Google Analytics – GDPR : The EDPS & Austrian DPA Consider Data Transfers to Google LLC (US) Illegal

Google Analytics – GDPR : The EDPS & Austrian DPA Consider Data Transfers to  Google LLC (US) Illegal

The European Data Protection Supervisor (“EDPS”) and the Austrian Data Protection Authority have both recently issued a decision ruling that the transfers of personal data to Google LLC (US) entailed by the use of Google Analytics tool on the European Parliament and by a company located in Austria (the “website operator”) websites, were not GDPR compliant.

Schrems 2: The French Conseil d’Etat Dismisses a Request for Suspension of Data Transfers to the US

Schrems 2: The French Conseil d’Etat Dismisses a Request for Suspension of Data Transfers to the US

By order of 12 March 2021, the Conseil d’Etat (the French supreme administrative court) dismissed the request of various associations, including the Syndicat de la Médecine Générale (SMG) and the Ligue des Droits de l’Homme (Human Rights League), asking the interim relief judge of the Conseil d’Etat to order the suspension of the partnership between the Ministry of Health and the company Doctolib as part of the plan to accelerate vaccination against COVID-19, insofar as its online appointment booking system involved the hosting of health data with an American company (AWS).