Jasper Ward reports: The U.S. Senate voted late on Friday night to approve the reauthorization of a controversial surveillance program, narrowly missing the midnight expiration of the program. The reauthorization secures what supporters call a key element of the United States’ foreign intelligence-gathering operation. “Democrats and Republicans came together and did the right thing for…
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EDPB: ‘Consent or Pay’ models should offer real choice
As published by the European Data Protection Board on April 17: Brussels, 17 April – During its latest plenary, the EDPB adopted an Opinion following an Art. 64(2) GDPR request by the Dutch, Norwegian & Hamburg Data Protection Authorities (DPA). The Opinion addresses the validity of consent to process personal data for the purposes of…
House votes in favor of curtailing government transactions with data brokers
Suzanne Smalley reports: The House passed a bill on Wednesday that would rein in the government’s ability to buy information about Americans from data brokers without a subpoena or warrant, with the vote coming in the face of intense backlash from Biden administration officials over national security concerns. The Fourth Amendment is Not for Sale Act,…
Rounding up Five Recent CJEU Cases on GDPR Compensation
Kristof Van Quathem and Aleksander Aleksiev of Covington and Burling write: In recent months, the European Court of Justice (“CJEU”) issued five judgments providing some clarity on the scope of individuals’ rights to claim compensation for “material and non-material damage” under Article 82 of the GDPR. These rulings will inform companies’ exposure to compensation claims,…