Scholarly Articles & Institutional Publications

On February 5, 2015, Article 29 Working Party (“WP29″) clarified the scope of the definition of data concerning health in relation to lifestyle and wellbeing apps. The Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC) establishes that health data are a special category of data, to which a higher level of data protection applies. According to the letter, the […]

On February 20, 2015 the Italian Data Protection Authority (“DPA”) approved the Tax Authority’s technical requirements that allow tax payers to access their pre-filled tax declaration (the s.c. “730” Form) finding no privacy violations in the scheme. The scheme has been drafted by the Italian Tax Authority (Agenzia delle Entrate) in charge of providing the […]

On 16 January 2015, The Italian Data Protection Authority (the “Authority”) published a “video tutorial”, a guideline document and a “frequently answered questions list (FAQ)” on its website about information policies and consent requirements for the use of cookies, that further explains the rational for its decision no. 229: “Individualization of simplified modalities for the […]

On January 27, 2015, the Federal Trade Commission “FTC” released a detailed report on the Internet of Things (“IoT”), recommending a series of concrete steps for businesses to enhance and protect consumers’ privacy and security. The report includes several recommendations addressing four main topics. First, it recommends the implementation of security measures for companies developing […]

The report reviews existing mutual legal assistance (“MLA”) laws and policies around the world, and proposes a number of reforms. The full text is available at https://globalnetworkinitiative….

On November 12, 2014, the French data protection agency (“CNIL”) issued a new compliance pack (pack de conformité) for the insurance sector. The compliance pack is a new tool that the CNIL developed to aid professionals working in the insurance field in the application of the French data protection law. The pack de conformité is […]

On December 22, 2014, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law released Digital Peepholes, a report documenting the risks of remote activation of webcams and proposing policy solutions. According to the report: Everyone is vulnerable to being spied on through their webcams. The FBI has asked that federal laws be changed so that law enforcement can use […]

The author argues that the legislature and the private sector must be involved in the standards-setting and decision-making processes to maintain the balance between the civilian and military power that the Third Amendment embodies. The full text is available at http://www.aulawreview…  

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 […]

ABA Techreport 2014 Conclusion from the article: “The 2014 Legal Technology Survey Report provides a good roadmap of what attorneys and law firms are doing to protect information. Those who are behind the reporting attorneys on safeguards should evaluate their security posture to determine whether they need to do more to provide competent and reasonable […]