Jenny List writes: It’s not often that events in our sphere of technology hackers have ramifications for an entire country or even a continent, but there’s a piece of news from the Netherlands (Dutch language, machine translation) that has the potential to do just that. Enschede is an unremarkable but pleasant city in the east of the country,…
Category: Laws
A Roundup of CCPA Court Decisions (I Only Know of 7)
Eric Goldman writes: This post recaps the court decisions analyzing the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) so far. I only know of seven opinions as of May 1, 2021, a number that struck me as surprisingly small. (If you think I’m missing any, please email me). Overview CCPA lawsuits generally fit into one of the…
Thailand postpones the implementation of the data protection act until 1 June 2022
Samata Masagee, Komson Suntheeraporn, Nahsinee Luengrattanakorn, and Thawalkorn Pattanachote of DLA Piper write: The Personal Data Protection Act B.E. 2562 (2019) (PDPA) came into effect since 28 May 2019 with most provisions scheduled to take full effect on 27 May 2020. Previously, the enforcement of the PDPA for 22 types of businesses listed here1 has been postponed…
Austrian DPA has option to fine Google up to €6 billion
From noyb.eu: blockquote> Google continues to send data from EU websites to the US – despite two Court of Justice rulings. Austrian Data Protection Authority could fine Google up to €6 billion. Last summer, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) ruled – already for the second time – that US surveillance laws generally make the…