Google Analytics is illegal in Europe due to US-EU data transfers
The finding by the Austrian Data Protection Agency spells trouble for European websites using services such as Google Analytics.
Austria’s data protection watchdog has upheld a complaint against a website relating to its use of Google Analytics. The decision could have wide ranging ramificatio... Read more
European regulators approve CISPE Code of Conduct
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB), under which all European Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) fall, gave a favourable resolution on Thursday that said the CISPE Data Protection Code of Conduct complies with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
The CISPE Code was submitted by t... Read more
European decision on data-sharing between Facebook and Whatsapp is coming
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced on Saturday that the long-running investigation of Facebook and WhatsApp's conduct in the European Union, concerning transparency of data-sharing between the two platforms, is headed for a resolution.
In what many are saying is a significant... Read more