On December 18, 2015, the Permanent Representatives Committee (Coreper) confirmed the compromise texts of the general data protection reform (GDPR). The text is the one agreed between Council, Parliament and Commission on December 15, 2015 (see here), and approved by the European Parliament LIBE on December 17, 2015 (see here). This support enabled Coreper […]
We would like to inform you that Russian Data Protection Authority (Roskomnadzor) has announced its plan of inspections for 2016 aimed at checking compliance with personal data legislation. Altogether, Roskomnadzor intends to hold about 1 000 inspections. Among businesses to be checked are e-commerce (e.g., Wildberries, Ozon), banks (e.g., CityBank, UniCredit Bank, Moscow Credit Bank, […]
On December 4, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard the oral argument made in the case brought by United States Telecom Association (USTA) against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). USTA challenges FCC’s authority to regulate net neutrality and classifying broadband Internet providers as utility providers (or common carriers) […]
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According to this source, in November 2015, in a discussion on the Internet of Things (IoT) policies, Thibaut Kleiner (head at the European Commission Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content & Technology (DG Connect)), said this is for a the EU “key moment in policy in relation to IoT”. Kleiner questioned whether the IoT should be […]
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On January 1, 2016, the Dutch bill introducing compulsory notifications for data security breaches (see here) came into force. The legislation also increases fines in case of privacy violations. The Dutch law anticipates the new Regulation which introduced a generalized data breach notification (within 72 hours) to enter into force in 2018. See here. For more […]
The author explains how “the EU’s new data protection rules will impact every entity that holds or uses European personal data both inside and outside of Europe, according to legal experts”, and how organizations will have to encompass the three key components of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) “namely a new compliance journey, a […]
On October 13, 2015, the Italian DPA (Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali) approved the code of conduct for the processing of commercial data. The code is for companies providing financial information. The code safeguards entrepreneurs’ privacy by making sure that financial and asset information are adequately gathered and stored. Among other provisions, the relevant financial data will have to […]
On December 18, 2015, the President signed into law bill H.R. 2029, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, the so called end-of-year omnibus spending package. The law was criticized by the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) (see here), which claims that Congress added some parts of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Cisa). According to the […]
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On January 1, 2016, the law on implementation of the “Right to be forgotten” came into force. More information is available at http://www.technethics.com… For more information, Francesca Giannoni-Crystal Follow us on& Like us on
On December 17, 2015, the European Parliament (LIBE, Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee) approved the data protection reform. Next year the European Parliament and Council will vote (see here). More information is available at http://www.emeeting.europarl…. or more information, Francesca Giannoni-Crystal Follow us on& Like us on