In scenes reminiscent of the last days of GDPR drafting, lobbyists from the advertising industry queued up to give European plans for the ePrivacy regulation a kicking. The Future Media Lounge event sponsored by EDAA (the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance) focused on “the potential implications of the proposed ePrivacy regulation on a free, independent, […]
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UK businesses should continue to honour the data protection rights of customers and staff based in the EU and elsewhere overseas post-Brexit, the European Commission has said. Source: UK businesses should honour pre-Brexit data protection rights of foreign citizens post-Brexit, says EU
A flurry of “GDPR experts” have surfaced over the last year to help businesses navigate the forthcoming European data privacy laws. We debunk the myths. Source: Common GDPR myths, debunked – Digiday
Two legal judgements at the highest level in Europe in recent years have reaffirmed that all Member States’ data retention regimes must comply with core principles of legality, necessity, and proportionality in order to avoid breaching citizens’ fundamental rights. However a new report surveying the current status of legislation pertaining to the retention of communications […]
People who currently serve as chief privacy officers for businesses operating in the EU may not necessarily be able to perform the role of data protection officer for those companies under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Source: Chief privacy officers may not be eligible to serve as data protection officers under the GDPR, says […]
At a meeting Thursday of the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee, MEPs discussed the current status of the agreement between the EU and Canada on the sharing of airline passenger name records. Source: MEPs discuss next steps for EU-Canada PNR agreement
On January 10, 2017, the European Commission published a Proposal for a Regulation (Proposal) relating to privacy rules for the electronic communications sector. The Proposal will impose new, more rigorous privacy regulatory obligations on nearly all companies doing business in the EU over the Internet. Source: Status Update on the EU e-Privacy Regulation Proposal Discussions
n less than a year’s time, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will succeed the EU’s Data Protection Directive. But many organizations striving to align with the new framework’s requirements are not properly weighing the gravity of its nuanced “controller accommodation” provision, or are avoiding it out of distress. Source: Late out of the gate: […]
Data is the new oil, and hackers are constantly looking for new, and better, ways to steal or manipulate this vital business asset for their own purposes. Despite the advances the cyber security industry is making in developing data protection tools, the sophistication of hackers is increasing at a similar pace. So here’s ten cyber […]
So you refuse to comply with GDPR because you’re not in Europe, but you want to do something about privacy. Now what? Source: If you really, really don’t want to do GDPR – WebDevLaw