ePrivacy Regulation: European Parliament says yes to Lauristin report
The European Parliament has approved the amended text of the EU ePrivacy Regulation, a.k.a. the Lauristin Report. What you should […]
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Privacy rules to create jobs
Giovanni Buttarelli, the European data protection supervisor, says e-privacy reforms open up new job opportunities for small businesses in Europe […]
The European Commission’s Privacy Shield Review Summarized
The European Commission, in its first review of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework, has determined that the U.S. is in […]
EU privacy regulators increase pressure on WhatsApp over data sharing
EU privacy regulators rapped WhatsApp on the knuckles for not resolving concerns over the service’s sharing of user data with […]
Government reiterates plans for EU-UK data flows post-Brexit
The UK government has reiterated its plans to establish an agreement with the remainder of the EU member states that […]
WhatsApp faces EU taskforce over sharing user data with Facebook
Article 29 Working Party steps up action over user consent and privacy following Facebook’s failure to address breaches of EU […]
The Internet of Things in the Era of the GDPR
The Internet of Things is a term used more and more often. We discuss in this article what IoT is […]
The Price Of Compliance: Study Uncovers GDPR Costs
A new study reveals the true costs of GDPR compliance – it begins with $1 million for technology alone. Source: […]
Advocate General Rejects Facebook’s Claim of Sole Irish Jurisdiction in EU
On October 24, 2017, an opinion issued by the EU’s Advocate General Bot rejected Facebook’s assertion that its EU data […]
Privacy Shield review shows European Commission’s “shift in focus”
The European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, Věra Jourová, presented, on 18 October 2017, the European Commission’s report […]
CIPL Responds to CNIL and Irish DPC on Transparency and Data Transfers under the GDPR
The Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP (“CIPL”) recently submitted responses to the Irish Data Protection […]
Data breach guidance to influence market practice around the terms of data processing contracts
Technology suppliers could be forced to contractually commit themselves to much shorter deadlines for reporting data breaches to their clients […]