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February 24, 2021

Federal Constitutional Court: CJEU must clarify whether GDPR provides materiality threshold

The decision means the Court of Justice of the European Union will need to clarify the framework for EU General Data Protection Regulation damages claims.

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February 22, 2021

European Commission Publishes Draft UK Data Transfer Adequacy Determination

The European Commission published a draft data protection adequacy decision relating to the UK. If the draft decision is adopted, organizations in the EU will be able to continue to transfer personal data to organizations in the UK without restriction.

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February 19, 2021

Big Data Is Booming in the U.S., but Other Countries Are Making the Rules

Lawmakers and regulators in some of the world’s largest countries are ramping up enforcement of privacy laws, revising statutes or debating new rules.

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February 18, 2021

Aiming to Cash In on Data, European Firms Grapple With Privacy Laws

Companies in Europe want to share the personal data of consumers with other firms or turn it into business applications without violating privacy rules, but there is no consensus on how to avoid revealing such potentially sensitive information.

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February 11, 2021

EU ePrivacy Regulation takes a big leap forward to adoption

The Council of the EU has made a surprise announcement that it has approved its negotiating position on the ePrivacy Regulation, which will further reform EU cookie consent and communications content andmetadata rules in the EU.

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February 9, 2021

Portugal proposes new text of ePrivacy Regulation

The Portuguese presidency of the EU has pitched a new text on the controversial ePrivacy regulation, focusing on the processing of communications metadata and data stored on end-user equipment.

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February 9, 2021

Virginia Set to Become Second US State to Pass a Comprehensive Privacy Law

Virginia Senate passed the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act on February 3.

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February 2, 2021

Washington State Introduces New Data Privacy Bill: The People’s Privacy Act

A people-focused, community-supported solution to the growing need to protect personal data.

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January 30, 2021

Council of Europe calls for restrictions on the use of facial recognition technology

The Council of Europe has published guidelines to avoid what it terms significant risks to privacy and data protection posed by the increasing use of facial recognition technology.

January 29, 2021

Police Say They Can Use Facial Recognition, Despite Bans

More than a dozen cities have passed facial recognition bans in the past couple of years, but police say there are loopholes.

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January 28, 2021

Germany Publishes New Draft Rules for Cookies and Similar Technologies

On January 12, 2021, the German Ministry for the Economy and Energy released a new draft Law on Data Protection and the Protection of Privacy in Telecommunications and Telemedia (TTDSG).

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January 27, 2021

EU Parliament Guidelines Call for Moratorium on Facial Recognition

In a report released January 20, 2021 the European Parliament proposed a moratorium on use of facial recognition technology in public and semi-public spaces

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