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WhatsApp takes €225 million appeal to the ECJ

WhatsApp has taken its fight to overturn an EDPB recommendation to the EU’s highest court, after its first instance court shot down its first appeal.

22 February 2023

Tesla swerves privacy fine

The Dutch privacy regulator has decided not to sanction Tesla after finding that car owners – not manufacturers – are liable for any data they record using Tesla technology.

22 February 2023

Canada’s Home Depot investigation highlights ad analytics tools’ potential consent risks

Blake Cassels & Graydon partner Wendy Mee and associate Ellie Marshall analyse the Canadian federal privacy regulator’s investigation of Home Depot and its impact.

22 February 2023

Ireland and EDPB conflict escalates

The Irish regulator has filed multiple cases with the ECJ against the EDPB over concerns the coordinating body overstepped its powers under the GDPR, a move that may widen the rift between European authorities.

22 February 2023

Judge greenlights FTC’s case against Kochava

A federal judge has said he will probably allow the FTC to allege that marketing tech company Kochava’s practices caused or is likely to cause harm – and asked the parties to consider consolidating the litigation with a parallel case Kochava has filed against the regulator.

22 February 2023

Supreme Court hesitates to limit protections against liability for third-party content

The US Supreme Court today appeared reluctant to limit companies’ Section 230 protections to avoid opening a “world of lawsuits” against online platforms over their third-party content.

21 February 2023

Soriano seeks again to stop US banking data disclosure

A UK businessman is fighting an English judge’s refusal to block GDPR and libel defendants from obtaining banking data through the Manhattan federal court.

21 February 2023

European Commission begins one-stop-shop overhaul

The one-stop-shop process is facing an update after the European Commission announced that it will be proposing a regulation to address the issue of cooperation between member state authorities on data protection matters.

20 February 2023

Twitter’s API Woes: US Privacy and Cybersecurity Alerts 20 February 2023

The FTC takes its face-off over its privacy authority from the dockets to the courtroom; Twitter hires Quinn Emanuel to fend off data breach accusations; and the SEC seeks to amend a law regulating its use of personal information.

20 February 2023

Belgian court overturns regulator’s decision in employment dispute

A Belgian appeals court has struck down a fine issued by the data regulator against a company director who processed an ex-employee’s data in a legal dispute against him.

20 February 2023

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