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Belgian Court Uses Novel Argument to Assume International Jurisdiction over Non-EU Facebook Entities

March 21, 2018 By Daniel Felz and Privacy & Data Security Team

On February 16, 2018, the Brussels Court of First Instance rendered a judgment in proceedings brought by the Belgian Privacy Commission’s against Facebook. The case forms one part of two-tiered litigation brought by the Commission in regards to alleged monitoring practices vis-à-vis Belgian internet users. In parallel to the proceedings that resulted in the judgment […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, Enforcement, Privacy Tagged With: Behavioral Tracking, EU Data Protection, EU Privacy, EU Regulation, European Union (EU), GDPR, Litigation, Regulatory Enforcement, Social Media, Tracking

German DPAs Publish Model GDPR Processing Records – Translations Provided

February 26, 2018 By Daniel Felz

In just under 100 days, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) enters into force. One of the major changes the GDPR introduces is a duty for in-scope controllers and processors to maintain written records of their processing activities.  Under Article 30 GDPR, companies will need to inventory all “processing activities under [their] responsibility” and […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, Enforcement, GDPR, Germany, International, Legislation, Privacy, Regulation, Uncategorized Tagged With: Article 30, EU Data Protection, EU Privacy, EU Regulation, GDPR, German data protection, German DPAs, German Enforcement

100 Days Until GDPR Effective Date – Sharing Our GDPR Experience

February 14, 2018 By Daniel Felz and Privacy & Data Security Team

In less than 100 days, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will go into effect. This means that as of May 25, 2018, each national Supervisory Authority will have the authority to apply and enforce the GDPR. The GDPR raises the bar in terms of requirements substantially higher than the Data Protection Framework Directive. For […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, Data Security, GDPR, Privacy, Regulation Tagged With: EU Data Protection, EU Privacy, EU Regulation, European Union (EU), GDPR, GDPR Implementation

ECJ Rules against Schrems Class Action, Sets Up Jurisdictional Questions for GDPR Class Actions

January 30, 2018 By Daniel Felz

In late 2015, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued its initial Schrems decision, invalidating the EU/US Safe Harbor and leading to important developments in the rules for transferring personal data from the EU to the US.  Since that decision, Mr. Schrems has pursued two further legal proceedings in the EU. The first involves Mr. Schrems’ challenge in […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, Enforcement, GDPR, International, Online Privacy, Privacy, Privacy Litigation, Uncategorized Tagged With: Class Action, Cross-border, EU Data Protection, EU Privacy, EU Regulation, European Court of Justice, European Union (EU), GDPR Implementation, Litigation, Max Schrems decision, Social Media

ePrivacy Regulation Trilogue Negotiations Pushed back to Fall 2018; Final ePrivacy Regulation may not be in Place until 2020

January 11, 2018 By Daniel Felz

About this time last January, the European Parliament released its proposal for a new ePrivacy Regulation.  The intent of the ePrivacy Regulation is to replace the current ePrivacy regime – which consists of an ePrivacy Directive and a patchwork of local implementing legislation – with a uniform set of directly-applicable EU-wide rules.  Since the Parliament […]

Filed Under: Behavioral Advertising, Data Protection, ePrivacy, International, Legislation, Mobile Privacy, Online Privacy, Privacy, Privacy Policy, Regulation, Uncategorized Tagged With: Behavioral Tracking, EU Data Protection, EU Privacy, EU Regulation, Mobile Technologies, Social Media, Tracking

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