Theodore F. Claypoole of Womble Bond Dickinson writes: Definitions are important. How we define words sets the context for how we regulate them. In the U.S., the definitions of legally defended private information are changing, affecting the entire scope of information protection. The change in definitions reflects a desire to protect more of the data…
Category: Laws
German court slashes ‘unreasonably high’ GDPR fine by 90%
Carl Brown reports: A €9.55m fine for a telecommunications service provider for breaching GDPR has been reduced to just €900,000 by a German appeals court. 1&1 Telecom GmbH was handed the original fine last December by the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI) after it emerged that people calling the company’s…
EDPB adopts recommendations on international data transfers following Schrems II decision
Dan Cooper, Lisa Peets, Marty Hansen and Sam Jungyun Choi of Covington & Burling write: On 11 November 2020, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) issued two draft recommendations relating to the rules on how organizations may lawfully transfer personal data from the EU to countries outside the EU (“third countries”). These draft recommendations, which…
Telecom Loses Appeal Over Pre-Selected Box on Shared Data
Molly Quell reports: EU law protects consumers from having to opt out of data-sharing agreements in a contract, the European Court of Justice ruled. The dispute stems from cellphone contracts that Orange România, Romania’s largest mobile service provider, rolled out in 2018 where a box that indicated the customer had given consent for the company to…