This press release is pretty significant: In its judgement of June 27 2022, the Council of State confirms the 35 million euro penalty imposed by the CNIL on Amazon in 2020. The company deposited cookies on users’ computers without prior consent or satisfactory information. The CNIL decision of 7 December 2020 On 7 December 2020, the…
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Italy’s Privacy Guarantor Stops the use of Google Analytics — Data transferred to the USA without adequate guarantees
(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…
DMCA Subpoena to Unmask Twitter User Hits Fair Use & Constitutional Roadblock
Andy Maxwell reports: “MrMoneyBags,” a Twitter user who posted copyrighted photos for the purpose of criticizing a private-equity billionaire will retain their anonymity. The allegedly infringing material was taken down by Twitter but when Bayside Advisory LLC tried to use the DMCA to unmask the user, Twitter mounted a legal challenge on their behalf. The…
Twitter apologizes for using your personal information for tailored advertising
Twitter issued an apology today. The text of it is reproduced below, in full. As background or context, you may wish to read this post about the FTC’s actions. We may have asked for your phone number or email address to secure or authenticate your account (for example, for two-factor authentication). As we told you in October…