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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, Cyber & Data Strategy 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

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

InMobi to Pay $950,000 to Settle FTC Charges that it Secretly Tracked Phone Users

June 30, 2016 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that InMobi, a Singapore-based mobile advertising company whose products are used by many Android and iOS app makers to deliver advertisements to consumers, will pay $950,000 in civil penalties and implement a comprehensive privacy program to settle FTC charges for deceptively tracking the locations of hundreds of millions of […]

Filed Under: Children's Privacy, Mobile Privacy Tagged With: Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Marketing, Mobile Technologies, Tracking

Alston & Bird Privacy Program: Thinking Outside the Cookie Jar

May 13, 2015 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

On April 29, Alston & Bird’s Los Angeles office hosted a Privacy Program on Mobile Behavioral Tracking. Dominique Shelton of Alston & Bird moderated a panel that consisted of Alston & Bird attorneys Peter Swire and David Keating and industry professionals from the Office of the Attorney General, California Department of Justice, Ghostery Inc. and […]

Filed Under: Events, Mobile Privacy, Privacy Tagged With: Behavioral Tracking, Regulatory Enforcement, Tracking

Alston & Bird Welcomes Peter Swire

January 8, 2015 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

Alston & Bird is pleased to announce that Peter Swire has joined the firm’s Privacy and Security practice as Senior Counsel. Peter was President Clinton’s Chief Counselor for Privacy in the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. He also served as one of five members of President Obama’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technology, formed in the […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: European Union (EU), HIPAA, Tracking

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