Article 29 Working Party Issues Guidance on Data Protection Impact Assessments
Article 29 Working Party has published draft guidance on data protection impact assessments (DPIA). Its full text of is available on […]
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Privacy watchdog: businesses that demand personal data in return for services run foul of new EU data protection laws
In his opinion on ePrivacy Regulation, European Data Protection Supervisor Giovanni Buttarelli indicated that businesses that require consumers to provide data […]
European Commission, experts uneasy over WP29 data portability interpretation
The European Commission has written to EU privacy regulators to express concern over their interpretation of the data portability clause […]
Watchdog queries scope of rules on ‘profiling’ under the GDPR
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has identified an anomaly between the definition of profiling in the GDPR and how profiling […]
Working Party Adopts Opinion on Proposed ePrivacy Regulation
On April 4, 2017, the Article 29 Working Party (the “Working Party”) adopted an Opinion on the Proposed Regulation of the […]
Is Data Protection Law Growing Teeth? The Current Lack of Sanctions in Data Protection Law and Administrative Fines under the GDPR
This article looks at the current lack of enforcement and sanctions in European Data Protection Law with a particular focus […]
e-Privacy Regulation; towards stricter rules for online marketing and IoT communications?
The Article 29 Working Party has issued an Opinion on the draft e-privacy regulation proposed by the European Commission on […]
Regulators Comment on Proposed ePrivacy Law Reforms
Things move fast in the world of privacy and data protection. Recently, the collective group of EU data protection authorities, […]
EDPS issues opinion on ePrivacy regulation
EDPS has adopted opinion on ePrivacy regulation calling for strong and smart new rules to protect confidentiality of communications. Read […]
EDPS issues opinion on Big Data
On September 23 the European Data Protection Supervisor (the ?EDPS?) Giovanni Buttarelli published his opinion “Coherent enforcement of fundamental rights […]
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.