Blog: EU Privacy Laws
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Data Privacy Access Requests
To avoid enforcement action, reputational damage, and legal issues, you need to handle data and privacy access requests correctly. The UK Information Commissioner's Office reports annually on the most common type of complaints it receives. Every year, the number one spot goes to complaints about the improper handling of subject access...
New York Privacy Act vs GDPR - Which Is Tougher?
Senators in New York proposed a tough new consumer privacy law, the New York Privacy Act (NYPA) (NY State Senate Bill S5642). The NYPA doesn't seem likely to ever come to fruition, but it stands to show the future of privacy laws that states and countries may enact or attempt...
The ePrivacy Regulation - What to Expect
The ePrivacy Regulation will introduce new rules about cookies, direct marketing, and business-to-business (B2B) communications. Online advertisers have lobbied fiercely against many of its provisions. However, the proposals have changed a lot over a series of drafts. This article will take a detailed overview of the draft law and consider how...
Privacy Policy For Brexit
Editor's Note: Because Brexit occurred some time in the past, some content in this article is no longer valid, such as the invalidation of the Privacy Shield framework. Whatever your views are on the UK's decision to leave the European Union (EU), it's hard to disagree that it has caused a...
GDPR vs PIPEDA
The EU and Canada see eye-to-eye on data protection. So much so that the European Commission has deemed Canada's private sector data protection standards "adequate." That might not sound like high praise. But coming from the Commission, it's quite a compliment. However, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Canada's...
How the GDPR Impacts Online Advertising
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is long in form, broad in scope, and powerful in its effect. Almost every company trading in the EU has had to consider how the GDPR will affect its operations. Online advertising is one of the business activities most significantly affected by the...