority AEPD has fined Vueling Airlines €30,000 (reduced to €18,000 for payment in full) for failure to provide a compliant cookie disclosure/consent under...more

No Consent, No Cookie! CJEU Issues Far-Reaching Decision on Cookie Consent

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 10/4/2019

In its long-awaited judgment, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) decided the data protection requirements for obtaining consent when using cookies. The court held that “passive” acceptance of cookies through prechecked...more

Making Sense of EU Cookie Law in the Wake of CJEU’s Planet49 Ruling

Ballard Spahr LLP on 10/3/2019

The perplexing question of what U.S. companies must do to comply with EU “cookie” law became slightly more clear with the recent decision of the European Court of Justice (CJEU) in Planet49 GmbH, but numerous questions still...more

Privacy and Data Security Alert | August 2019

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 8/6/2019

French Data Protection Authority Issues Guidelines on Cookie Use - CNIL, France’s data protection authority, has released new rulesfor obtaining consumer consent under the GDPR for companies using cookies and other tracking...more

Continuing GDPR Pressure for Adtech

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 8/6/2019

Data protection authorities (DPAs) in the European Union (EU) continue to scrutinize practices in the adtech sector for compliance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and local data protection and...more

The CNIL Sharpens Requirements on Deployment of Tracking Technologies

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 7/31/2019

On July 18, 2019, the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) issued new guidance on the use of cookies and similar tracking technologies (collectively referred to as “cookies” below). The guidance clarifies the instances in...more

New CNIL Guidelines on Cookies and Tracking Devices

BCLP on 7/29/2019

The French Data Protection Authority (“Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés” - CNIL), the independent French administrative regulatory body whose mission is to ensure that data privacy law is respected, has...more

‘Click Here to Accept Updated Cookie Guidance’

ArentFox Schiff on 7/22/2019

Data protection authorities in the UK and France have released updated guidance for website operators that use cookies on their websites. This new guidance may mandate changes to existing cookie banners and provides further...more

UK Privacy Regulator Takes Aim at the AdTech Industry

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog on 6/25/2019

The UK Data Protection Authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), has published an update report on privacy issues around real-time bidding (RTB) and programmatic advertising. ...more

The Paris District Court Invalidates 38 Clauses of Google+ Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 4/15/2019

It has been rough weather for Google in France. Three weeks after the French ?Data Protection Authority imposed a record fine against Google for non-compliance with the GDPR, the Paris District Court (“Tribunal de Grande...more

Websites must remain accessible when rejecting tracking cookies – Dutch Data Protection Authority

White & Case LLP on 4/5/2019

The Dutch Data Protection Authority (the "Dutch DPA") has issued guidance stating that so-called "cookie walls" are not compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (the "GDPR"). The guidance is not legally binding,...more

Dutch Data Protection Authority States Cookie Walls Violate GDPR

Hogan Lovells on 3/13/2019

On 7 March 2019, the Dutch Data Protection Authority published guidance (in Dutch) that it considers “cookie walls” to violate the GDPR. A cookie wall is a pop-up on a website that blocks a user from access to the website...more

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