Irish student wins support in legal battle over exam script
Advocate General tells European court that exam scripts do constitute ‘personal data’. Source: Irish student wins support in legal battle […]
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Future of cloud-related opportunities discussed
On June 29, the European Commission hosted the Digital Single Market Cloud Stakeholder Meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to […]
Spain creates DPO certification scheme
20 July 2017 The Spanish data protection authority announced, on 13 July 2017, that it had instituted a data protection […]
LIBE submits more than 800 amendments to ePrivacy Regulation
Members of the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee have submitted more than 800 amendments to the ePrivacy Regulation. Source: LIBE […]
Evidon Launches Consent Platform As The Clock Ticks Down On GDPR
Evidon rolled out a platform to help companies comply with the consent requirements of GDPR, which go into effect next […]
Yes, Canada could lose its adequacy standing
In the June 27, 2017, issue of The Privacy Advisor, Ryan Chiavetta, wrote an excellent and highly relevant article entitled […]
Proposals to make free movement of data a principle of EU law expected this autumn
The free movement of non-personal data is to be enshrined in EU law, the commissioner for the digital single market […]
CJEU to hint at Privacy Shield, Brexit’s future next week
The Court of Justice of the European Union will next week give its opinion on “the agreement envisaged between Canada […]
UK government urged to avoid data transfers ‘cliff edge’ at point of Brexit
The UK government has been urged to take steps to avoid a potential “cliff edge” ending to transfers of personal […]
Teenagers on privacy
European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPR) publishes on his blog teenagers views on privacy issues. Source: Teenagers on privacy – European […]
ICO’s Publishes Its Annual Report for 2016/17
UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published its annual report for 2016/17. The report includes the ICO’s annual operational performance statistics which […]
How Europe’s GDPR will affect Australian organisations
Failure to comply with the data protection regulations could result in a €20 million fine, and Australian organisations with links […]