PrivacyRules US law firm member Frost Brown Todd published an analysis on a soon to come US Supreme Court decision that should impact censorship by social media platforms. In the analysis we can read that recent laws passed in Texas and Florida have attempted to regulate what they each define as “social media platforms” as...
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) issued two binding dispute resolution decisions of 5 December 2022, as a consequence of which the Irish Data Protection Authority (IE DPA) has adopted on 4 January 2023 its decisions regarding Facebook and Instagram (Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, ‘Meta IE’). These decisions are the result of complaint-based inquiries into...
Is sending an email containing personal data to the wrong addressee a data breach? The Polish Data Protection Authority sanctioned the telecom operator P4 on P4 Sp. z o.o. with a PLN 250,000 fine (c.a. EUR 53.000) as it did not notify the Authority and the personal data subjects of having sent a contract to...
The CEO of Zurich Insurance Group, Mario Greco, was interviewed by the Financial Times and warned that large-scale cyberattacks are spreading and will “become uninsurable”. Read more on the Financial Times here.
The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) passed in November 2020 goes into effect on 1st January 2021. It includes additional privacy protections for consumers tightening requirements on businesses and corporations surrounding data collection from consumers. Bloomberg analyses and compares the CPRA and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) here.
A press release of the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) in relation to multiple international media reports, which highlighted that one or more collated datasets of Twitter user personal data had been made available on the internet. Continue reading on the DPC website here.