A recent and far-reaching decision by the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) has significantly altered the rules governing marketing privacy consent in Italy, introducing a potential obligation to adopt a double opt-in mechanism for collecting consent, that exceeds the requirements in other EU countries.
Why This Case Matters: A Shift in Privacy Consent
Continue Reading Italy: Marketing Privacy Consent – Is Double Opt-In Now Mandatory?On 31 December 2021, the restricted committee of the French Data Protection Supervisory Authority (“CNIL”) (i) fined Facebook Ireland 60 million euros and Google a total of 150 million euros (i.e., 90 million euros for Google LLC and 60 million euros for Google Ireland Limited) for failing to allow the users of facebook.com, google.fr and
Continue Reading FRANCE: Cookies – new record sanctions for tech giants – CNIL fines Facebook Ireland 60 million euros and Google 150 million euros.
