Data Protection in the News - August 2021

Expert commentary from Tim Lennard with a roundup of recent data privacy stories
from around the globe

In July 2021, the EU began accepting proposals for a study of the impact of recent developments in adtech and their impact on privacy, the publishers, and advertisers.

In France, the data privacy regulator (CNIL) continues its pursuit of organisations with non-compliant cookie regimes and is effectively supported in Germany by Max Schrems’ organisation (NOYB) which has filed 422 formal complaints of organisations with cookie non-compliance with 10 regulatory authorities.

Much of the news focused on China and its increasingly aggressive stance on the data privacy requirements of national and global tech giants, and restriction of processing data in perceived conflict with the national interest.

The US and EU continue to attempt to breathe life back into the Privacy Shield Program and indicate that discussions are advanced.

These and other news items detailed below.

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