By: Heidi Waem, Simon Verschaeve

Data is at the heart of the EU’s digital and green transformation, which are the two priorities of the European Commission.

With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), adopted in 2016, the EU has created a solid framework for the protection of personal data in line with the EU…
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The government has launched its first ‘Government Cyber Security Strategy – Building a Cyber Resilient Public Sector’ (“Strategy”), outlining how central government and the public sector will ensure that public services can function in the face of growing cyber threats. The Strategy aims to ‘step up the country’s cyber resilience …
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The Austrian Data Protection Authority (“DPA”) has recently published its decision concerning the use of Google Analytics. The DPA held that the use of Google Analytics (“GA”) on a website operated by an Austrian company (“Company”), which involved a transfer of personal data to Google LLC in the US…

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Authors: Carolyn Bigg, Venus Cheung, Fangfang Song

The new “Administrative Regulations on Algorithm Recommendation of Internet Business Services” comes into force on 1 March 2022, and will introduce important rules on the use of algorithms when operating digital platforms/websites/apps – including targeted marketing – in China. The new regulations are designed to ensure…
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On 31 December 2021, the restricted committee of the French Data Protection Supervisory Authority (“CNIL”) (i) fined Facebook Ireland 60 million euros and Google a total of 150 million euros (i.e., 90 million euros for Google LLC and 60 million euros for Google Ireland Limited) for failing to allow the users of facebook.com, google.fr and …
Continue Reading FRANCE: Cookies – new record sanctions for tech giants – CNIL fines Facebook Ireland 60 million euros and Google 150 million euros.