Ad-tech

UK: Data protection authority issues reprimand to gambling operator for unlawfully processing personal data

By David Cook, Benjamin Fellows, Mateusz Wojcik & Shervin Nahid on September 25, 2024

Posted in Adtech, Cookies, Enforcement, UK

On 16 September 2024, the UK’s data protection authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), issued a reprimand against Sky Betting and Gaming (SkyBet) for unlawfully processing people’s data through advertising cookies without their consent.

Between 10 January and 3 March 2023, SkyBet’s website dropped third-party AdTech cookies to visitors’ browsers before…

CJEU ruling clarifies data protection and e-privacy issues in the ad-tech space

By Verena Grentzenberg, Heidi Waem, David Sanchio Schele, Lorcan Moylan Burke & Caroline Mazza on March 13, 2024

Posted in Enforcement, ePrivacy, EU privacy

Introduction

Identifiability; what can amount to personal data; and joint controllership are some of the issues addressed by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in its recent judgment in the IAB Europe case (C-604/22). This case concerned the use of personal data for online advertising purposes and the use…