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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Dissection of a Twitter Chat on Privacy and Data Protection with @JulieBrillFTC
FTC Comissioner Julie Brill recently held her first Twitter chat on the topic of privacy and the FTC. TWITTER LINGO FOR BEGINNERS: Those who are regular twiteratti can skip the following paragraph, but for those still not familiar with Twitter lingo, I have included a short introduction to Twitter shorthand: @JulieBrillFTC: This is Julie Brill’s […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on February 11, 2014
https://ediscoverymap.com/2014/02/dissection-of-a-twitter-chat-on-privacy-and-data-protection-with-juliebrillftc/
@AltheimLaw’s Privacy and Data Protection Week in Review
California Privacy Should We Cheer The California Attorney General’s Revenge Porn Arrest Or Find It Alarming? (Forbes Cross-Post) http://ow.ly/2CgHsk California’s New Do-Not-Track Law Goes Into Effect January 1, 2014, Remember To Check Your Privacy Policy For … ow.ly/2CimTG Conferences IAPP Daily Dashboard @DailyDashboard17 Dec Coverage of last week’s #DPCongress #NSA panel w/ @ioerror @stewartbaker @bendrath & Vodafone (recording included) bit.ly/1kSpreu “Yes, Consent Is Dead. […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on December 20, 2013
https://ediscoverymap.com/2013/12/altheimlaws-privacy-and-data-protection-week-in-review-2/
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/
The Data Privacy Debate in Social Media Market Research: A Legal Perspective
by Monique Altheim Greenbookblog.org recently hosted a debate by representatives of research associations and companies engaged in social media research on the subject of data privacy in social media market research. Three major industry bodies were represented: CASRO, MRS and ESOMAR. The debate was spurred on by the recent issuing of new guidelines by ESOMAR, draft guidelines by CASRO […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on October 18, 2011
https://ediscoverymap.com/2011/10/the-date-privacy-debate-in-social-media-market-research-a-legal-perspective/
Global Data Protection, ECPA and Privacy Policies at the Computers Freedom and Privacy Conference 2011
On June 15, Peter Hustinx, the European Data Protection Supervisor, held a press conference, where he emphasized the importance of the reform of the legal framework for data protection in the EU. One of the many reforms mentioned, was the reinforcing of international instruments in data protection. At the International Data Conference in Budapest on June […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on June 18, 2011
https://ediscoverymap.com/2011/06/global-data-protection-ecpa-and-privacy-policies-at-the-computers-freedom-and-privacy-conference-2011/
Privacy, European Union Data Protection and EDiscovery
Ediscovery in US Civil Litigation and EU Data Protection EDiscovery in the US Electronic Discovery (or “Ediscovery”) is the process of identifying, preserving, collecting, preparing, reviewing, and producing electronically stored information (“ESI”) in the context of the legal process. Some examples of ESI are: emails, word documents, power point presentations, excel sheets, social media posts, […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on March 6, 2011
https://ediscoverymap.com/2011/03/how-to-conduct-ediscovery-in-the-european-union/
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/
EU Cross Border Ediscovery, Standard Contractual Clauses, and Sub Processors: What Will Change on May 15, 2010?
How the New EU Rules on Data Export Affect Companies in and outside the EU by Dr. Thomas Helbing On 5 February 2010 the Commission of the European Union (EU) has updated the set of standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to processors in non-EU countries. The old clauses are repealed with […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on March 26, 2010
https://ediscoverymap.com/2010/03/cross-border-ediscovery-from-the-eu-standard-contractual-clauses-and-sub-processors-what-will-change-on-may-15-2010/