February 11, 2014 – The FTC today announced a proposed settlement with Fantage.com Inc., a children’s online entertainment company that allegedly misrepresented its adherence to the U.S.-European Union Safe Harbor Framework (the “Framework”). According to the FTC’s complaint, Fantage made statements in the privacy policy its website that it followed the privacy principles of the Framework, when […]
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EU Data Protection Regulation May Be Delayed
January 27, 2014 – EU justice commissioner Viviane Reding said in a speech this week to a meeting of justice and home affairs ministers in Athens that the draft General Data Protection Regulation will not be agreed during the EU Parliament’s current term. As a result, the Regulation is unlikely to be voted on until […]
EU Data Protection Authorities Note Serious Reservations with Proposed General Data Protection Regulation
Several members of the Alston & Bird Privacy and Security Group attended the IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress held in Brussels this past week. Much of the discussion at the Congress centered on the proposed new General Data Protection Regulation (the “Regulation”), which if enacted would replace the European Union Privacy Directive (Directive 95/46/EC) in effect since […]