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Data Processing
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Global Privacy & Security Compliance Blog
CNIL Fines Health Website for Unlawful Data Processing
The French Data Protection Authority imposed a €280,000 fine for GDPR infringements and a €100,000 fine for violation of French cookie rules. By Myria Saarinen On 11 May 2023 the…
IT Law Blog
GDPR vs Meta Platforms: The Rest of the Story. User Consent Must Be Provided
By Ilona
Recently, we have already talked about the difficulties faced by the tech giant Meta Platforms with European supervisory authorities (Irish DPC, European EDPB) and the prospects for further litigation regarding…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Bill in U.K. Parliament Would Facilitate Certain Types of Data Processing by Redefining ‘Personal Data’ Parameters
On March 8, 2023, the Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill was introduced to the UK Parliament by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). If enacted,…
ComplexDiscovery
A 2022 Look at eDiscovery Processing: Task, Spend, and Cost Data Points
By Rob Robinson
Editor’s Note: Originally published in June 2019 and updated annually, this report on eDiscovery processing task, spending, and cost information contains new data points based on recent refreshes of industry…
Privacy Matters
EU & Ireland: Meta’s legal basis for targeted ads found to breach GDPR
New decisions narrow ‘contractual necessity’ as a ground for processing data—and highlight divisions among EU privacy regulators Authors: James Sullivan, John Magee & David Brazil Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC)…
IT Law Blog
The first GDPR certification in Luxembourg
By Ilona
Since the entry into force of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), many companies processing the data of Europeans have faced the task of achieving the much desired GDPR-compliance. However,…
Privacy Matters
Portuguese Data Protection Authority fines the National Institute of Statistics € 4.3 million
On 2 November 2022, the Portuguese Data Protection Authority (“CNPD”) issued a Decision imposing a fine of € 4,300,000 (four million three hundred euros) to the National Institute of Statistics…
Health Law Prof Blog
Nudging Consent & the New Opt-Out System to the Processing of Health Data in England
Janos Meszaros (KU Leuven), Chih-Hsing Ho (Academia Sinica), Marcelo Corrales Compagnucci (Centre for Advanced Studies in Biomedical Innovation Law), Nudging Consent & the New Opt-Out System to the Processing of…
SALT Shaker
Texas Comptroller rules online learning courses are nontaxable while teacher planning services are taxable data processing
By Jonathan Feldman, Jeremy Gove, Eversheds Sutherland SALT
The Texas Comptroller published a private letter ruling concluding that subscriptions to online learning courses for academic subjects, professional topics, and vocational topics are not taxable. However, a company’s subscriptions for the…
Inside Cybersecurity & Privacy Law
Guidance for Definitions of Personal Data Processing Agents and Data Protection Officers
By Cristiane Manzueto, Rodrigo Leal
Published by the Brazilian Data Protection Authority (ANPD) on April 26, 2022, the new version of the guidance brought subtle, yet important, changes and clarifications. Continue reading.