On March 15, 2023, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) announced a coordinated action on the role of the data protection officers (DPOs). The data protection authorities (DPAs) will ask DPOs a series of questions
Continue Reading EU Privacy Regulators Coordinate to Assess Compliance with the GDPR Rules on Data Protection OfficersCédric Burton
EDPB Issues Guidance on Cookie Banners
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In January 2023, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published a report on cookie banners (Report). The Report provides practical guidance to companies doing business in the EU on how to comply with…
Continue Reading EDPB Issues Guidance on Cookie BannersEU Regulators Adopt Opinion on Draft EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework
Since the invalidation of the Privacy Shield framework in 2020 in the “Schrems II” case, the EU and the U.S. have been working to set up a new framework for data flows from…
Continue Reading EU Regulators Adopt Opinion on Draft EU-U.S. Data Privacy FrameworkCJEU Finds That Companies Must Provide Individuals with the Identity of Data Recipients When Responding to Data Access Requests
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On January 12, 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled1 that the data subject’s right of access to personal data2 requires controllers to provide the data subject with the…
Continue Reading CJEU Finds That Companies Must Provide Individuals with the Identity of Data Recipients When Responding to Data Access RequestsUK Government Publishes New Code of Practice for App Store Operators and App Developers
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On December 9, 2022, the UK Government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) published a voluntary Code of Practice for App Store Operators and App Developers (Code). The Code sets out eight core…
Continue Reading UK Government Publishes New Code of Practice for App Store Operators and App DevelopersEuropean Union Adopts Flagship Digital Services Act
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On October 27, 2022, the Digital Services Act (DSA) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union, sweeping in a new era in the regulation of digital services. (See Wilson Sonsini’s DSA…
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