Scholarly Articles & Institutional Publications

Data Protection Anno 2014: How to Restore Trust? Contributions in honour of Peter Hustinx, European Data Protection Supervisor (2004-2014), ISBN 978-1‐78068‐213‐6 Abstract This essay is in honor of the retirement of Peter Hustinx, who served as the first European Data Protection Supervisor, from 2004-2014. The essay suggests that key themes in Hustinx’ career show a […]

In January 2014, the French Data Protection Agency (CNIL) fined Google EUR 150,000. The Sanction Committee opined that the data stored by Google were personal data and that the French law applies to the processing of personal data of users established in France. Google did not comply with French Data Protection laws under several perspectives, […]

Document’s Executive Summary: “Cloud computing and social network websites (SNS) are part of the same societal transformation prominently exemplifying a paradigm shift stating that “the network is the computer”. While cloud computing includes a variety of technical concepts, SNS represent a broad scope of services and applications addressing mostly end-users. Interrelations are particularly given as regards privacy and security challenges. […]

The European Commission sets forth a digital agenda for Europe. According to the website: “The Digital Agenda contains 101 actions, in 7 pillars, which will help to reboot the EU economy and enable Europe’s citizens and businesses to get the most out of digital technologies”. Specific attention is devoted also to the international aspects of […]

72 Maryland Law Review 501 (2013)   Abstract: “This Article argues in favor of regulating online anonymity, not from the standpoint that doing so will prevent harmful abuses or improve security, but instead that refusing to do so will ultimately harm other liberty interests. One principle that has emerged from cyberlaw scholarship is that we […]

Commission Decision of 26 July 2000 pursuant to Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adequacy of the protection provided by the safe harbor privacy principles and related frequently asked questions issued by the US Department of Commerce From the Decision: “For the purposes of Article 25(2) of Directive 95/46/EC, […]

CTIA description from the website “CTIA advocates on behalf of its members at all levels of government. CTIA also coordinates the industry’s voluntary efforts to provide consumers with a variety of choices and information regarding their wireless products and services. This includes the voluntary industry guidelines; programs that promote mobile device recycling and reusing; and […]

114 Columbia Law Review 583 (2014) From the article’s abstract: “In this Article, we contend that the FTC’s privacy jurisprudence is functionally equivalent to a body of common law, and we examine it as such. We explore how and why the FTC, and not contract law, came to dominate the enforcement of privacy policies. A common view of […]

The page describes the OECD work on privacy. From the page “Two themes run through the updated Guidelines. First is a focus on the practical implementation of privacy protection through an approach grounded in risk management. Second is the need for greater efforts to address the global dimension of privacy through improved interoperability”.

Gazzetta Ufficiale no. 174 July 26, 2013 The Italian Privacy Authority (Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali) issued Guidelines on Spamming. The Authority had already issued rules on spamming (General Rules May 29, 2003) but those rule were based on a privacy law (Law December 31, 1996 no. 675) that was substituted by D.lgs. […]