Outdoor advertising multinational JCDecaux sought authorisation for a wi-fi based system for connecting with smartphones of pedestrians walking near posters. Did the CNIL grant their request? Claire Bouchenard of Osborne Clarke Paris reports.
Following the much-reported CJEU judgment scrapping with immediate effect one of the most popular methods for legalising EEA-US personal data transfers, where do we go from here and what are Europe’s data regulators saying and doing? George Garrard reports.
The Chancery Division of the High Court has judged on whether a refusal to comply with a series of subject access requests under the Data Protection Act was lawful. Barney Sich considers the judgment.
In its first reasoned decision on the point, the First-tier Tribunal has upheld an ICO enforcement notice against unsolicited texts using “consented data” from sources including Thomas Cook, to market the sender’s laser eye surgery. Stephen Groom reports.
29 National Regulators participated in a sweep intended to identify whether, how easily, and with what purpose, personal information has been collected by websites and apps from children. Georgina Taylor and Stephen Groom report.
After months if not years of previously unsuccessful negotiations, the W3C initiative to forge an internationally accepted standard for “Do not track” technology seems to be back on track. Nick Johnson reports.
Following the sensational judgment of the Court of Appeal in Vidal-Hall & Others vs Google, the Supreme Court has granted Google leave to appeal three of the CA’s findings. Barney Sich reports.
From September 30, 2015 all website publishers using Google’s Adsense or any of its other tracking services, wherever the website is hosted, will have to obtain consent from all its users who live in the EU. Ben Dunham reports.
Celebrating its 30th birthday, the UK data and information regulator has just published its latest Annual Report. Stephen Groom attended its launch and pulls out some nuggets for advertisers from that event and the Report itself.
The Network Advertising Initiative self-regulatory Code of Conduct pioneered the concept of giving web users notice and choice regarding online behavioural advertising. Now it has produced guidance for use of non-cookie technologies for the same purpose. Nick Johnson investigates.
