Blog - Page 74
Legal articles in easy to understand language.
Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs)
On June 4, 2021, the European Commission released updated EU standard contractual clauses (SCCs) to ensure the lawful transfer of personal data to countries outside the European Economic Area (aka third countries). The old SCCs pre-dated the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and, as such, do not reflect its stringent...
Do I Need a Lawyer to Write a Privacy Policy?
You don't necessarily need a lawyer to write a Privacy Policy for your website or mobile app. There is no legal requirement that a lawyer be involved when writing your Privacy Policy. With the amount of resources, information and how-to guides available online today, you should be able to quite easily...
Privacy Policy for Apps With Camera Access
If you're developing an app that requests camera access, you're asking your users to place a lot of trust in you. You also enter into some perilous territory regarding privacy law and your agreements with service providers that make your app function. When requesting such sensitive access to a user's device, you...
Do I Need Separate Privacy Policies For My Website and Mobile App?
You almost certainly need a Privacy Policy whether you're creating a website or an app. But what if you're creating both? Do you need a separate Privacy Policy for each? In this article, we're going to briefly talk you through whether you need a Privacy Policy for your website and app, and...
Analytics Tools and GDPR Consent
The EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) brought a new standard of user consent. It also brought a lot of browser pop-ups and, with it, some quite unclear rules about when consent is required. Most people understand that the cookies used for targeted advertising require consent. But what about analytics? Is...
GDPR: No Cookie Consent Walls
The EU's attempts to regulate online advertising by restricting the use of cookies have not been universally considered a success. Businesses have devised various methods to encourage, or force, their users to consent to cookies. Among the most controversial of these methods is the "cookie wall." There has been a lively debate...