Amazon Receives Largest Ever GDPR Penalty

By Aaron Brooks | July 20, 2021

The Luxembourg Data Protection Authority (the “Commission Nationale pour la Protection des Données” or “CNPD”) has issued the largest GDPR financial penalty to date against Amazon.com Inc. Amazon disclosed the $888 Million fine in a July 29, 2021 regulatory filing. Prior to this ruling, the largest GDPR penalty was against Google in the amount of…

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Schrems II Resources and References

By Aaron Brooks | October 10, 2020

This post is intended to serve as a running list of key articles, resources, and primary law associated with Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems (Case C-311/18) EU:C:2020:559, commonly referred to as “Schrems II.” Please email hello@brooksfirm.law if you’d like to be notified when this resource is updated from time to time. Key…

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