On December 3, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it had reached settlements in four separate Privacy Shield cases.
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CNIL Fines French Construction Company for Infringements When Placing Marketing Voice-to-Voice Calls
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On November 26, 2019, the French Data Protection Authority announced that it had levied a fine of €500,000 on Futura Internationale for various infringements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation.…
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EDPB Publishes Final Version of Guidelines on the GDPR’s Territorial Scope
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The European Data Protection Board has adopted its final guidelines on the territorial scope of the GDPR, taking into account the feedback it received during the public consultation of its draft guidelines published on November 23, 2018.…
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Wojciech Wiewiórowski Selected as New European Data Protection Supervisor
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On November 26, 2019, the European Data Protection Supervisor’s office and the European Parliament announced that Wojciech Wiewiórowski will officially be the new European Data Protection Supervisor for the new term of office. …
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EDPB Publishes Guidelines on Data Protection by Design and by Default
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On November 13, 2019, the European Data Protection Board published its draft guidelines 4/2019 on the obligation of Data Protection by Design and by Default set out under Article 25 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation. …
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Company Settles FTC Allegations of Privacy Shield Misrepresentation
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On November 19, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission announced that Medable, Inc. agreed to settle allegations that the company had misrepresented its participation in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield program.…
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CIPL Issues Discussion Paper on Organizational Accountability in Light of FTC Consent Orders
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On November 13, 2019, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth issued a discussion paper on “Organizational Accountability in Light of FTC Consent Orders.”…
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Brussels Event: The Role of the EDPB and the Cooperation of SAs
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On November 18, 2019, Hunton Andrews Kurth will host a networking luncheon in the firm’s Brussels office. The luncheon will feature Isabelle Vereecken, Head of the Secretariat of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), and will focus on the role of the EDPB and cooperation between supervisory authorities (SAs) in cross-border matters. This blog entry provides a contact to register. …
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Austrian DPA Fines Österreichische Post AG 18 Million Euros
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The Austrian Data Protection Authority imposed an 18 million EUR fine on the Austrian Postal Service.…
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Berlin Commissioner Issues Fine to Deutsche Wohnen SE
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On November 5, 2019, the Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information announced that it imposed a fine of €14.5 million on a major real estate company, which is the highest fine issued in Germany since the EU General Data Protection Regulation became applicable.…
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