The EDPS (European Data Protection Supervisor), Peter Hustinx, has given his opinion regarding the Review of the Data Protection Legal Framework on January 14. Here is the text: Opinion of the European Data Protection Supervisor on the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of […]
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Opinion of the European Data Protection Supervisor on the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – “A comprehensive approach on personal data protection in the European Union”
Posted by Monique Altheim on January 17, 2011
https://ediscoverymap.com/2011/01/opinion-of-the-european-data-protection-supervisor-on-the-communication-from-the-commission-to-the-european-parliament-the-council-the-economic-and-social-committee-and-the-committee-of-the-regions/
The Recent Privacy Framework Proposals,The Internet of Things and PET
The CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas just wrapped up a few days ago to an astounding success. According to PC magazine, one of the five essential trends to emerge from the CES 2011 was the internet of things. The internet of things can be explained as follows: “It is foreseeable that any object will […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on January 12, 2011
https://ediscoverymap.com/2011/01/the-recent-privacy-framework-proposalsthe-internet-of-things-and-pet/
Article 29 Working Party Opinion 8/2010 on Applicable Law, Article 4 (1) EU Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC and Smartphone Apps
A colleague of mine, Cédric Laurant, recently posted an interesting question on a LinkedIn group that I manage, the European Data Protection Forum : “Do some iPhone and Android smartphone application makers… violate the consent requirement of the e-Privacy Directive (2009/136)?” Apple, Inc. got sued on Dec. 23 in federal court in San Jose, California. The […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on January 5, 2011
https://ediscoverymap.com/2011/01/article-29-working-party-opinion-82010-on-applicable-law-article-4-1-eu-directive-9546ec-and-smartphone-apps/
The International Association of Privacy Professionals’ First Europe Data Protection Congress
I recently attended the International Association of Privacy Professionals’ (IAPP) very first Europe Data Protection Congress in Paris on November 29 and 30. The attendee list was impressive: Privacy professionals, employed by Fortune 500 companies from a wide variety of industries, like Hewlett-Packard, Lockheed Martin, Citigroup, Oracle, Western Union, Microsoft, IBM, Dell, Google, Yahoo, Estee […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on December 8, 2010
https://ediscoverymap.com/2010/12/the-international-association-of-privacy-professionals-first-europe-data-protection-congress/
Federal Court in NY Says EU Documents Containing Personal Information are Off Limits in Class Action Litigation
This post was written by Kevin Xu and John L. Hines, Jr. U.S. courts often disregard foreign data privacy laws in the context of discovery. Litigants sometimes find themselves compelled to produce under U.S. law what they are forbidden to produce under the privacy laws of another country. However, a recent U.S. court decision indicates […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on September 15, 2010
https://ediscoverymap.com/2010/09/federal-court-in-ny-says-eu-documents-containing-personal-information-are-off-limits-in-class-action-litigation/
EU Article 29 Working Party Decrees Strict Opt-In Standards for Behavioral Advertising Data Collection
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 […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on June 30, 2010
https://ediscoverymap.com/2010/06/eu-article-29-working-party-decrees-strict-opt-in-standards-for-behavioral-advertising-data-collection/
Ediscovery, Cloud Computing and EU Data Protection: Cloud Nationalities Do Matter
Cloud Computing With Borders May Be On Horizon in Europe by Jennifer L. Schenker A proposal to build a national federation of interconnected computing clouds in France, funded in part by government in order to protect the country’s sovereignty, data privacy and local jobs, is gaining favor. Some fear that the idea, which is in part […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on May 25, 2010
https://ediscoverymap.com/2010/05/ediscovery-cloud-computing-and-eu-data-protection-cloud-nationalities-do-matter/
Privacy Week in Jerusalem, hosted by ILITA: A Preview
ILITA, 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 joining […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on May 6, 2010
https://ediscoverymap.com/2010/05/privacy-week-in-jerusalemhosted-by-ilita-a-preview/
IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2010 – Hot Topics : Robert Rothman on the New EU Controller-to-Processor Model Clauses
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 […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on April 24, 2010
https://ediscoverymap.com/2010/04/iapp-global-privacy-summit-2010-hot-topics-robert-rothman-on-the-new-eu-controller-to-processor-model-clausesmodel/
IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2010 – Hot Topics : Jay Libove on Italy v. Google
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 […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on April 24, 2010
https://ediscoverymap.com/2010/04/iapp-gobal-privacy-summit-2010-hot-topics-jay-libove-on-italy-v-google/