Episode 341 -- DOJ Charges Visa with Monopolization and Exclusionary Conduct in the Debit Card Market
Google is so ubiquitous it's both a noun and a verb, and nearly everyone's search engine of choice. As a result, the landmark antitrust case brought by the U.S. Department of Justice and several states (collectively, the...more
On 25 March 2024, the UK Office of Communications (Ofcom) published its research and advice to the Secretary of State (SoS) on the threshold conditions that it considers appropriate to determine whether a service falls into...more
When the UK Online Safety Act (the "Act") became law on 26 October 2023, it had established one of the most comprehensive online safety regulatory frameworks in the world. The Act's intention is to make the use of online...more
Florida has joined the growing list of states enacting comprehensive privacy laws. Governor Ron DeSantis (R) signed the Florida Digital Bill of Rights (“FDBR”) into law on June 6th. How does it compare?...more
Here I go again. 23 goals for ‘23. As always, I can’t wait to sink my teeth into this list. And again, as always, I share my goals openly with you to share inspiration, build community, and help motivate one another to...more
By now, it is generally known that comprehensive privacy laws include requirements to allow consumers to opt-out of the sale of the their personal information, including personal information collected through the use of...more
CYBERSECURITY - FTC Warns Companies of Enforcement for Failing to Patch Log4j Vulnerability - In what I would describe as an unusual but interesting move by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), on January 4, 2022, it...more
This week’s Update features two stories on the growing (temporary?) phenomenon of using hotel guest rooms and other public spaces for those seeking an alternative arrangement to working from home and how those new remote work...more
Google Health’s Partnerships Raise Privacy Concerns - Recently, Google has been at the center of privacy concerns due to its health- sharing collaborations with the University of Chicago Medical Center (the Medical Center)...more
On September 24, 2019, the highest court of the European Union (EU), the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU), attempted to limit the territorial scope and authority of EU data protection authorities in its recent decision...more
Forget you ever read this - The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) declared last Friday that existing privacy laws allow consumers to ask search engines to remove inaccurate search results and to request...more
On June 12, 2015 the French Data Protection Authority (Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés – CNIL) issued a notice ordering Google to draw all the consequences of the CJEU May 13, 2014 ruling and to apply...more
The U.K. Information Commissioner issued an order to Google this week requiring it to remove nine search results of an individual’s minor criminal offense that was committed close to ten years ago. This is reported to be the...more
In an expected but controversial move, Google has rejected a demand by the French Data Privacy authority CNIL to apply the European “Right to be Forgotten” worldwide. We have covered the E.U.’s Right to be Forgotten...more
On 13 May 2014 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a judgment which Google called a “landmark ruling” (Google v. Costeja Gonzalez case, C-131/12). The court held, based on the 95/46 Directive on...more
On July 14, 2015, Vladimir Putin, the president of the Russian Federation, has signed the law on implementation of the “right to be forgotten” (the Law). The Law comes into force on January 1, 2016....more