The legislative and regulatory landscape concerning minors’ privacy is becoming increasingly protective, adding new complexity and uncertainty for companies as they navigate a patchwork of requirements. The latest legislative trend aims to regulate use of social media by minors and provide parents with greater control over their children’s social media…
On April 27, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law the state’s sweeping health privacy bill – the My Health Data Act.[1] The act, which establishes a comprehensive privacy framework for entities that do business in the state and that handle consumer health data, will take effect less than a…
Data privacy case law and legislation is constantly updated in the United Kingdom and European Union to address key issues. In order to track the latest developments, we have set out a brief overview of case law updates, legislation, guidance and news. Case Law Updates and Fines On 27 April…
On April 17, 2023, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) adopted a final version of the Guidelines for identifying a controller or processor’s lead supervisory authority (“New Guidelines”). This document is an update to the Article 29 Working Party Guidelines (“Old Guidelines”) which were adopted in April 2017 and subsequently…
Data privacy case law and legislation is constantly updated in the United Kingdom and European Union to address key issues. In order to track the latest developments, we have set out a brief overview of case law updates, legislation, guidance and news. Case Law Updates On 13 April 2023, the…
Data privacy case law and legislation is constantly updated in the United Kingdom and European Union to address key issues. In order to track the latest developments, we have set out a brief overview of case law updates, legislation, guidance and news. Case Law Updates On 16 March 2023, the…
On December 29, 2022, France’s privacy regulator (CNIL) imposed an €8 million fine on Apple. The CNIL found Apple in breach of France’s ePrivacy rules for not obtaining mobile users’ consent prior to reading and depositing Identifiers for Advertising (IDFAs) on those users’ devices. Apple has announced that it intends…
The Supreme Court’s ruling in the Dobbs Decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade and Casey v. Planned Parenthood and eliminated the constitutional right to an abortion, permitted states to regulate access to abortion services. Since the Supreme Court issued its opinion on June 24, 2022, privacy, consumer and reproductive health…
On March 8, 2023, the Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (the Bill) was presented to the UK Parliament by Michelle Donelan (the secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology). The Bill is designed to reform the UK GDPR, the UK Data Protection Act 2018 and the…
Data privacy case law and legislation is constantly updated in the United Kingdom and European Union to address key issues. In order to track the latest developments, we have set out a brief overview of case law updates, legislation, guidance and news. Case Law Updates In October 2020, the ICO…