According to sources, Greenwald – the Journalist who first reported on Edward Snowden revelations – said that Australia is one of the most aggressive countries engaging in mass surveillance. More information is available at http://www.theguardian.com…, and at http://www.bbc.com…
On June 15, 2015, Ministers in the Justice Council have sealed a General Approach on the Commission Data Protection Regulation proposal. According to the Commission’s memo, the general approach on the Data Protection Regulation includes agreement on the following main topics: One continent-one law – the Regulation will establish a single set of rules on data […]
On May 13, 2015, the Superior Court of New Jersey’s Appellate Division vacated a jury verdict and a judgment after finding that plaintiff counsel’s comments exceeded the bounds of permissible advocacy and were prejudicially improper. In this case of personal injury, a drunken driver struck a girl after her school bus service let her off […]
On June 5, 2015, the Italian Data Protection Authority (“DPA”) issued Doc 4006878 clarifying specific issues concerning the implementation of the law on cookies (Individuazione delle modalità semplificate per l’informativa e l’acquisizione del consenso per l’uso dei cookie – Means to inform and obtain consent for the use of cookies, dated May 8, 2014 [3118884]). In […]
On May 26, 2015, the Eerste Kamer (First Chamber), aka the Dutch Senate, passed into law a draft bill that had been approved by the Tweete Kamer (Second Chamber), aka House of Representatives, in March (text available in Dutch here). The Law introduces an obligation to notify the Dutch DPA ‘without delay’ in case of a data breach. After broadening the DPA’s […]
On November 12, 2014, the Autorità Garante della Privacy (Italian Data Protection Authority) issued a decision together with guidelines on the processing of biometric data. The DPA clarified that “a biometric data is a personal data as it can always be considered to be “information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person” by having […]
On April 23, 2015, the Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA) held that the privacy of the sender of an e-mail containing her personal and health information is violated when the email is forwarded without her consent. In this case, an employer of an IT company sent a promotional email to some franchisors of a real […]
On May 21, 2015, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) published Opinion 1/2015 (Mobile Health – Reconciling Technological Innovation with Data Protection). The opinion acknowledges that Mobile Health (“mHealth”) is a rapidly growing sector stemming out of the convergence between healthcare and ICT. mHealth includes mobile applications designed to deliver health-related services through smart devices. Big […]
On April 23, 2015, the Autorità Garante della Privacy (Italian Data Protection Authority) issued an opinion approving the framework regulation for the digital identity providers’ accreditation and surveillance system. The regulation defines the requirements that the public system needs to have to manage the digital identity of citizens and companies. The full text of the […]
3 out of 10 Italian has contacted an organization to have their personal data deleted. According to Privacy Laws & Business, an online survey conducted in November 2014 on 800 Italians highlighted that the Italians pay considerable attention to privacy online, and are aware of their rights. More information is available at http://www.privacylaws.com… Follow us […]