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EU Cookie Banners: EU Cookie Banner Task Force Report Homes in on Unlawful Practices

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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

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Reasonable and Pragmatic Approach by UK’s ICO to GDPR Compliance during the COVID-19 Pandemic

On March 12, 2020, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the U.K.’s data protection authority (DPA), published Guidance for data controllers on their data protection compliance obligations during the COVID-19 pandemic....more

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GDPR Privacy FAQs: What are the major differences between the Information Commissioner’s Office guidance on cookies and the CNIL’s...

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The Information Commissioner’s Office or the “ICO” is the British supervisory authority charged with enforcing GDPR. The Commission Nationale de l’informatique et des libertes (the “CNIL”) is the French supervisory authority....more

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Hotels and GDPR

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We are now over a year on from the major changes made to the European data protection regime by the GDPR so it is time to revisit what the changes mean now for the hospitality sector and investment in it, given increased...more

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

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

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France’s CNIL Publishes New Guidance on Cookies

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The guidance provides general requirements for obtaining valid consent and details conditions under which audience management cookies may be exempt. On 4 July 2019, one day after the UK Information Commissioner’s Office...more

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GDPR Privacy FAQs: Do European privacy laws require a cookie banner when a company uses first-party session cookies?

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Probably not. A cookie can qualify as “personal data” under GDPR when it can be linked to an individual person.  Even in instances where a cookie cannot be linked, it is still governed by the ePrivacy Directive and...more

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EU Updates: ePrivacy Regulation Inches Forward, EDPB Issues Guidance on Interplay Between GDPR and ePrivacy Directive

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Adoption of the ePrivacy Regulation - Introduced in 2017, and originally slated to go into effect with the GDPR (on May 25, 2018), it now appears the ePrivacy Regulation will not be implemented before late 2021....more

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Cookies and Adtech: ICO publishes an ambitious recipe for compliance

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The interaction between the General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679) (“GDPR”) and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (as amended) (“PECR”) has been vexing for some time now. As a...more

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“We’re Updating Our Privacy Policies” - Consent Under the GDPR

With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the European Union’s new privacy law having come into effect on 25 May 2018, thousands of companies have been flooding inboxes in recent weeks with emails asking for consent...more

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Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 14

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New York Attorney General Announces Record Number of Data Breach Notices in 2016 - On March 21, 2017, the New York Attorney General's Office announced that it received 1,300 reported data breaches in 2016—a 60 percent...more

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