- IAB Analyzes World's Privacy Legislation, Finds Half Lack 'Affirmative Consent' Mandates
Digital News Daily, Joe Mandese - Thursday, July 22, 2021
Two-thirds of the world has enacted legislation to protect consumer data privacy, but at least half of the jurisdictions have not mandated some form of affirmative consent to digital advertisin ...
- Data Snails: Almost Two-Thirds Of Firms Are Not In Full Compliance With Privacy Laws
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Half of U.S. companies don't even know which regulations apply to them, Pathwire reports. ...
- EU Approves UK Data Rules, Avoiding Online Advertising Chaos
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, June 29, 2021
The approval should be good for four years, but the EU Commission warned it will revoke that if it discerns problems threatening EU citizens' data privacy rights. ...
- UK Would Scrap GDPR Consent Rule Under Radical Proposal
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Friday, June 18, 2021
Great Britain, which is no longer part of the EU, may scrap certain GDPR rules. Radical proposals would remove the need for consent and human oversight of AI decision-making. ...
- IAB Tech Labs Faces GDPR Ad-Tech Case
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, June 16, 2021
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties is pursuing a GDPR case against IAB Tech Labs over the practice of real-time bidding. The issue concerns the ‘entire data industrial complex’ of ...
- Amazon Reportedly Faces $425 Million Privacy Fine In Europe
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 10, 2021
Amazon is facing a possible fine of nearly half a billion dollars for allegedly violating Europe's broad privacy laws, according to a report in "The Wall Street Journal." ...
- EU Posts New GDPR Standard Contractual Clauses
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Monday, June 7, 2021
The EU has published new standard contractual clauses under the GDPR. Firms that transfer data outside of the European Economic Area will have until December 2022 to comply.
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- Key Force Behind GDPR Now Says It Doesn't Work
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Viviane Reding, who spearheaded the proposal for GDPR back in 2012, now thinks the law has to be revised. The reason: Its enforcement is uneven. ...
- EU Parliament Calls For Action Against Irish Data Commission
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Monday, May 24, 2021
The European Parliament is calling for an infringement proceeding against Ireland’s Data Protection Commission for not enforcing the GDPR. Parliament voted for the non-binding resolution last
week. ...
- Spain Leads EU In Number Of GDPR Fines, But Not In The Size
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, May 17, 2021
A study from Privacy Affairs shows that Italy had the highest monetary sum for fines overall, while Spain was the leader in the number of fines it has issued. ...
- Facebook Could Lose Ability To Send EU Data To U.S.
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, May 14, 2021
Facebook failed to block an EU privacy decision that could suspend its ability to send data about European users to U.S. computer servers, something the ad industry has been struggli ...
- Imported Can-Spam: How GDPR Affects Email Marketing From The U.S.
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Friday, May 14, 2021
There are some differences that brands should be aware of before they try to market in Europe. ...
- German Data Head Says Facebook Can't Use WhatsApp Data Under GDPR
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Facebook has been barred by Germany’s data commissioner from using data on WhatsApp users for three months. The regulator contends that WhatsApp’s new terms and service are illegal under GDPR.&n ...
- Firm Integrates With Mailchimp To Send Videos By Email
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, April 15, 2021
The arrangement will allow brands to send personalized videos the way text is sent, Moovly says. ...
- GDPR Is A Privacy Recipe For The World
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Thursday, April 8, 2021
Locales around the world are taking their cue from the GDPR as the European law approaches its third anniversary. For example, the California Privacy Rights Act, which was passed la ...
- Court Says GDPR's Territorial Scope Is Limited
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Friday, April 2, 2021
The High Court of England & Wales, in the first case of its kind, ruled that GDPR did not apply to a U.S. publication that didn’t target UK or ...
- GDPR Squeeze: Bavarian Data Authority Says Publisher Can't Send Email Addresses To Mailchimp In U.S.
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, March 31, 2021
One concern is that the data could end up in the hands of U.S. surveillance agencies. ...
- Google Backs Off FLoC Testing In Europe Due To GDPR
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Google will refrain from making FLoC (Federated Learning Of Cohorts) tests available in countries governed by GDPR due to concern that they may violate the law. The specific issue ...
- Strong Password Policies Ensure GDPR Compliance: Analysis
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Friday, March 19, 2021
Companies need strong password policies to remain compliant with GDPR. Here are suggestions that can help firms struggling with this issue. ...
- GDPR Rules Could Be Tweaked In The UK: Report
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, March 12, 2021
The UK could diverge slightly from the EU in an effort to drive growth. ...
- Cross-Border Privacy Compliance For Email Marketers
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Thursday, March 11, 2021
Email marketers must comply with a plethora of privacy bills from state to state and country to country. Here are the issues they face, ranging from the GDPR to t ...
- Irish Data Protection Commission Concluded 4,476 GDPR Cases In 2020: Report
Digital News Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, March 1, 2021
The leading cause of complaints was the inability to access personal data, the Irish Data Protection Commission says. ...
- UK Businesses Now Burdened With Two GDPR Laws
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Monday, February 15, 2021
UK businesses must now adhere to two data privacy laws instead of one following Brexit: UK GDPR covering people in the UK and EU GDPR for consumers in the E ...
- Facebook And Snap Want Australia To Adopt GDPR-Style Privacy Act
Around the Net In Digital, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Facebook and Snap want Australia to update its 33 year-old Privacy Act with elements that are more in line with GDPR. ...
- U.S. Publisher Not Subject To GDPR, UK Court Rules
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, January 29, 2021
'Forensic News' must defend itself against defamation claims by Walter Tzvi Sorianof. ...
- Grindr Fined $11.7 Million For Alleged Disclosure Of Personal Data
Around the Net In Digital, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Grindr, a gay dating app, has been fined $11.7 million by the Norwegian Data Protection Authority for alleged GDPR violations. The company reportedly disclosed private details to advertising
companies. ...
- WhatsApp Could Be Hit With EUR50 Million GDPR Fine
Around the Net In Digital, Ray Schultz - Monday, January 25, 2021
WhatsApp is facing a possible €50 million GDPR fine for allegedly failing to inform users about how their data would be shared with Facebook. It would be one of the large ...
- UK Information Commissioner's Office Resumes Investigation On Real-Time Bidding
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, January 22, 2021
The UK's data watchdog says the biggest culprit is consent -- and the inability to get consent from site visitors before ads serve up. ...
- GDPR Fines Total GBP242.6 Million Since Inception
Around the Net In Digital, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, January 20, 2021
EU regulators have imposed €158.5 million in GDPR-related fines since January 28, 2020, and £242.6 million since the law’s implementation in May 2018. Here’s a
report on the impact. ...
- Twitter Fined In Europe For Delay In Disclosing Data Breach
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Regulators in Europe on Tuesday said they have fined Twitter around $546,000 for waiting too long to disclose a data breach that may have affected Android users. ...
