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Want the personal data corporations have on you? Good luck, it’s not nearly as simple as it sounds
A courier arrived at my apartment door, handed me a heavy cardboard envelope and asked me to sign for it. This was serious business, and Toronto-Dominion Bank was not messing around. Weeks earlier, I’d sent a formal request to see all my personal information held by my bank. It’s the…
Read More »Schrems II Judgment Day
The Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU“) issued its judgment today in the Schrems II case1 and it is fair to say that it has caused some shock amongst the privacy community and our clients. First things first: don’t panic! Data flows will continue, and can continue, for…
Read More »Europe’s top court strikes down flagship EU-US data transfer mechanism
A highly anticipated ruling by Europe’s top court has just landed — striking down a flagship EU-US data flows arrangement called Privacy Shield. “The Court of Justice invalidates Decision 2016/1250 on the adequacy of the protection provided by the EU-US Data Protection Shield,” it wrote in a press release. The…
Read More »Dutch DPA issues record fine for violating GDPR data subject rights
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) issued a EUR 830,000 (approximately USD 937,000) fine against the Dutch Credit Registration Bureau (BKR) for violating data subject rights. The fine stems from BKR’s practice of charging fees and discouraging individuals who wanted to access their personal data. BKR is responsible for maintaining the Dutch…
Read More »Schrems II Judgment Day
The Schrems II judgment is due on 16th July. What will it say? Will Standard Contractual Clauses survive? What (if anything!) will you need to do anything to ensure that international transfers of data comply with GDPR? Join our experts on Friday 17th July at 16.00 BST, the day after…
Read More »CASL is Constitutional: Federal Court of Appeal Upholds Constitutionality of Canada’s Anti-Spam Law
Canada’s anti-spam law has been the target of intense criticism since its introduction in 2009 as the Electronic Commerce Protection Act. Even after the law passed in 2010, there was no shortage of effort to delay the regulations needed to put it into effect. Once it finally took effect in…
Read More »FTC fines HyperBeard $150,000 for illegally collecting children’s data
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) fines video game publisher HyperBeard $150,000 for illegally collecting children’s data You shouldn’t and can’t save children’s data!!! This is not much difficult to understand but companies have over the years been disregarding this basic tech tenet with impunity. First, it was TikTok who is being…
Read More »GDPR Fines Tracker & Statistics
The GDPR fines tracker was initially created as an in-house tool to aid the research proces because our writers had found it difficult to get accurate breakdowns of statistics that could be used within articles. We quickly decided that turning the tool into a referencable page would not only speed…
Read More »Google Sued for Secretly Amassing Vast Trove of User Web Data
(Bloomberg) — Google surreptitiously amasses billions of bits of information –every day — about internet users even if they opt out of sharing their information, three consumers alleged in a proposed class action lawsuit. “Google tracks and collects consumer browsing history and other web activity data no matter what safeguards…
Read More »Why the USMCA Locks in the Internet Platform Liability System in the U.S., Canada and Mexico
U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday signed an executive order targeting Internet platforms after Twitter fact-checked one of his tweets on mail-in voting (the company followed up with a warning on another tweet earlier today involving glorifying violence). The order cannot simply reverse current U.S. law, but it encourages U.S. regulators…
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Schrems II Judgment Day
The Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU“) issued its judgment today in …
