Ad Law Access

Updates on advertising law and privacy law trends, issues, and developments

EU Court of Justice Strikes Down Privacy Shield; SCCs Safe for Now

On July 16, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) issued a highly-anticipated decision evaluating the validity of two popular mechanisms for transferring personal data from the EU to the United States: Privacy Shield…

What Does Brexit Mean for Privacy Shield?

Three and a half years after UK citizens voted to leave the EU, the country officially left the Union on January 31. One of the many questions resulting from the departure is what happens to the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield…

The Last Decade’s Top Ad Law Access Reads

In the 2010s, Kelley Drye’s Ad Law Access blog posted approximately 1500 entries. Below are the most popular by year. To give you a sense of beginning to end, the first post came one month after Apple announced the…

Europe’s Supreme Court Places Limits on the Right To Be Forgotten

On Tuesday, September 24, 2019, the European Court of Justice issued two rulings that further defined the right to be forgotten under European laws. The right to be forgotten, also known as the right to erasure, is a…

GDPR Recap: Technical Violations Result in Steep Fines, In Latest Enforcement Actions

The Danish and Polish data protection authorities issued their first GDPR fines last month. The cases serve as indicators of the kinds of technical violations enforcement officials are looking to deter as they police…