On December 15, 2015, the EU Commission announced that it found an agreement with the EU Council and the Parliament, following the trilogue meetings. Věra Jourová, Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality said, ” Citizens and businesses will profit from clear rules that are fit for the digital age, that give strong protection and […]
On November 2015, the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure proposed new rules for non-military drones’ flights. According to the press release (in German here), drones are becoming a mass phenomenon but their use is not sufficiently regulated to address public safety. The Minister plans on redefining the use of unmanned aircraft […]
On October 27, 2015, the European Parliament approved in second reading the Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council that lays down measures concerning open internet access. The regulation amends Directive 2002/22/EC (on universal service and users’ rights relating to electronic communications networks and services) and Regulation (EU) No 531/2012 (on roaming on […]
On January 1, 2016, the Dutch Bill on Notification of data leaks will take effect. The legislation introduces a general obligation for Dutch data controllers to notify the Data Protection Authority (College Bescherming Persoonsgegevens) as well as affected individuals of data security breaches. The legislation also provides for increased fines in case of violations of the Dutch Data Protection […]
On October 20, 2015, the House of Representatives moved to the Senate a bipartisan bill, the Judicial Redress Act of 2015, which would extend some of the protections of the Privacy Act of 1974 to citizens of certain foreign countries so that they could pursue their privacy rights in US courts. More information on the rights set […]
On October 9, 2015, the Council of the European Union agreed on Data Protection Regulation proposal. This agreement enables the Luxembourg presidency to start discussions with the European Parliament also on that part of the Data Protection Regulation concerning the protection of personal data processed for the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offenses or […]
On September 8, 2015, the EU-US data protection “Umbrella agreement” negotiations were finalized. The “Umbrella Agreement” establishes a comprehensive data protection framework for EU-US law enforcement cooperation. The agreement covers all personal data (for example names, addresses, criminal records) exchanged between the EU and the U.S. for the purpose of prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution […]
On June 12, 2015, in the Bundestag (German legislative body) a bill on data retention (Entwurf eines Gesetzes zur Einführung einer Speicherpflicht und einer Höchstspeicherfrist für Verkehrsdaten) was introduced. It requires companies to store (in Germany) traffic data for a specified amount of time to allow enforcement agencies to request it for repression of terrorism. However, due to strong […]
On June 23, 2015, the French senate formally voted the Loi Renseignement (see here). The law has been named “Le Patriot Act” because – in the wake of the terrorist attack killing 17 people in Paris (see here) – it gives mass surveillance powers to the French Government. On June 24, 2015, the law was voted also by the […]
On May 5, 2015, the Mexican Federal Government published in the Official Gazette of the Federation the decree that issues the General Law of Transparency and Access to Public Information, which its main purpose include the following: Distribute authorities between the guarantor bodies of the Federation and the Federal States with respect to transparency and […]