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European Court Finds Bulgarian Gov’t Electronic Surveillance Violates Human Rights

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that Bulgaria’s Special Surveillance Means Act, which authorizes the government to surveil citizens in certain circumstances, violates the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The decision was delivered on a petition filed by Bulgarian citizens and European human rights groups.

Bulgaria’s surveillance act, along with several ...

French Regulator Fines Google and Facebook for Cookie-Related Violations

The French data protection authority, CNIL, imposed a 60 million Euro fine on Facebook and a 150 million Euro fine on Google, for violations of provisions of the French Data Protection Act relating to cookies. This is the second fine for Google by CNIL, following a fine in December 2020 also on the issue of compliance with cookie regulations.

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New Legislative Bill Amending the Israeli Privacy Protection Law

The Israeli government has formally published the legislative bill proposing numerous amendments to the Israeli Protection of Privacy Law. If enacted, this would be the most comprehensive amendment to the law since 1996. The bill seeks to amend the definitions of the law’s key terms, thereby expanding the scope of the Law, and to downscale the antiquated obligation to register ...

EU Data Protection Agencies Find that Google Analytics’ Data Transfers to the US Violate the GDPR

Two separate enforcement proceedings, by the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) and the Austrian Data Protection Authority (DPA), have found that the use of Google Analytics for the processing of data of EU data subjects violates the GDPR because it leads to the unlawful transfer of data to the United States.

The EDPS’s investigation into Google Analytics was prompted ...

Israeli Civil Service Regulations Forbid Wiretapping of Civil Servants

The Israeli Civil Service Regulations, which apply to civil servants employed by the Israeli government, were amended to prohibit the recording of one civil servant by another absent full consent, regardless of whether one party is subordinate to the other. This prohibition does not apply if the recording party has reasonable grounds to believe that the recording is necessary for ...

Proposed Amendments to the Protection of Privacy Law

The Israeli Ministry of Justice (“MoJ”) has published a bill memorandum covering a series of proposed amendments to the Israeli Protection of Privacy Law (the “Law”). If enacted, this would be the most comprehensive amendment to the Law since 1996. The bill seeks to amend the definitions of the Law’s key terms, thereby expanding the scope of the Law, and ...

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