Consumer contract law in the age of data
As part of its 2015 Digital Single Market Strategy, the European Commission proposed modernising the rules applicable to sales of […]
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GDPR compliance: Hits and misses
Privacy professionals have now lived with EU General Data Protection Regulation compliance requirements for a full year. Many rebuilt, rewrote […]
1 year into GDPR, ad industry braces for more fines
Complacency is a dangerous mistress. But it’s a trap many companies are in danger of falling into when it comes […]
Three difficult lessons after first year of GDPR
One year is certainly not enough to judge the value of the reform that took six years to prepare and […]
Caught between data protection and trade sanctions?
The rapid evolution of the economic sanctions environment constitutes a compliance challenge for multinationals and financial institutions in particular. A […]
Don’t Acquire a Company Until You Evaluate Its Data Security
When Marriott International acquired Starwood in 2016 for $13.6 billion, neither company was awareof a cyber-attack on Starwood’s reservation system […]
Dutch DPA Issues Opinion on Use of Cookie Walls
Recently, the Dutch Data protection Authority has taken the position that the use of so-called “cookie walls,” whereby website access […]
GDPR Drives Changes, but Privacy by Design Proves Elusive
One year later, the EU mandate’s biggest impact has been to focus more attention on data protection and privacy. Many […]
Google’s New Privacy Features Put the Responsibility on Users
Google has promised to give people “clear, meaningful choices” around their data. Android Q, its latest mobile operating system, would […]
What GDPR’s first year says about data privacy regulation
Almost a year ago, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect. In that year, the United […]
GDPR has frustrated users and regulators
GDPR is turning one year old this month. It’s been a rocky ride. The organization that runs the landmark privacy […]
New Data Protection Guidelines to Impact Online Services?
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) recently published draft guidelines which may impact online service providers’ ability to process personal […]