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The pop-up legal forms reportedly used by 80% of Europe’s internet to acquire tracking consent from users have fallen foul of the very GDPR rules they were designed to follow. This means far-reaching implications for advertisers, web users and publishers.

IAB Europe fined 250,000 euros under GDPR

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office ICO has just published the final form of its much-anticipated new International Data Transfer Agreement IDTA, along with a separate addendum to the EU SCCs SCCs Addendum.

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office ICO has just published the final form of its much-anticipated new International Data Transfer Agreement IDTA, along with a separate addendum to the EU SCCs SCCs Addendum.

Modern privacy laws contain different definitions for the term consent, and different standards for when consent will, and will not, be effective. In Europe, the right of an individual to withdraw consent for the processing of their personal data has become near axiomatic.

Today, 28 January, is international data protection day. Its purpose is to raise awareness and promote privacy and data protection best practice; there is no suggestion that organisations including pension schemes can ignore data protection the other 364 days of the year!

Over half of Americans would support a federal data privacy law. The poll found that 56 percent of registered voters would either strongly or somewhat support a proposal to make it illegal for social media companies to use personal data to recommend content via algorithms.

EU regulators unofficially announced the release of several decisions pertaining to cookies and other tracking technologies. The GDPR is approaching the fourth anniversary of its entry into force, the ePrivacy Regulation—a companion piece to address online communication.

The Austrian data protection authority recently published a decision in a case brought against an Austrian website provider and Google by the non-governmental organization co-founded by privacy activist Max Schrems, None of Your Business NOYB.

The Austrian data protection authority recently published a decision in a case brought against an Austrian website provider and Google by the non-governmental organization co-founded by privacy activist Max Schrems, None of Your Business NOYB.