With the January 1, 2020 implementation date of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA” or “Act”) fast approaching, businesses should start thinking not only about the steps toward compliance, but also the risks associated with non-compliance. Particularly in light of the introduction of SB 561, continue reading...
The French Data Protection Authority, CNIL, has fined Google $50 Million Euros for Google’s alleged failure to comply with the EU’s sweeping General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The enforcement action is significant for a number of reasons: Jurisdictionally, CNIL ignored Google’s attempt to be regulated continue reading...
The TMCA is back from the 2018 ANA/BAA Marketing Law Conference, Upping Your Game: Pragmatic Business and Compliance Strategies. While in Chicago, we had the privilege of obtaining a comprehensive review of this year in marketing law and gained some insight into the areas of continue reading...
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), billed as the most important development in data privacy regulation in at least 20 years, arrived with a bang in May of this year and companies have been scrambling to implement compliance measures that will avoid its stiff continue reading...
Although numerous attempts have been made to pass a comprehensive U.S. privacy law over the years, this one might actually succeed. Efforts have begun on multiple fronts. From Senate Commerce Committee hearings to several federal agencies vying for which will lead a federal regulatory effort, continue reading...
Late last week, the Trump Administration released the National Cyber Strategy of the United States of America, purportedly the first such document released by the government in 15 years. According to the introduction by the President, the Cyber Strategy “is a call to action for continue reading...
In what could be a harbinger of things to come for business models negatively impacted by the throttling of data flow under the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), Nielsen Holdings was named in a putative class action Complaint on August 22, 2018, for allegedly continue reading...
On June 28, 2018, the California Legislature unanimously passed, and the Governor immediately signed, a sweeping expansion of data privacy protections for residents of California. Assembly Bill No. 375, entitled the “California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018” (the “CCPA”) goes far beyond current U.S. privacy continue reading...
The organization tasked with managing the Internet’s domain names is struggling to come to terms with Europe’s new data privacy law. On June 18, 2018, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) published for discussion the draft Framework Elements for a Unified Access continue reading...
Social media is an important marketing channel for many organisations. It is also a convenient way by which marketers can learn about customers, through data collected when they use social media channels. A recent case before the Court of Justice of the EU (“CJEU”) highlights continue reading...
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