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On February 8, 2016, the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) issued a formal notice to Facebook to comply within three months with the French Data Protection Act. According to CNIL, among other violations, Facebook is breaching French Data Protection Laws by transferring “personal data to the United States on the basis of Safe Harbour, although the […]

On January 28, 2016, the Presidency of Council of the European Union sent to the Permanent Representatives Committee (Coreper) the latest text of the “Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of […]

On February 3, 2016, Article 29 Working Party (WP29) met to discuss the consequences of the European Court of Justice’s ruling of October 6, 2015, which declared the old Safe Harbor framework invalid (see here for more information). WP29 welcomed the recent EU-U.S. announcement that the “Privacy Shield” will substitute the old “Safe Harbour” (see here). However, it […]

On February 2, 2016, the EU Commission and the U.S. government approved the EU-U.S. “Privacy Shield”. This new framework reflects the requirements set out by the European Court of Justice in its ruling of October 6, 2015, which declared the old Safe Harbor framework invalid (see here for more information). The new Privacy Shield will […]

On January 28, 2016, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved an amended version of the Judicial Redress Act (Bill H.R. 1428). The Bill gives to citizens of certain countries a right to pursue their privacy rights in US courts. To be true, the Bill empowers the Attorney General to identify those countries whose citizens enjoy privacy protection. The amendment is the […]

After postponing action last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote on the Judicial Redress Act (Bill H.R. 1428), today at 10 am (see here). The Bill gives to citizens of certain countries a right to pursue their privacy rights in US courts. The adoption of the Bill is of particular importance after the Safe Harbor […]

Considering the technological developments in the public utilities’ sector and the use of “smart” technological components, the AGCOM (Italian Regulatory Authority for Communications) – after studying the results a survey on M2M (see Delibera n. 708/13/CONS) – has established a permanent working group to study M2M issues. Delibera n. 459/15/CONS. The working group – which is open to the interested public […]

On January 25, 2016, the US government responded to EPIC (Electronic Privacy Information Center) ’s FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) request and released in full the European Union-United States data protection “Umbrella Agreement”. The European Commission had already made the file publicly available on its website (see here) starting on September 2015. The US Government highlighted […]

  On October 29, 2015, the European Parliament approved a resolution on the safe use of remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) in the field of civil aviation. As flying drones for commercial services and recreational use becomes even more popular, the European Parliament calls for a legal European framework ensuring that they pose no threat […]

According this source, the US have suggested the creation of an ombudsman to try to solve the issue created by the invalidation of the Safe Harbor. The ombudsman would be available to check on the U.S. government’ s access to EU personal data. The ombudsman would be in the State Department. As well known, the end of January is the […]