Dutch DPA: unlimited publication of WHOIS data violates privacy law
The unlimited publication of WHOIS-data of domain name registrants by Dutch registries is a violation of current Dutch privacy law. […]
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ePrivacy Regulation: European Parliament says yes to Lauristin report
The European Parliament has approved the amended text of the EU ePrivacy Regulation, a.k.a. the Lauristin Report. What you should […]
Denmark wants to check students search history
Denmark’s Education Minister Merete Riisager has proposed a new law that encourages students to grant schools access to their personal […]
Israeli DPA publishes guidelines on workplace surveillance
On Oct. 17, Israel’s data protection authority, which recently changed its name to the Privacy Protection Authority (formerly the ILITA), […]
Government reiterates plans for EU-UK data flows post-Brexit
The UK government has reiterated its plans to establish an agreement with the remainder of the EU member states that […]
Call to tighten UK law over data breaches
Consumer group Which? is unhappy with the U.K. data protection bill and has called on the government to amend the […]
The Internet of Things in the Era of the GDPR
The Internet of Things is a term used more and more often. We discuss in this article what IoT is […]
Advocate General Rejects Facebook’s Claim of Sole Irish Jurisdiction in EU
On October 24, 2017, an opinion issued by the EU’s Advocate General Bot rejected Facebook’s assertion that its EU data […]
CIPL Responds to CNIL and Irish DPC on Transparency and Data Transfers under the GDPR
The Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP (“CIPL”) recently submitted responses to the Irish Data Protection […]
New law on personal data processing by employers in Poland
To adjust Polish law to the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation, the Ministry of Digitalization has prepared drafts […]
WP29 releases guidelines on administrative fines under the GDPR
The EU’s Article 29 Working Party on Friday published the final guidelines on the application and setting of administrative fines under […]
Advertisers say that responsible data collection is possible
Responsible data collection is possible – and it’s good for businesses and consumers alike, says Will Carty, the Network Advertising Initiative’s […]