Canadian privacy lawyer David T. S. Fraser of McInnesCooper tweeted a sample of lawsuits some Canadians are receiving. You may have already received one — or maybe you will receive one soon, so take note: A #torrent of lawsuits are descending on Canadians accused of online file sharing. If you [Read More…]
I’ve already tweeted my congratulations to Jay Edelson and the entire plaintiff’s team involved in this case, but I’ll repeat it here: congratulations! It’s nice when the good guys win one. Jon Reid reports: A federal jury has ordered a multi-level marketing company to pay $925 million for making nearly [Read More…]
Catherine Muyl and Marion Cavalier of Foley Hoag write: It has been rough weather for Google in France. Three weeks after the French Data Protection Authority imposed a record fine against Google for non-compliance with the GDPR, the Paris District Court (“Tribunal de Grande Instance”) invalidated 38 clauses of Google’s [Read More…]
One question that kept popping up at the International Privacy + Security Forum conference in D.C. two weeks ago had to do with data localization requirements. I was surprised to read this report from Catalin Cimpanu about how small some fines have been: A Moscow court fined Facebook today 3,000 [Read More…]