Websites based in the U.S. should be aware of an upcoming Microsoft Advertising requirement on user consent even if they don't target users in Europe, law firm Frankfurt Kurnit blogged Thursday.
A European Data Protection Board (EDPB) study on the secondary use of personal data in scientific research found "no uniform approach or interpretation" among EU countries.
A French lawmaker who challenged the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework in 2023 had his first hearing in the EU General Court Monday. Member of Parliament Philippe Latombe is seeking annulment of the DPF (see 2309120030) (Latombe v. Commission, Case T-533/23).
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Until recently, there was no real political appetite to reopen the General Data Protection Regulation, though it was becoming increasingly necessary to align GDPR with other data-related EU laws such as the Data Act and to streamline it, Linklaters IT, data and cyber attorney Tanguy Van Overstraeten said in an interview Friday.
The French privacy authority CNIL Thursday listed its 2025 projects which aim at helping privacy professionals comply with the General Data Protection Regulation.
The Luxembourg Administrative Tribunal Wednesday upheld a July 2021 decision by the National Data Protection Commission that slapped Amazon with a fine of 746 million euros ($808 million) for General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) breaches. The court also ordered the platform to take corrective measures or face a daily penalty of 746,000 euros.
The Massachusetts Senate will try to reach consensus on comprehensive privacy legislation this spring, two state senators told us. Privacy Daily has counted eight comprehensive privacy bills so far in the Massachusetts legislature, with four apiece in the House and the Senate.
Ever-increasing data protection requirements around the world are keeping privacy professionals on the edge of their seats, said officials from Stripe, HP and Bank of America during a BigID compliance webinar Thursday.
LONDON -- The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office is intensively engaged in the hot privacy issues of biometrics and web scraping, Regulatory Risk Executive Director Stephen Almond said at Thursday's IAPP Data Protection Intensive conference.