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Connecticut Privacy Law Explainer

May 9, 2022
Editorial Team
Business, Connecticut, Data Controllers, Data Privacy, Data Protection, US Data Privacy Legislation, US Regulatory
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On April 28, the Connecticut House of Representatives voted 144-5 in support of Senate Bill 6, the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CDPA), which had already unanimously cleared the Connecticut Senate on April 20. If this Act is signed into law,…

What Your Organization Can Learn From GDPR Enforcement

December 11, 2021
Matheus Correa
Data Controllers, Data Governance, Data Privacy, Data Protection Authorities (DPAs), GDPR

Since The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became enforceable in 2018, enforcement has ramped up across Europe. Data acquired by Finbold indicates that the cumulative number of GDPR violations has surged 113.5% over the last 12 months between July 2020 and July 2021. The website GDPR Enforcement Tracker – list of GDPR fines has shown…

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Lloyd v Google: A Sigh of Relief for Data Controllers

November 15, 2021
Editorial Team
Breach response, Class Actions, Courts, Data Breach, Data Controllers, Data Protection, DPA 1998, European Union, United Kingdom

In unanimously refusing to allow a representative action to proceed, the UK Supreme Court may have sounded the death knell for opt-out class actions in England for data breaches: Lloyd v Google [2021] UKSC 50. The Safari workaround Back in 2011 Apple’s Safari web browser on iPhones blocked all third-party cookies. This prevented popular websites…

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