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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Pictures, Online Tagging, Facial Recognition and Privacy: A Study by the CNIL
In a recent article, published by the Huffington Post, Isabelle Falque Perrotin, the President of the CNIL * , summarizes the findings of a study that the CNIL had commissioned on the use of photos in social media. The study was conducted by TNS Sofres on a national sample of 1554 people age thirteen and up. The […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on January 2, 2013
https://ediscoverymap.com/2013/01/pictures-online-tagging-facial-recognition-and-privacy-a-study-by-the-cnil/
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/
The French Data Protection Authority: Video Surveillance Images are “Personal Data”
POSTED ON MARCH 16, 2010 BY HUNTON & WILLIAMS LLP In a decision handed down on February 25, 2010, the French Constitutional Court ruled that the right to privacy derives from Article 2 of the Declaration of Human Rights, and is therefore considered a constitutional right under French law. The Court also ruled that the legislature must […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on March 19, 2010
https://ediscoverymap.com/2010/03/the-french-data-protection-authority-video-surveillance-images-are-personal-data/
Cross Border EDiscovery
New French Case Removes Automatic Privacy Shield From Employee E-Mails, Making Them More Amenable to US Discovery by Trevor Jefferies and Alvin F. Lindsay: A new decision released on 8 January 2010 from the French high labor court (the Cour de Cassation Chambre Sociale) may provide some grounds for arguing that a party in France […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on February 19, 2010
https://ediscoverymap.com/2010/02/crossborder-ediscovery/