On October 28, 2014, the Bundesgerichtshof (the German Federal Supreme Court) referred to the European Court of Justice a preliminary ruling on whether an IP address constitutes personal data under the EU Data Protection Directive (court ref. VI ZR 135/13). The Bundesgerichtshof, having to decide whether the IP address of a visitor can be saved beyond […]
On December 4, 2014, the Italian Data Protection Authority (“DPA”) issued a resolution to answer the motion that Google presented in September for a waiver of the notification requirement of Article 13, paragraph 5 of the Italian Privacy Code (as interpreted by the DPA’s resolution of October 15, 2010 towards Google – read here) which […]
Google issued its report on the requests for removal pursuant to the “right to be forgotten”. Period considered: May 29, 2014 to current. Here are some interesting points: Google received almost 200,000 requests “to be forgotten”, evaluated almost 700,000 urls and removed the 59.8% of urls. French are those who requested to be forgotten the […]
The ABA published an interesting article describing law firms’ use of technology to protect information. In addition to describing 2014 trends, the article suggests that lawyers should keep abreast of technology in order to have up-to-date security programs. The article, Security, by David Ries is available at http://www.americanbar… Follow us on& Like us on
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The ABA published an interesting article describing the use of cloud computing by attorneys and law firms. In addition to describing 2014 trends, the article suggests a strong interest in consumer cloud services by law firms. The article, Cloud Computing, by Dennis Kennedy is available at http://www.americanbar… Follow us on& Like us on
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December 17, 2014: “We would like to keep you informed on progress of the legislative initiative changing the Federal Law № 242-FZ introducing changes to the Federal Law “On personal data” and to the Federal Law “On information, information technologies and protection of information” (hereinafter – the “Data Localization Law”) that was adopted earlier on […]
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On December 11, 2014, Google announced the closing of operations of Google News España, the news channel for Spain. Google News is a free service that includes news that publishers want to make public. It covers 70 international editions, and 35 languages. On November 4, 2014, Spain passed a reform of the Law of Intellectual Property, which […]
Thursday, January 22, 2015 1:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. International Law Committee Issues in International Litigation “Litigation takes on new challenges when a party or witness is located outside of the USA. Even “basic” elements like service of process, discovery requests and finding the proper forum can become traps for the unwary. Recent developments in […]
On December 5, 2014, the Kansas Supreme Court suspended for 6 months an attorney who sent a Facebook “emotional blackmail” message to a unrepresented party. The sanctioned lawyer represented a biological father opposed to the adoption of his daughter. The attorney sent a Facebook message to the 18-year-old biological mother, who was not represented by counsel, […]
On December 9, 2014, twenty-three privacy authorities from around the world signed a joint letter (specifically addressed to Apple, Google, Samsung, Microsoft, Nokia, BlackBerry and Amazon.com but intended for all companies operating app marketplaces) urging companies to make links to privacy policies mandatory for all applications that collect personal information. The authorities acknowledge the fact that numerous […]