UK raises cookie fines, Norway fines kids' tracking, Finland fines pharmacy for data sharing
Send us a text📢 Privacy Corner Newsletter: June 26, 2025🔹 UK Raises Cookie Fines and Relaxes Some Consent Rules – The UK’s new Data (Use and Access) Act updates cookie consent exemptions and raises PECR penalties to £17.5M or 4% of global revenue.🔹 Norway Penalizes Non-Consensual Tracking of Minors – The Norwegian DPA fined a public children’s support site and reprimanded five others for illegally sharing personal data with Meta and Google using pixels.🔹 Finland Fines Pharmacy $1.26M for Sharing Health Data – Yliopiston Apteekki was penalized for sending sensitive medical data to Google and Meta via tracking pixels without consent.#Privado #PrivacyPodcast #Privacy
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CIPA Reform Passes Without Retroactive Relief | Cookie Banner and GTM Consent Ruled Unlawful | TikTok Wins Data Delay
Send us a text📢 Privacy Corner Newsletter: June 6, 2025🔹 California tweaks CIPA lawsuits but the retroactive fix is goneThe Senate passed SB 690 to limit wiretapping claims tied to adtech by aligning CIPA with the CCPA — but removed the retroactive clause, meaning older lawsuits can still proceed.🔹 German court says 'Accept & Close' banners aren’t enoughA Hannover court ruled cookie banners must allow true choice and that Google Tag Manager requires GDPR-valid consent — marking a major shift in how consent is interpreted.🔹 TikTok wins court delay in data transfer banThe Irish High Court granted a temporary stay on TikTok's China data transfer ban, pausing the DPC’s order while appeals are heard — a relief for engineering and compliance teams.#Privado #DataPrivacy #PrivacyEngineering
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Top Website Privacy Risks & Enforcement Trends in 2025
Send us a textIn this episode of the Website Privacy Series, Ali Jessani, Counsel at WilmerHale, joins Privado.ai CEO Vaibhav Antil to unpack the biggest privacy risks facing U.S. websites in 2025. From CCPA enforcement in California to biometric settlements in Texas, this session breaks down where companies are getting it wrong and what you can do to avoid fines and lawsuits.You'll learn:What’s triggering class actions under CIPA and the My Health My Data ActHow regulators are interpreting older laws for modern tech like pixels and SDKsWhy new rules from the DOJ mean even data storage locations matter nowWhether you're in legal, privacy, or marketing, this conversation will help you understand where website tracking and consent setups are falling short and what you can do to protect your company.
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Meta’s AI Training Faces Legal Pushback, OpenAI Ordered to Retain Chat Logs, Montana tightens privacy law for kids
Send us a text📢 Privacy Corner Newsletter: May 22, 2025🔹 Meta’s AI Training Faces Legal Pushback – Noyb challenges Meta’s use of public posts for AI under “legitimate interests,” citing GDPR violations, lack of transparency, and risks to data subject rights.🔹 OpenAI Ordered to Retain Chat Logs – A U.S. judge directs OpenAI to preserve all ChatGPT output, overriding privacy settings and regulations amid a copyright case brought by The New York Times.🔹 Montana Expands Privacy Law Scope – Montana’s revised privacy law lowers thresholds, strengthens protections for minors, and introduces profiling opt-outs and stricter enforcement with no cure period.#privado #dataprivacy #privacyengineering #privacybydesign
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Meta Loses EU Case, Todd Snyder Hit with $345K Fine, UK’s Data Adequacy Gets Extension
Send us a text📢 Privacy Corner Newsletter: May 8, 2025🔹 Meta’s Court Challenge Rejected – The EU’s General Court dismissed Meta’s attempt to annul the EDPB’s 'consent or pay' opinion, stating it lacks binding legal effect. Meta also failed in its claim for compensation.🔹 Todd Snyder Fined $345K Under CCPA – A broken cookie consent mechanism and excessive ID verification led the California Privacy Protection Agency to fine fashion retailer Todd Snyder and demand major privacy practice changes.🔹 EDPB Approves Short-Term UK Adequacy Extension – The Board endorsed a 6-month extension to the UK’s adequacy decision, calling it a one-time move to allow the new Data (Use and Access) Bill to be finalized.
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