EU and US work on electronic evidence agreement
European Commission and U.S. Department of Justice officials met on September 25 to begin formal negotiations on an EU-U.S. agreement […]
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Pre-Checked Cookie Consent Invalid, EU Court Rules
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) this morning ruled that storing cookies requires internet users’ active consent. […]
How to manage, monitor and validate third-party data sharing
When companies manage how personal data is shared and transferred to third parties, much of the effort lately has been […]
EU Council Presidency Published Amended Proposal for Draft ePrivacy Regulation
On September 18, 2019, the Presidency of the European Council published its proposed amendments to the Proposal for a Regulation […]
Belgian DPA: Requiring Customers to Allow Their ID Cards To Be Scanned To Receive Loyalty Cards Violates GDPR
Asking to read an electronic ID card as a condition for the provision of a service (issuing a rewards/loyalty card) […]
Research reveals six common CX failures when handling GDPR information requests
A recent study conducted by Macro 4 reveals problems in the way companies are handling data subject access requests – […]
EU and US issue joint statement on the Third Annual EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Review
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and EU Commissioner for Justice, Consumers, and Gender Equality Věra Jourová made the joint […]
10 reasons why the GDPR is the opposite of a ‘notice and consent’ type of law
A ‘notice and consent’ privacy law puts the entire burden of privacy protection on the person and then it doesn’t […]
EDPS publishes opinion on communication data as personal data
The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) published, on 11 September 2019, the pleading notes before the Court of Justice of […]
Privacy Shield review goes on
US Administration will host the third annual joint review of the European Union–United States Privacy Shield Framework in Washington, D.C. […]
The role of the UK representative post-Brexit
If the United Kingdom leaves the European Union without a deal Nov. 1, it will automatically cease to be a […]
New Calculation Model for Data Protection Fines in Germany
In June, the conference of the German Data Protection Authorities (Datenschutzkonferenz) approved a concept for the calculation of GDPR fines. […]