Blog: EU Privacy Laws

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Google Analytics and Privacy Data - Violations

(Editor's Note: In January of 2023, the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework was approved and replaces the old Privacy Shield framework mentioned in this article.) On January 13, 2022, the Austrian data protection authority (DSB) ruled that the continuous use of the world-famous web analytics program, Google Analytics, violates the EU's General...

GDPR for Beginners

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a comprehensive legal framework that regulates how companies collect and process personal data in the European Union (EU). Revered as the most robust digital privacy regulation in the world today, the GDPR has been a landmark in the data protection realm, establishing a new...

GDPR Overview

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a regulation set forth by the EU that governs the protection and dissemination of personal data and enhances digital privacy for people located in the EU. The GDPR's primarily goal is to serve as a unifying, comprehensive, data and privacy framework for any organization...

Does the GDPR Require the Listing of Individual Cookies by Name?

The European Union currently boasts the world's most comprehensive and expansive regulatory framework to date, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Complementing this law is the e-Privacy Directive (aka the EU Cookies Directive) to ensure the firm establishment of data protection and online privacy in the EU. A critical area covered...

Guide to Opt-ins and Opt-outs for Consent

Obtaining consent to carry out data-driven activities has never been more important in today's privacy-conscious era. When it comes to consent, most data protection laws fall into one of two categories: opt-in or opt-out regimes. Whether you run a website, a mobile app, an ecommerce platform, or a similar business model,...

The EU's GDPR vs China's PIPL

China's PIPL has been compared to the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This article will compare and contras PIPL's provisions and compliance requirements with those of the GDPR. The official text of PIPL (in Chinese) can be found here. You can find a full English translation by the DigiChina Project, based...