Commission launches consultation on ENISA
European Commission has launched public consultation on the evaluation and review of the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA).
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New GDPR guidelines on consent, profiling, breach notification and data transfers to be issued in 2017
The Article 29 Working Party (WP29), a consultative body made up of all the national data protection authorities in the EU, in 2017 will issue new guidelines on General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
GDPR guidance on data portability, DPOs and lead authority
In December WP29 published GDPR guidelines on the right to Data Portability, Data Protection Officers (DPO) and Lead Supervisory Authority.
Balancing the interests in big data processing
A paper from Anons looks at challenges to big data analytics under upcoming GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and legal […]
EU ePrivacy Regulation proposed
Yesterday, January 10, 2017, European Commission announced its proposal for new Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications (ePrivacy Regulation) that […]
EU will start adequacy talks with Japan and Korea
In its communication published yesterday, January 10, 2017, the European Commission announced it will proactively engage in discussions on reaching […]
MEPs back EU-US Umbrella Agreement on data exchanges for law enforcement purposes
EU Parliament on December 1, 2016 voted to back the EU-US Umbrella Agreement on data protection in exchanges for law enforcement purposes.
Working Party Issues Results of the GDPR Workshop
Article 29 Working Party (Working Party) has published a summary of the discussions that took place at its Fablab workshop […]
ICO publishes guidance on privacy notices under GDPR
UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published guidance on privacy notices under EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). GDPR introduces […]
World’s biggest Internet hub sues German government over surveillance
On September 9, 2016, the operator of the world?s largest Internet hub, De-Cix, filed lawsuit against the German government to […]
UK government breached personal data security 9,000 times in a year, watchdog reveals
UK’s National Audit Office (NAO) has found that government has breached personal data security nearly 9,000 times in a year. […]
Facebook’s privacy case referred to European Court of Justice
There is a new developments in a privacy case brought by Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems against Facebook.