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CCPA / CPRA for US and EU businesses

Deep dive on CCPA's impact on European Businesses: A webinar for German and European businesses. read more

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They might be seen as green, but Teslas are like elephants – they never forget

Summary of expert opinion on data processing and data protection in Tesla vehicles of 19 October 2020 read more

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Ruling of the regional court Frankfurt: Sea rescuer obtains a cease and desist order against former Deputy Prime Minister of Italy, Matteo Salvini

Ruling of the regional court Frankfurt: Sea rescuer obtains a cease and desist order against former Deputy Prime Minister of Italy, Matteo Salvini. read more

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CJEU: Website operators are "jointly responsible" for embedding social media or 3rd party code

ECJ gives short shrift to Facebook “Like” button: Operators of websites and apps are “jointly responsible” with Facebook read more

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Palo Alto, we have a problem: German court says Tesla’s “Autopilot” is false advertising

Tesla banned from using the term “Autopilot” for its driver-assistance system (Model 3) – because the name is misleading read more

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35 million reasons to take privacy seriously: German data protection authority hits fashion store owner H&M with second-highest GDPR fine ever

Fashion retailer’s service center illegally surveilled employees and recorded 60 GB of the most intimate personal data read more

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"Hi Alexa, can I trust you?"

From Alexa and Google Assistant to Cortana, Siri and Bixby: Viewed with scepticism by technology experts since their market launch in 2015, now academics, the media, regulatory authorities and courts are also turning their attention to the security and data protection issues surrounding intelligent virtual assistants. read more

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ECJ gives short shrift to Facebook “Like” button: Operators of websites and apps are “jointly responsible” with Facebook

Judgment in the “Fashion ID” case (C-40/17): operators of websites and apps are jointly liable with Facebook for the fulfilment of all obligations incumbent on data controllers according to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). read more

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Press release: Unlawful #TwitterSuspension

Press release: Unlawful #TwitterSuspension - Spirit Legal LLP enforces claim for injunctive relief at the Landgericht Nürnberg-Fürth against the suspension of a Twitter account due to an election post read more

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