Privacy & EDiscovery

EU – US Privacy and Protection of Personal Data: Americans Are from Mars, Europeans Are from Venus

March 21st, 2012 by Monique Altheim

Pin ItThe High Level EU Conference on Privacy and Protection of Personal Data, held on March 19, was organized by the European Commission and hosted by the US Institute of Peace in Washinton D.C. The conference was held simultaneously in Brussels as well, via a video conference link. This conference was meant to deepen transatlantic [...]

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The Meaning of “Consent” in the EU Data Protection Framework: A New Article 29 Working Party Opinion

July 15th, 2011 by Monique Altheim

Pin It The Meaning of “Consent” in the EU Data Protection Framework: A New Article 29 Working Party Opinion On July 13, 2011, the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party (hereafter Article 29 WP ) adopted Opinion 15/2011 on the Definition of Consent. This opinion looks into the legal framework regarding the use of [...]

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Privacy, European Union Data Protection and EDiscovery

March 6th, 2011 by Monique Altheim

Pin ItEDiscovery in the US Electronic Discovery (or “E-Discovery”) is the process of identifying, preserving, collecting, preparing, reviewing, and producing electronically stored information (“ESI”) in the context of the legal process. (The Sedona Conference). Some examples of ESI are: emails, word documents, power point presentations, excel sheets, voice mail and videos. EDiscovery in US civil [...]

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The RFID Privacy and Data Protection Impact Assessment Framework in the EU: The Article 29 Working Party and the FTC are in No Rush

February 19th, 2011 by Monique Altheim

Pin ItOn February 11, the Article 29 Working Party adopted an opinion on the revised Industry Proposal for a Privacy and Data Protection Impact Assessment (PIA) Framework for RFID applications. (ARTICLE 29 DATA PROTECTION WORKING PARTY 00327/11/EN WP 180 Opinion 9/2011 on the revised Industry Proposal for a Privacy and Data Protection Impact Assessment Framework [...]

Tags: Article 29 Working Party, data protection, EU, FTC, identity theft, internet of things, privacy, RFID. European Union Data Protection,Internet of Things 1 Comment

Computer, Privacy & Data Protection: European Data Protection: In Good Health? Part 2

January 31st, 2011 by Monique Altheim

Pin ItAccording to its mission statement, the annual conference “Computers, Privacy and Data Protection“ in Brussels aims to create a bridge between policy makers, academics, practitioners and activists, and aims to become Europe’s most important forum for the discussion of data protection and privacy issues. This goal was certainly reached during the panel on Bahavioural Targeting [...]

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The European Data Protection Supervisor recommends a Regulation, not a Directive!

January 18th, 2011 by Monique Altheim

Pin It The European Data Protection Supervisor, Peter Hustinx, has issued an opinion in response to the Commission’s Communication of November 4, 2010 regarding the Review of the Data Protection Legal Framework . The EDPS agrees with the Commission that a review of the present legal framework for data protection in the EU is necessary in order to ensure [...]

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Privacy Week in Jerusalem, hosted by ILITA: A Preview

May 6th, 2010 by Monique Altheim

Pin ItILITA, The Israeli Law, Information and Technology Authority, will host a Privacy Week on October 25-29, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Article 29 Working Party recently published an an opinion finding that Israeli data protection law largely provides an “adequate level of data protection” under the European Union Data Protection Directive 95/46. Thus Israel will be [...]

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