On May 6, 2015, the European Commission unveiled one of its top priorities, which is the creation of Digital Single Market within the EU. It adopted Communication COM(2015) 192 (Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions) which includes a set of 16 […]
According to press released on April 28, 2015, the Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA) opened for public comments on the Internet of Things (IoT) to gain comments useful to draft rules and set up protection measures in this area. In particular, the DPA seeks comments on how to provide information to individuals and gain their consent, how to develop […]
Tags: INTERNATIONAL DATA PROTECTION, IOT
Author explains the legislative procedure that would bring to the adoption of the Proposed General Data Protection Regulation. The full text is available at http://privacylawblog.fieldfisher.com/
On April 2, 2015, the Council of Europe issued Recommendation CM/Rec(2015)5 on the processing of personal data in the context of employment. The document lists several principles – for the public and private sectors – that member States should reflect in the application of domestic legislation on the processing of personal data of employees and […]
On March 20, 2015, the German Federal government expedited a draft bill on the enhancement of security of IT systems (Gesetzesentwurf der Bundesregierung zum IT-Sicherheitsgesetz). The draft aims at improving the protection of German citizens, companies and governmental institutions against a variety of IT security risks. The proposed legislation would require operators of digital infrastructures […]
2014 TPRC Conference Paper Abstract This paper critically assesses the character of European (Union’s) privacy law and policy in the field of online media and electronic communications. Contrary to current understanding, this field of law is more fragmented and ill-developed than is often assumed, in particular by those discussing privacy law and policy in an […]
Nathan M. Crystal & Francesca Giannoni-Crystal – new publication: Something’s got to give: breve comparazione tra l’approccio americano ed europeo al cloud computing, soluzioni pratiche, Cultura e Diritti, no.4/2014, October- December 2014, p. 27 (see here)
Tags: CLOUD COMPUTING, DATA PROTECTION, INTERNATIONAL DATA PROTECTION, US PRIVACY
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) might provide for the free flow of data across the ocean. However, now the priority is the data protection regulation, source says. More information is available at http://www.euractiv… Follow us on& Like us on
On February 19, 2015 (decision no. 96) the Italian Data Protection Authority (“DPA”) opened for comments a draft of a code of conduct for companies processing personal data for business information purpose. Based on the definition given in the draft, the covered companies are those that provide information and evaluation services that may involve the […]
On February 5, 2015, Article 29 Working Party (“WP29″) clarified the scope of the definition of data concerning health in relation to lifestyle and wellbeing apps. The Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC) establishes that health data are a special category of data, to which a higher level of data protection applies. According to the letter, the […]