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December 5, 2016

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.

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November 1, 2016

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 […]

October 25, 2016

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 […]

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October 6, 2016

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 […]

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September 22, 2016

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. […]

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September 21, 2016

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.

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September 21, 2016

Dutch police seize VPN provider’s servers without any explanation

Dutch police have seized two servers belonging to Switzerland-based VPN provider Perfect Privacy.

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September 20, 2016

Teen sues parents for publishing her childhood photos on Facebook

A teenage girl in Austria is suing her parents requiring them to remove her childhood photos from Facebook.

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September 13, 2016

German spies violated law, says watchdog

Secret report reveals that Germany’s intelligence agency, the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), has repeatedly seriously violated law.

September 5, 2016

Microsoft expands right-to-be-forgotten filtering for Bing in Europe

Microsoft has revealed that it is expanding the coverage of “right to be forgotten” mechanism in Europe.

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June 27, 2016

Hunton & Williams publishes chapters of Legal guide to data protection

Hunton & Williams has published chapters of the third edition of the book The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Data Protection 2016.

May 31, 2016

EDPS issues opinion on Privacy Shield

European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) Giovanni Buttarelli, as as independent advisor to the EU institutions, published his Opinion on the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield.

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