ePrivacy Regulation Proposal and GDPR
The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has published an Opinion on the Proposal for a Regulation on Privacy and Electronic […]
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Italian DPA issues its guidelines on the GDPR
The European privacy regulation (GDPR) can now rely on detailed guidelines from Italian data protection authority on how to comply […]
May 2018 deadline for EU ePrivacy Regulation may be unrealistic
Member States are still preparing their national positions on EU Commission’s proposal for an ePrivacy Regulation. However, the EU Council’s […]
European Commission callsg for GDPR expert group applications
European Commission’s Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers has set up a multistakeholder expert group to support the application of General Data […]
EDPS publishes necessity toolkit
In April European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) published necessity toolkit. The toolkit is designed to help policymakers identify the impact […]
Germany′s highest court rules IP addresses may be saved in interest of cybersecurity
Cybersecurity takes priority over a person’s data protection rights in some cases, the Federal Court has ruled. This specifically refers […]
ICO publishes annual reports for 2016 and 2017
UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office has published reports detailing operational work undertaken by the ICO in 2016/17. Source: Annual operational reports 2016/17 | ICO
Facebook faces fines, investigations in EU
One day after Italy’s antitrust regulators announced Facebook has been fined 3 million euros for putting an “excessive emphasis” on the need to […]
UK’s ICO to investigate use of data analytics for political purposes
Elizabeth Denham, UK Information Commissioner, has announced today that she has launched a formal investigation into the use of data […]
EU Fines Facebook $122 Million Over Disclosures in WhatsApp Deal
The penalty is one of the largest fines against the social network and comes amid growing scrutiny of how the […]
Member states want looser data rules in draft ePrivacy bill
EU member states are divided over a proposal to change privacy rules for telecoms operators, with some countries calling for […]
Facebook Gets Fined By 2 European Privacy Regulators
On Tuesday Dutch and French data protection authorities issued fines to Facebook saying that its data handling practices broke their countries’ privacy […]