On 4 July 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) delivered judgment in Case C-252/21 Meta Platforms and Others v German Federal Cartel Office, finding that national competition authorities are allowed to investigate and issue sanctions for a Company’s non-compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”)….
On August 5, 2022 news broke that the French Data Protection Authority (“CNIL”) proposes fining adtech company Criteo €60 million for undisclosed GDPR violations as part of an ongoing investigation opened by the CNIL in 2020. The investigation followed a 2018 complaint by the privacy NGO Privacy International against Criteo…
The UK’s Newly Assertive FCA pushes Google to Check Fintech Companies’ Drive Into Europe Subject to mounting pressure from UK lawmakers and regulators, in June 2021 Google announced a new policy that could limit the ability of US fintech companies to advertise in the UK – a key market for…