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Israeli Privacy Regulator Eases Restrictions on Cross-Border Data Transfers

The Israeli Privacy Protection Authority (the “PPA”) published a draft position paper regarding international transfers of personal information, in which it recognizes the significant practical difficulties that regulations on international data transfers raise. This publication deals with the interpretation of Regulation 3 of the Privacy Protection Regulations (Transfer of Information to Databases Outside the State's Boards), 5761-2001 (the “Regulations”).

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Apple Delays Changes to its App Store Payments Policy

A U.S. Federal Court of Appeals granted Apple’s request to delay a legal order requiring it to change its App Store payment policy. The order, which should have taken effect on December 2nd, required Apple to relax its demand from app developers to only use Apple’s own payments system for in-app purchases, through which Apple charges a high ...

Russia: Google fined $100 Million for “Failing to Remove Banned Content”

Russian Courts have fined Google $100 million and Meta approximately $27 million for “systemic failure to remove banned content”. Tech giants are regularly fined in Russia for failing to remove content that the Russian Government bans, particularly content related to the Russian opposition and its leaders, but those penalties have rarely exceeded $1 million.

The unprecedented fines represent an escalation ...

The EU Declared South Korea Adequate under the GDPR

According to a new adequacy-decision published by the European Commission, South Korea provides an adequate level of protection of personal data under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), such that data that is subject to the GDPR can be safely transferred to South Korea.

The adequacy decision was based on the South Korean personal data protection law named PIPA, which ...

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