Last year, as a result of growing concerns about privacy, Google announced that it will discontinue support of third-party cookies by Chrome browser. Today, Google made it clear that once phased out it will not replace third-party cookies with alternative user-level tracking. As stated on its Ads and Commerce Blog: “Today, we’re making explicit that once third-party cookies are phased out,...
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced a consent agreement with Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (“Zoom”) that requires the company to implement a comprehensive security program. The settlement is in response to the FTC allegations that Zoom: Made misleading claims about the level of encryption that gave users a false sense of security, especially for those who used the company’s platform to...
On September 8, 2020, the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) of Switzerland opined that the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework does not provide adequate protection for data transfers from Switzerland to the United States as required under Switzerland’s Federal Act on Data Protection. The FDPIC’s Policy Paper can be found here: https://spelusolawoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/64261.pdf. The FDPIC reached its conclusion based upon...
An earlier post on this site reported on the July 16th judgment by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) invalidating the EU-US Privacy Shield framework. The CJEU’s decision, however, left intact the Standard Contract Clauses (the “SCCs”) for data transfers between European Union and Non-European Union countries. The Standard Contract Clauses, which are promulgated by the European...
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