On December 22, 2021, the Austrian Data Protection Authority (DSB) found that medical news company, NetDoktor, violated Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by using Google LLC’s popular data analytics platform, Google Analytics (GA), on its website, which resulted in the transfer of personal information from Europe to Google’s servers located in the United States (U.S.).1 Such transfers are generally prohibited unless an adequate level of data protection exists pursuant to Article 44 of the GDPR, including through European Commission-approved standard contractual clauses (SCCs).
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February 2022
Data Privacy and Security Concerns With Rise of Online Betting, Gaming
As of January 8, 2022, New York State joined the ranks of more than a dozen states that have legalized online and mobile sports betting since the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2018 decision in Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, which struck down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act also known as the Bradley…