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

The U.S. Approach to Privacy: What Is It, and Where Is It Headed?

As we mark Data Privacy Day, today is a good time to take stock of where U.S. privacy legislation stands in relation to the developments of the past few years. In less than two years, the GDPR and the CCPA became 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…

C’est la vie? French Regulator Fines Google Nearly $57 million for GDPR Non-compliance

On Monday, France’s Data Protection Agency announced that it levied a €50 million ($56.8 million) fine against Google for violating the EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The precedent-setting fine by…

2017 Recap

Most Popular Ad Law Access Posts of 2017 As reported in our Ad Law News and Views newsletter, Kelley Drye’s Advertising Law practice posted 106 updates on consumer protection trends, issues, and developments to…