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The author explains how the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR”, will impact organizations and Data Controllers processing EU citizen’s personal data. The author specifically discusses the figure of the qualified Data Protection Officers (DPO) and its professional requirements. He predicts a shortage of DPOs in Europe in the near future. The full […]

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 […]

What’s this all about? As you will be well aware, the European Court ruled in the Schrems case last autumn 2014 that the EU US Safe Harbor Decision was invalid (see here for our earlier alert and a short film update). The EU and the US have been in discussion to try and agree a “Safe Harbor […]

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 […]

According to the author, the General Data Protection Regulation is a milestone law attempting “to apply new order to the complexity of data in society”. In his essay, author discusses how “we will continue to see a public policy debate over many of the provisions of the GDPR”.   The full text is available at […]

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 […]

The author suggests five “relatively simple ways to improve information security and reduce the impact of a potential data breach” for organizations. The full text is available at http://www.dataprivacymonitor.com…

On December 2, 2015, Shaun Donovan, Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, spoke to an audience of privacy professionals at the Federal Privacy Summit. Director Donovan recognized the importance for the Government to continuously maintain its efforts to protect citizens’ privacy. Donovan announced “plans to establish a new Federal Privacy Council, […]

  For the first time, EU institutions agreed that companies providing essential services must be cyberattack-proof. Critical operators in crucial sectors such as transport and energy companies will have to ensure that the digital infrastructure that they use to deliver essential services, such as traffic control or electricity grid management, is robust enough to withstand […]

Privacy Laws & Business reports (here) that Věra Jourová, the European Commissioner for Justice, expects teh EU institutions to arrive at an agreement on the EU Data Protection Regulation in the next two weeks, before the end of 2015.  More on the EU trilogue negotiation is available at http://www.technethics.com… For more information, Francesca Giannoni-Crystal Follow […]