Enacted in 2022 and already partially in effect, the European Union’s (EU) Digital Services Act (“DSA”) will come fully into force on February 17, expanding the obligations of a broad range of online service providers doing business in...

This article was originally published by the International Association of Privacy Professionals. To read the full article, click here.  The disruption from generative AI within the entertainment industry is palpably clear. The Writers Guild of America...

The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) recently released guidance discussing the privacy implications of workplace monitoring. The guidance largely mirrors the EU’s approach to monitoring, but provides some useful context on remote monitoring and worker...

Overview Various members of the Global Privacy Assembly’s International Enforcement Cooperation Working Group (IEWG) issued a joint statement voicing concerns about what it described as unlawful scraping of publicly available personal information. In its effort...

The Brazilian (Portuguese) word for cookies is “biscoitos,” and Brazil’s data protection regulator won’t have you using biscoitos without consent—at least for tracking to serve ads. The ANPD, Brazil’s data protection authority, issued new guidance...

On July 9, 2020, the Italian Data Protection Authority (“Garante”) issued a 16.7 million euro fine against Wind Tre S.p.A., an Italian telecom operator, for a number of unlawful data processing activities related to direct marketing under...

Washington state may be leading the charge on privacy legislation in 2020. The state legislature introduced several privacy bills during the first week of its 2020 legislative session, including an updated version of the Washington...

In the year since the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) went into effect on May 25, 2018, companies worldwide have been adapting to the new privacy rules—and EU regulators have also been busy adjusting to the new...

The European Commission has recalled a German-made smartwatch for children due to privacy concerns. The recall from the European market was made through the Safety Gate Rapid Alert System (“RAPEX”), which was created to facilitate...

Like most reading this article, we have been very busy over the last couple of years preparing our clients for the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). In advising companies that range from start-ups to...