On October 2, 2018, the European Courtof Human Rights (ECHR) found that the client has a right to consult his attorney before the judicial authority orders a new seizure of its electronic media storages. Not only: ff the applicant challenges the seizure for violation of the attorney-client privilege, the competent authorities are required to proceed […]
On June 27, 2017, the EU Commission fined Google €2.42 billion for breaching EU antitrust rules. Google has abused its market dominance as a search engine by giving an illegal advantage to another Google product, its comparison shopping service. The Commission’s fine of €2 424 495 000 takes account of the duration and gravity of […]
April 10, 2020, the Committee on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility of the Pennsylvania Bar Association issued, Formal Opinion 2020-300 “Ethical Obligations For Lawyers Working Remotely” The Committee noticed that When Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf ordered all “non-essential businesses,” including law firms to close their offices during the COVID-19 pandemic, and also ordered all persons […]
The Chair of the EDPB explained: The Board will prioritise providing guidance on the following issues: use of location data and anonymisation of data; processing of health data for scientific and research purposes and the processing of data by technologies used to enable remote working. The EDPB will adopt a horizontal approach and plans to […]
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The DC Attorney General alleged in lawsuit Facebook’s ‘misleading privacy settings’ allowed it to harvest information from DC residents, in violation of violated the D.C. Consumer Protection Procedures Act. The AG alleged that “nearly half of all District residents’ data to manipulation for political purposes during the 2016 election”. The AG stated Facebook failed to […]
In November 2018, a German local court, the Amtsgericht Diez, decided on a claim for immaterial damages under Art. 82.1, GDPR. According to this source, on May 25, 2018, Plaintiff received an e-mail in which Plaintiff’s consent to receive a newsletter was requested. An email of this sort is considered spam under German law and […]
On November 29, 2018, the Italian Antitrust Authority (Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato “AGCM”) found that Facebook committed two violations of the Italian Consumer Code and fined the it EUR 5 million for each violation. Facebook mislead consumers in registering to Facebook -in violation of articles 21 and 22 of the Italian Consumer Code […]
On September 11, 2017, the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) issued a closing resolution against Facebook deeming that the company doesn’t process data in accordance with EU data protection law. According to the AEPD, Facebook “collects data on ideology, sex, religious beliefs, personal preferences or browsing activity without clearly informing about how and for what purpose it will use […]
Topic: “Lawyers Participating in Impermissible Lawyer Referral Services and Providing Legal Services for Unregistered Legal Service Plans – Avvo, LegalZoom, Rocket Lawyer, and Similar Companies” From the Opinion In sum, the Committees find that the Avvo website offers an impermissible referral service, in violation of Rules of Professional Conduct 7.2(c) and 7.3(d), as well as […]
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On a request for a preliminary ruling by the Bundesgerichtshof on the interpretation of 2(a) and 7(f) of Directive 95/46/EC (“Data Protection Directive”), the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) held that a dynamic IP address registered by an online media services provider when a person accesses a website that the provider makes accessible to the […]