From the CNIL, the French data protection authority: SPARTOO is specialized in the online shoe sales sector. For this activity, it has a website accessible in thirteen countries of the European Union. The CNIL inspected the company in May 2018, and noted shortcomings concerning the data of customers, prospects and employees. The President of the CNIL therefore…
Category: Laws
TikTok Suits Over Children’s Privacy Combined in Illinois Court
Andrea Vittorio reports: TikTok faces 10 lawsuits alleging it collected data on children’s faces without parental approval in the Northern District of Illinois, after a judicial panel consolidated the cases there. The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation said in its order Tuesday it also may add an additional nine related lawsuits to the consumer class actions…
National Biometric Information Privacy Act, Proposed by Sens. Jeff Merkley and Bernie Sanders
Joseph J. Lazaarotti of JacksonLewis writes: …… Modeled after Illinois’s Biometric Information Privacy (BIPA), the National Biometric Information Privacy Act (Act), proposed by Sens. Jeff Merkley and Bernie Sanders, contains three key provisions: A requirement to obtain consent from individual prior to collecting and disclosing their biometric identifiers and information. A private right of action against…
Doomed Data Transfer Pact Must Be Honored, FTC’s Simons Says
Daniel R. Stoller reports: Companies must live up to promises made under a now-invalidated EU-U.S. data transfer agreement or face possible enforcement, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joseph Simons told a Senate panel. “It’s a problem” if companies don’t keep the promises under the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, Simons said. “We are going to enforce” if companies…