Key takeaways from October include: Employee monitoring: Following new guidance issued by the UK ICO, employers may want to review their existing employee monitoring to ensure it meets the regulator’s…
Key takeaways from September include: UK-US data bridge: From 12 October 2023, UK businesses will be able to transfer personal data to certain US organisations certified under a UK-specific extension…
Key takeaways from August include: Conflicts of interest: Businesses should consider re-evaluating their data protection officer’s role and responsibilities, including dual roles on boards and committees, to prevent conflicts of interest…
Key takeaways from December and January include: Cookies: Businesses should consider reviewing their cookie compliance following major CNIL fines against Microsoft (€60 million) and TikTok (€5 million) calling for companies…
European Data Protection Roundup – September 2022 Key takeaways this September include: Google Analytics: Continue to assess carefully the use of Google Analytics. The Danish Data Protection Agency became the…
Tough Cookie: French CNIL Hits Google and Amazon with a Total of €135 million in Fines On December 7, 2020, the French data protection authority, the CNIL (“Commission Nationale de…
On October 1, 2020, the French data protection authority, the CNIL (“Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés”) issued guidelines on the use of cookies and trackers (the “Guidelines”). These…
Since the start of the COVID-19 epidemic, and following the lockdown measures put in place in affected countries, the use of new communications tools by companies and their employees is…