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

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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

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

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

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

Fox Rothschild LLP

Dutch Cookie Check Reveals Half Of Websites Failed To Meet Permission Requirements

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How compliant is that cookie in the window? The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) carried out a check on approximately 175 websites of web shops, municipalities and media, among other things, to determine whether they...more

Hogan Lovells

Spanish DPA on Use of Cookies: Continued Browsing is Consent

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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

Fox Rothschild LLP

Polish Data Protection Authority Fines Website For Overly Complicated Consent Withdrawal Process

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The Polish data protection authority has fined ClickQuickNow €47,126.97 for violating the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by requiring too difficult a process for revoking consent....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

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

Ballard Spahr LLP

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

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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

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Ruling from Europe’s High Court: “Active” Consent Required for Cookies

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) – the European Union’s equivalent to the US Supreme Court – has issued a very important ruling with respect to cookie compliance that may require re-evaluation of your cookie...more

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Data Scraping, at Home and Abroad

Data scraping is a technique where information on one platform is exported onto another. The practice is widespread and is used for all sort of reasons, like market analysis or advertising. The kind of information located and...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

The CNIL Sharpens Requirements on Deployment of Tracking Technologies

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

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Website Operator Jointly Liable for Data Collection and Transmission Through Facebook "Like" Button

On July 29, 2019, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued its decision in FashionID (Case C-40/17), determining that website operators are jointly liable with plugin providers for data collection and transmission through...more

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‘Click Here to Accept Updated Cookie Guidance’

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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

Hogan Lovells

The French Data Protection Authority Gets Ahead of the Game With New Rules on Cookie Consent Before the ePrivacy Regulation...

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The French Data Protection Authority (the CNIL) has made targeted online advertising a priority topic in its 2019-2020 agenda and has changed its position on cookie consent. Although the ePrivacy Regulation is still being...more

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Cookie consent – What “good” compliance looks like according to the ICO

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On 3 July 2019, the UK data protection authority (the ICO) updated its guidance on the rules that apply to the use of cookies and other similar technologies.  The ICO has also changed the cookie control mechanism on its own...more

White & Case LLP

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

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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

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Dutch Data Protection Authority States Cookie Walls Violate GDPR

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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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Google-Style GDPR Fines for Everyone? Bavarian DPA Conducts Website Cookie Practices Sweep, Announces Fines under Consideration

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As has been widely reported, in late January the French privacy supervisor CNIL fined Google €50 million for privacy violations relating to targeted marketing using Android user data. One of the core violations the CNIL...more

Dechert LLP

Third-Party Data Collection and Consent in Mobile Applications

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Recent legislative hearings in the United States and Europe have focused on the means by which large third-party data collectors track individuals via websites. Regulators have paid comparatively little attention to the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Germany Issues Privacy Guidelines for Employer Access to Employee Email and Internet Use

Can employers look at the company email accounts of employees, such as when they do not show up to work? Can employers monitor employee Internet use during working hours? Can employers read employee emails if they use the...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Facebook Sentenced to a Daily Fine of 250,000 Euros by a Belgian Court

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Once again, Facebook is in the spotlight. On November 9, following the Recommendation 04/2015 of May 13, 2015, issued by the Belgian Data Protection Authority (Belgian DPA) that we mentioned in a previous blog post, a Belgian...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

The Russian Data Protection Authority, Roskomnadzor, Enforces New Russian Data Localization Law

On September 9, 2015, the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Communications (the “Roskomnadzor”) reported on its website that it blocked an extensive online database of more...more

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