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On January 18, 2021, the European Data Protection Board released draft Guidelines 01/2021 on Examples regarding Data Breach Notification. The Guidelines aim to assist data controllers in deciding how to handle data breaches, including by identifying the factors that they must take into account when conducting risk assessments to determine whether a breach must be reported to relevant supervisory authorities and/or the affected data subjects. …
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On January 15, 2020, the European Data Protection Board and European Data Protection Supervisor adopted joint opinions on the draft Standard Contractual Clauses released by the European Commission in November 2020, both for international transfers and for controller-processor relationships within the EEA.…
Continue Reading EDPB and EDPS Adopt Joint Opinions on Draft SCCs

As reported on the Hunton Retail Law Resource blog, the Federal Trade Commission settled charges with mobile advertising company Tapjoy, Inc., on allegations that the company failed to provide promised rewards in exchange for completed activities such as the payment of money, disclosure of sometimes-sensitive personal information or registration for “free trial” marketing offers.…
Continue Reading FTC Pursues Advertising Network that Failed to Deliver In-Game Rewards in Exchange for Payment or Personal Information

On November 23, 2020, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth submitted its response to the European Data Protection Board consultation on draft guidelines on relevant and reasoned objections under the General Data Protection Regulation cooperation and consistency mechanisms. This posts provides an overview of the EDPB’s guidelines and highlights CIPL’s response.…
Continue Reading CIPL Submits Response to the EDPB Guidelines 09/2020 on Relevant and Reasoned Objections under the GDPR

On December 24, 2020, the European Union and the United Kingdom reached an agreement in principle on the historic EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement. For data protection purposes, there is a further transition period of up to six months to enable the European Commission to complete its adequacy assessment of the UK’s data protection laws. For the time being, personal data can continue to be exported from the EU to the UK without implementing additional safeguards.…
Continue Reading EU-UK Trade Deal: What It Means For Post-Brexit Data Flows

On December 14, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it had issued orders to nine social media and video streaming companies, requesting information on how the companies collect, use and present personal information, their advertising and user engagement practices and how their practices affect children and teens.…
Continue Reading FTC Issues Orders to Nine Social Media and Video Streaming Service Companies Regarding Privacy Practices

On December 15, 2020, the Irish Data Protection Commission announced its fine of 450,000 Euros against Twitter International Company, following its investigation into a breach resulting from a bug in Twitter’s design. The fine is the largest issued by the Irish DPC under the GDPR to date and is also its first against a U.S.-based organization. …
Continue Reading Irish DPA Issues €450,000 Fine Against Twitter for Data Breach Following EDPB Decision under the GDPR Consistency Mechanism