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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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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The Schrems Saga Continues: Schrems II Case Heard Before the CJEU
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On July 9, 2019, the hearing in the so-called Schrems II case (case C-311/18) took place at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg. This blog entry provides highlights from the hearing, and also discusses the potential impact of the CJEU’s judgment in the case in the EU data protection landscape.…
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Ninth Circuit Rejects Facial Recognition Claim Against Facebook
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On June 14, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment in favor of Facebook, holding that the company did not violate the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. This blog entry provides an overview of the case.…
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CIPL President Bojana Bellamy Honored with 2019 IAPP Privacy Vanguard Award
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On May 3, 2019, Centre for Information Policy Leadership President Bojana Bellamy received the 2019 IAPP Privacy Vanguard Award. The honors took place at the IAPP’s annual Global Privacy Summit. …
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