On June 23, 2020, the German Federal Court of Justice issued a decision confirming the enforceability, in preliminary proceedings, of the order of the German Federal Cartel Office against Facebook’s data practices.
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Facebook Agrees to Landmark 550 Million Dollar Settlement in BIPA Class Action
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Facebook disclosed on January 29, 2020, that it has agreed to pay 550 million dollars to resolve a biometric privacy class action filed by Illinois users under the Biometric Information Privacy Act.…
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Advocate General Upholds Validity of Standard Contractual Clauses in Schrems II Case
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On December 19, 2019, the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union handed down his opinion in the so-called “Schrems II” case.…
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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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Facebook Reaches Settlement with ICO over £500,000 Data Protection Fine
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Facebook reached a settlement with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, agreeing to pay a fine of 500,000 GBP in relation to the processing and sharing of its users’ personal data with Cambridge Analytica.…
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Ninth Circuit Allows Class Action Challenging Facebook’s Facial Recognition Technology Under Illinois BIPA
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On August 8, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit allowed a class action brought by Illinois residents to proceed against Facebook under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. This blog entry provides details on the case.…
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CJEU Ruling on Websites Using Facebook ‘Like’ Buttons
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On July 29, 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union released its judgment in case C-40/17, Fashion ID GmbH & Co. KG vs. Verbraucherzentrale NRW eV, ruling that Fashion ID should be considered a joint controller with Facebook regarding the collection and disclosure of personal data to Facebook as a result of embedding the Facebook ‘Like’ button on its website.…
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Facebook to Settle with SEC for $100 Million
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In addition to the record-breaking $5 billion penalty to the FTC penalty and settlement order, on July 24, 2019, the SEC announced charges against Facebook for inadequate and misleading disclosures over its privacy practices.…
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UPDATE: FTC Announces Record-Breaking Facebook Settlement Order
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Facebook will pay a $5 billion penalty to the FTC to resolve a privacy probe into whether Facebook violated a prior FTC consent decree requiring the company to better protect user privacy.…
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UPDATE: FTC Approves Record $5 Billion Settlement with Facebook
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According to media reports, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a roughly $5 billion settlement with Facebook, Inc. to resolve a privacy probe investigating whether Facebook had violated a prior FTC consent decree requiring the company to better protect user privacy.…
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