After the recent Court of Justice of the European Union’s ruling holding that certain users of search engines can ask, in certain cases, to search engines to remove results for queries that include their name (Case 131-12), Google has uploaded a online form to ask for the removal. Google specifies that Google “will assess each […]
The social responsibility for businesses is an increasingly important topic. Lawyers and law firms are interested in this field under at least three perspectives: (i) as counselors for their clients on these issues; (ii) as suppliers of services to their clients, when they are asked to adhere to their clients’ code of conduct; and (iii) […]
Tags: DATA PROTECTION, INTERNATIONAL DATA PROTECTION, LAWYERS' CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
In December 2013 and January 2014, respectively the Data Protection Authorities of Spain and France sanctioned Google for privacy violation, imposing fines of EUR 300,000 and EUR 150,000. The background: In 2012 Google announced its decision to replace the individual privacy policies of each of its products and services with a single privacy policy. A […]
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Tags: CLOUD COMPUTING
Proskauer, Privacy law Blog (Jan. 2014) The full text is available at: http://privacylaw.proskauer…
Data Protection Anno 2014: How to Restore Trust? Contributions in honour of Peter Hustinx, European Data Protection Supervisor (2004-2014), ISBN 978-1‐78068‐213‐6 Abstract This essay is in honor of the retirement of Peter Hustinx, who served as the first European Data Protection Supervisor, from 2004-2014. The essay suggests that key themes in Hustinx’ career show a […]
Tags: DATA PROTECTION, INTERNATIONAL DATA PROTECTION, US PRIVACY
In January 2014, the French Data Protection Agency (CNIL) fined Google EUR 150,000. The Sanction Committee opined that the data stored by Google were personal data and that the French law applies to the processing of personal data of users established in France. Google did not comply with French Data Protection laws under several perspectives, […]
Document’s Executive Summary: “Cloud computing and social network websites (SNS) are part of the same societal transformation prominently exemplifying a paradigm shift stating that “the network is the computer”. While cloud computing includes a variety of technical concepts, SNS represent a broad scope of services and applications addressing mostly end-users. Interrelations are particularly given as regards privacy and security challenges. […]
The European Commission sets forth a digital agenda for Europe. According to the website: “The Digital Agenda contains 101 actions, in 7 pillars, which will help to reboot the EU economy and enable Europe’s citizens and businesses to get the most out of digital technologies”. Specific attention is devoted also to the international aspects of […]
Commission Decision of 26 July 2000 pursuant to Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adequacy of the protection provided by the safe harbor privacy principles and related frequently asked questions issued by the US Department of Commerce From the Decision: “For the purposes of Article 25(2) of Directive 95/46/EC, […]