During its plenary session on September 27, 2021, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) announced that it has set up a cookie banner taskforce to handle complaints filed with several European Economic Area supervisory authorities by the entity known as None of Your Business (NOYB). As you may know, on May 31, 2021 NOYB sent written warnings to over 500 companies claiming that their cookie banners did not comply with GDPR. When the companies failed to remediate all violations within 30 days, NOYB filed 422 complaints with 10 supervisory authorities.
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Takeaways from U.S. Senate Hearing on Big Data, Big Questions: Implications for Competition and Consumers
On September 21, 2021, the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights held a hearing on Big Data, Big Questions: Implications for Competition and Consumers. This hearing was part of a series of hearings on a bipartisan review of competition issues in America. Senator Klobuchar led the hearing, with Senators Lee, Blumenthal, Hawley, Ossoff, Blackburn, and Cruz contributing questions to the witnesses. The witnesses included representatives from technology companies, an author, and a director of a nonprofit.
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