Stephanie Bodoni reports: France’s data-protection watchdog said it’s opened a probe into private social media app Clubhouse following a complaint. French regulator CNIL said on Wednesday it questioned Alpha Exploration Co. Inc., the U.S. company behind the invite-only app, about the measures taken for the app to comply with EU rules on March 12. Read more on Bloomberg.
Category: Laws
Bill Introduced Would Preempt State Laws and Strengthen FTC Enforcement
Kurt Wimmer of Covington & Burling write: As the push for Congress to pass comprehensive consumer privacy legislation increases, Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA) has re-introduced the Information Transparency & Personal Data Control Act, a compromise proposal that contains provisions sought by both parties. This bill would create national data privacy standards and increase the enforcement authority…
German Court Overturns GDPR Fine, Raises Legal Questions About Fines Against Companies
Lars Lensdorf, Ulrike Elteste, Robert Henrici, Moritz Hüsch, and Nicholas Shepherd of Covington & Burling write: On February 18, 2021, the District Court of Berlin overturned a €14.5 million fine that had been imposed on German real estate company Deutsche Wohnen SE. The Court held that the fine – which was issued by the Berlin…
UK to introduce new laws and a code of practice for police wanting to rifle through mobile phone messages
Gareth Corfield reports: A new UK law will explicitly authorise the “voluntary” slurping of data from mobile phones of crime suspects and witnesses. The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, which was introduced to Parliament this week, contains clauses that will allow police and others to extract data from mobile phones if the user “voluntarily”…