(Machine translation): The website that uses the Google Analytics (GA) service, without the guarantees provided by the EU Regulation, violates the data protection legislation because it transfers user data to the United States, a country without an adequate level of protection. This was stated by the Privacy Guarantor at the conclusion of a complex investigation…
Category: Non-U.S.
European Court ruling on air travel surveillance
From Papers, Please!: The highest court of the European Union ruled today that an EU mandate for dragnet surveillance of travelers through government access to airline reservations might be permissible under EU law — but only under conditions that governments of EU member countries, and the US government, may be unable or unwilling to meet. In 2016, the EU enacted…
She confided in a doctor about her depression. The next thing she knew, the government took away her driver’s licence
Robert Cribb, Declan Keogh of the Investigative Journalism Bureau, Max Binks-Collier, and Danielle Orr report: During an intense flare-up of her depression, Karysa Mackay checked into a Thunder Bay hospital for crisis care. Three days later, Mackay had her licence suspended after a psychiatrist she doesn’t recall ever meeting reported her to the Ministry of…
French data protection authority publishes Q&A regarding use of Google Analytics
Patrice Navarro and Julie Schwartz of Hogan Lovells write: Following complaints from the NOYB association regarding the use of the Google Analytics audience measurement solution, the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) had issued several formal notices to French companies using this solution on their websites. These decisions were issued in the context of other decisions…