Will The Consent Collected Before GDPR Still Be Valid?
The “Guide on the Application of the European Personal Data Protection Regulation” published by the Italian DPA states, in the […]
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Privacy-keen Germans push back against plans to ‘duplicate the US data chaos’
Proposals that German firms could start scooping up more than just essential personal data have been met with anger by […]
Irish Court Reviews U.S. Surveillance Developments
The Irish High Court has reviewed recent decisions by the U.S. surveillance court and a federal appeals court for a […]
European Privacy Officials Push for Answers on Status of US Privacy
The Article 29 Working Party , an expert group of European privacy officials, is pressing the European Commission to closely […]
Judge questions lawyers for US government over non-compliance with data restrictions
Issues around collection of personal data from EU-US data transfers at heart of case. Source: Judge questions lawyers for US […]
EU could give police direct access to cloud data in wake of terror attacks
Described as an ‘extraordinary measure for extraordinary threats’, direct data access is one of three proposals to speed up investigations. […]
Spanish court rules doping tests don’t violate privacy
Spain’s Supreme Court has ruled against an appeal by runner Marta Dominguez which claimed that blood-doping tests had violated her […]
Survey: 61 percent of companies have not started GDPR implementation
Is your company getting ready for the General Data Protection Regulation? If so, it might be in the minority. That’s […]
Fieldfisher Publishes its GDPR App
On June 06, 2017, European law firm Fieldfisher launched mobile app: “A Complete Guide to the GDPR”. The app provides complete guide […]
Italian DPA’s Annual Report previews future GDPR enforcement action
On June 6, the Italian Data Protection Authority, the Garante, presented its 2016 Annual Activity Report, focusing on several current […]
Privacy as Antitrust Issue
During an antitrust conference at Oxford University, Andreas Mundt, president of Germany’s antitrust agency Bundeskartellamt, said he is deeply convinced privacy is a […]
D.P.O. guidance: clear as M.U.D?
The newly codified position of data protection officer (” DPO “) is creating sleepless nights for many of our clients. […]