Your postman might know too much about you – but if so, it risks 18 million euros. This was the fine issued on 23 October by the Austrian Data Protection agency (‘the Agency’) for breaches of the General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’) committed by the Austrian postal service, Österreichische Post AG (Austrian Post). This institution, […]
A pre-checked checkbox does not constitute consent which a website user must give for storage of and access to cookies on their equipment. Therefore companies need to change their current practice. This was the conclusion reached by the Court of Justice of the European Union in its judgment in Case C-673/17 Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und […]
2018 proved to be a record year for M&A dealmaking in the Baltics, with Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) among the hottest sectors. Although global TMT sector trends show a cool-off by both deal count and deal value, nevertheless mid-2019 results in the Baltics and Belarus plus the pipeline ahead suggest that the fast pace […]