On June 23, 2022 the Italian data protection authority (“Garante”) released a general statement (here) flagging the unlawfulness of data transfers to the U.S. resulting from the use of Google Analytics. The Garante invites all Italian website operators, both public and private, to verify that the use of cookies and other tracking tools
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European Data Protection Supervisor Reprimands European Parliament for Illegal Transfers post-Schrems II CJEU ruling
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On January 5, 2022, the European Data Protection Supervisor (“EDPS”) issued a reprimand to the European Parliament for its offering of a website to its staff and members to schedule Covid-19 tests which violated the transparency and transfer provisions of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 (“Regulation”). In addition, the EDPS ordered the European Parliament to bring the…
Austrian Supervisory Authority Finds that Website Deploying Google Analytics Carried out Unlawful Transfers to the US
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On December 22, 2021, the Austrian Supervisory Authority (“Authority”) found that an Austrian website that implemented the (free version of) Google analytics violated the GDPR’s rules on international data transfers (see here).
The Authority decided that the Standard Contractual Clauses, combined with the Austrian website operator’s supplementary measures to transfer personal data to Google…