The Bottom Line As a result of Brexit, the UK has introduced its own new documents to govern certain cross-border transfers of personal data.Businesses need to be aware of the similarities and differences between the EU and UK approaches. After Brexit took effect last year, the United Continue Reading
EU Regulators Rule Ad Tech Industry’s TCF Framework Violates GDPR
The Bottom Line The EU’s decision has struck at the heart of the ad tech industry’s system designed to ensure compliance with the GDPR when personal data is collected for retargeting. The program behind the scenes when an EU data subject sees a cookie banner may require significant Continue Reading
Senators Urge the FTC to Investigate “Privacy Violations” by Adtech Companies
The Bottom Line Some lawmakers and regulators are clearly seeking to step up the heat on data collection and usage practices in the Adtech industry. All participants in the online advertising ecosystem should carefully consider the privacy practices of any service that they provide or Continue Reading
Schrems II: The EU-US Privacy Shield Is a Thing of the Past
The Bottom Line Now that the European Union has invalidated the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework, companies will need to re-examine the methods they use to transfer personal data of EU data subjects from the EU to the U.S. The Standard Contractual Clauses, which survived the court’s ruling for now, Continue Reading
European Commission Marks GDPR’s Second Anniversary with a Review and Possible Updates
The Bottom Line While GDPR was intended to harmonize data protection law throughout the EU and provide consistent controls for processing personal data, the European Commission recognizes that there are areas for improvement. The Commission is currently engaged in issuing new standard contractual Continue Reading
GDPR’s Inaugural Year: Mistakes Made and Lessons Learned
The Bottom Line In GDPR’s inaugural year, except in the case of Google, the low fines indicate that there has been a degree of tolerance for noncompliance as companies continue to determine how to become compliant.However, the past year has shown that no one is immune from regulatory scrutiny, Continue Reading
Davis+Gilbert, Evidon and Lewis Silkin Seminar | Ad Tech, Privacy and GDPR – The Time Is Now
As an industry driven by data, the ad tech industry has always focused on privacy issues in connection with its data collection and use practices, such as retargeting, profiling, analytics and cross-device tracking. Companies in the ecosystem have many legal and self-regulatory obligations in order Continue Reading