by Monique Altheim on April 30, 2014 This past month saw another batch of large data breaches, with “Heartbleed” considered by some the largest data security breach in the history of the internet; a flurry of legislative efforts by the States to regulate the use of drones, student privacy and government surveillance; a landmark victory […]
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Top Weekly Privacy Stories
Apps Data Breach 411 for iPhone Conferences CPDP 2014 (Computer, Privacy & Data Protection), January 22,23 & 24, 2014, Brussels, Belgium. (Especially the panel on Privacy by Design, on 1/22/14, which will be moderated by me). COPPA FTC Approves New Method for Obtaining COPPA Verifiable Parental […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on January 10, 2014
https://ediscoverymap.com/2014/01/top-weekly-privacy-stories/
@AltheimLaw’s Privacy and Data Protection Week in Review
Big Data One code to rule them all: How big data could help the 1 percent and hurt the little guy http://www.salon.com/2014/01/03/one_code_to_rule_them_all_how_big_data_could_help_the_1_percent_and_hurt_the_little_guy/ … Children Online Privacy Maryland AG Gansler Submits Children’s Online Privacy Workgroup Report http://ow.ly/2Cyc8W Conferences · Watch All #30c3 talks, without data retention or Google spyware https://media.ccc.de/browse/congress/2013/ … Data Breaches · WA: Sumner […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on January 3, 2014
https://ediscoverymap.com/2014/01/altheimlaws-privacy-and-data-protection-week-in-review-4/
@AltheimLaw’s Privacy and Data Protection Week in Review
Big Data The E-Books Are Reading You #EUdataP http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/25/technology/as-new-services-track-habits-the-e-books-are-reading-you.html … Retailers, Supermarkets, Medical Markets Dive In To Extract Information From And About Consumers http://ow.ly/rYTdJ California Privacy California’s New Do-Not-Track Law Goes Into Effect January 1, 2014, Remember To Check Your Privacy Policy For … http://ow.ly/2Clqu3 CAN-SPAM Court Accepts Narrow View […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on December 27, 2013
https://ediscoverymap.com/2013/12/altheimlaws-privacy-and-data-protection-week-in-review-3/
U.S. Ediscovery and Cross-Border Ediscovery 101 for Civil Law Practitioners
In a speech given at the 3rd Annual European Data Protection and Privacy Conference, in Brussels on 12/4/12, Viviane Reding addressed the reasons for the global interest in the European Commission’s proposed reforms to the EU Data Protection Regime: “Why is there so much interest in our data protection reform? …, because data protection is a global […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on December 7, 2012
https://ediscoverymap.com/2012/12/u-s-ediscovery-and-cross-border-ediscovery-101-for-civil-law-practitioners/
E-Discovery Legal Issues for IT
Lawyers are often labeled as “luddites” and their lack of understanding of technology is legendary. In an era, where almost all business records are in the form of electronically stored information, it has become essential for lawyers to become more technologically savvy. On the other hand, it is just as important for IT to […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on September 15, 2012
https://ediscoverymap.com/2012/09/e-discovery-legal-issues-for-it/
U.S. Cross Border Ediscovery vs. EU Data Protection: Clash of the Titans
I recently gave a CLE presentation at the LegalTech West Coast Conference in Los Angeles on the legal problems and tensions of conducting U.S. civil litigation ediscovery in the European Economic Area (EEA), which consists of the 27 EU member states plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. The subtitle “Clash of the Titans” derives from the […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on May 29, 2012
https://ediscoverymap.com/2012/05/cross-border-ediscovery-vs-eu-data-protection-clash-of-the-titans/
The Privacy Law Salon: Dialogue with Policymakers
Yesterday, the first Privacy Law Salon in Washington DC, took place at the National Press Club. The Privacy Law Salon: Dialogue with Policymakers, was “a unique meeting of the most experienced practitioners and corporate executives dealing with privacy law matters, and a unique opportunity to interact with the policymakers affecting the future of privacy.” The purpose of […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on April 4, 2012
https://ediscoverymap.com/2012/04/the-privacy-law-salon-dialogue-with-policymakers/
U.S. – EU Safe Harbor Framework News and Views
In 2000, the EU and the U.S. agreed on the Safe Harbor Framework as a means to ensure adequate protection for personal data, transferred from the EU to be processed by U.S. companies. At the recent EU Conference on Privacy and Protection of Personal Data, held in Washington DC, the last panel took the opportunity […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on March 21, 2012
https://ediscoverymap.com/2012/03/u-s-eu-safe-harbor-framework-news-and-views/
EU – US Privacy and Protection of Personal Data: Americans Are from Mars, Europeans Are from Venus
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 […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on March 21, 2012
https://ediscoverymap.com/2012/03/eu-us-privacy-and-protection-of-personal-data-americans-are-from-mars-europeans-are-from-venus/