Privacy & EDiscovery

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

March 21st, 2012 by Monique Altheim

The 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 dialogue on […]

Tags: Article 29 Working Party, behavioral advertising, cross border data flow. Conferences,Cross Border Data Flow,European Union Data Protection,Online Privacy 1 Comment

The New EU Cookie Directive Leads to Cookie Wars in The Netherlands

March 27th, 2011 by Monique Altheim

The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation has introduced a new bill with the goal of implementing the EU ePrivacy Directive 2002/58/EC, as amended by the so-called “Cookie Directive” 10/2009. The dealine for EU member states to implement the “Cookie Directive” into national law is May 25, 2011. As of now, the Dutch law […]

Tags: behavioral advertising, behavioral targeting, data protection, EU, European Union Data Protection, privacy, The Netherlands. European Union Data Protection,Online Privacy Closed

Yahoo’s AdChoice Icons and the New EU Cookie Rule

March 23rd, 2011 by Monique Altheim

A few days ago, PCWorld announced with a big headline: \”Yahoo’s Offers Cookie Opt-out Button Ahead of New EU Law\” It stated: “The plan allows users to click an “AdChoices” button visible in the upper right-hand corner of ads.This will provide users with information about Yahoo’s advertising business and the chance to opt out of […]

Tags: AdChoice, behavioral advertising, Cookies, data protection, EU Commission, EU Data Protection Directive, European Union Data Protection, Personal Data, Privacy by Default, privacy by design, Viviane Reding, yahoo. European Union Data Protection,Online Privacy Closed

The Review of the EU Data Protection Framework v. The State of Online Consumer Privacy in the US

March 17th, 2011 by Monique Altheim

Yesterday, on March 16, 2011, I had a field day. As an attorney, licensed both in the EU and in the US, with a special interest in privacy law, I was able to observe quasi simultanuous policy making by both Brussels and Washington, D.C. on the same subject matter, from the comfort of my office […]

Tags: Axel Voss, behavioral advertising, cross border data flow, Cross Border Data Transfers, Datenschutz, EU, EU Data Protection Directive, European Union Data Protection, facebook, FIPP, FTC, Gegevensbescherming, Google, Leibowitz, Personal Data, privacy, Privacy by Default, privacy by design, Protection des Donees, Right to be forgotten, Strickling, Viviane Reding. European Union Data Protection,Online Privacy 3 Comments

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

January 31st, 2011 by Monique Altheim

According 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 and […]

Tags: Alexander Hanff, Article 29 Working Party, behavioral advertising, cloud, Cross Border, cross border data flow, Cross Border Data Transfers, data protection, EPIC, EU Commission, facebook, Google, Jacob Kohnstamm, Jeff Chester, Marie-Helene Boulanger, Peter Hustinx, privacy by design, Privacy Impact Assesssments, PrivacyInternational, Surveillance, The Center for Digital Democracy. Conferences,European Union Data Protection,Online Privacy 2 Comments

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

January 18th, 2011 by Monique Altheim

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 effective protection […]

Tags: Article 29 Working Party, BCR, behavioral advertising, cloud, cross border data flow, Cross Border Data Transfers, data protection, Data Protection Authority, EDPS, EU Commission, European Union Data Protection, Peter Hustinx, privacy, privacy by design, standard contractual clauses. European Union Data Protection,Online Privacy Closed

Behavioral Advertising is for Compumers

July 22nd, 2010 by Monique Altheim

I saw the movie “Inception” by Christopher Nolan last night. It is not a movie I would usually pick, since I am not particularly fond of science fiction. But my daughter insisted: “You MUST see this movie. You won’t regret it.” I caved in and indeed enjoyed watching that movie. In the movie, technology has […]

Tags: behavioral advertising, behavioural advertising, compumer, inception, privacy. Online Privacy 8 Comments

EU Article 29 Working Party Decrees Strict Opt-In Standards for Behavioral Advertising Data Collection

June 30th, 2010 by Monique Altheim

by Bret Cohen On June 24, the Article 29 Working Party established by the 1995 European Directive on Data Protection published an opinion declaring that online advertisers who want to target ads by tracking consumers’ surfing habits must obtain the consumers’ affirmative opt-in consent to such data collection.At the same time, the Working Party lauded certain privacy-enhancing practices incorporated into behavioral […]

Tags: behavioral advertising, behavioraladvertising, EU Data Protection Directive, European Union Data Protection, International Compliance (includes EU Compliance), Personal Data, personal data protection, privacy, privacy laws, Working Party. European Union Data Protection,Online Privacy Closed

IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2010 – Hot Topics: Jules Polonetsky Predicts the Future of Behavioral Advertising

April 23rd, 2010 by Monique Altheim

At the recent IAPP Global Privacy Summit in Washington, D.C., many hot topics were addressed: Privacy by Design, Behavioral Advertising, the new EU Cookie Consent Law, the Smart Power Grid, the Cloud, Web 2.0, the new EU Model Clause Agreements, Controllers, Processors and Sub-Processors, the recent Google convictions, to name just a few. I interviewed […]

Tags: behavioral advertising, data privacy, Data Protection Authority, facebook, FTC, Google, Jules Polonetsky, social media, THe Future of Privacy Forum, web 2.0, yahoo. Conferences,Online Privacy 1 Comment

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