Statutes, Rules & Regulations

In its plenary meeting held in April 2017, Working Party 29 (WP29) examined certain critical matters regarding the implementation of Regulation 2016/679, the s.c. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In that occasion, WP29 approved the Revised Guidelines on the right to “data portability”, wp242rev.01 (Revised Guidelines), substituting the Guidelines on the right to “data portability” (Guidelines). Data portability […]

In its plenary meeting held in April 2017, Working Party 29 (WP29) examined certain critical matters regarding the implementation of Regulation 2016/679, the s.c. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In that occasion, WP29 approved the Revised Guidelines on The Lead Supervisory Authority, wp244rev.01 (Revised Guidelines), which contain several differences compared to the Guidelines on identifying a data controller’s lead supervisory authority (Guidelines) previously published. […]

In its plenary meeting held in April 2017, Working Party 29 (WP29) examined certain critical matters regarding the implementation of Regulation 2016/679, the s.c. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). After having examined the comments received during the public consultation which ended on February 15, 2017 (see here), WP29 adopted the final versions of several guidelines, and […]

In its plenary meeting held in April 2017, Working Party 29 (WP29) examined certain critical matters regarding the implementation of Regulation 2016/679, the s.c. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In that occasion, WP29 approved the Revised Guidelines on DPOs (Revised Guidelines), which contain also the following highlights compared to the Guidelines on Data Protection Officer (Guidelines) previously published. Accountability principle. The […]

In its plenary meeting held in April 2017, Working Party 29 (WP29) examined certain critical matters regarding the implementation of Regulation 2016/679, the s.c. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Among other documents, WP29 also adopted Guidelines on Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA), wp248,  which will be open for public consultation for 6 weeks before their […]

In its plenary meeting held in April 2017, Working Party 29 (WP29) examined certain critical matters regarding the implementation of Regulation 2016/679, the s.c. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In that occasion, WP29 approved the Revised Guidelines on DPOs (Revised Guidelines), which contain also the following highlights compared to the Guidelines on Data Protection Officer (Guidelines) previously published. Accountability principle. The Revised Guidelines clarifies […]

On March 28, 2017, the US House of Representatives approved 215 to 205 a joint resolution to repeal the order “Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services” (“Order”) published on November 2016. See here. The joint resolution (S.J.RES34) passed by the US Senate and the House of Representatives disapproves the Order submitted […]

The House is voting today on a bill to repeal Obama Administration’s internet privacy rules. The Senate already voted last Thursday (March 23, 2017) to repeal those rules. The rules that protect consumers’ online activity (Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services” (81 Fed. Reg. 87274 (December 2, 2016) were passed last year […]

Article 37(5) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) does not list with particularity the professional skills that should be considered when designating the Data Protection Officer (“DPO”). It provides: The data protection officer shall be designated on the basis of professional qualities and, in particular, expert knowledge of data protection law and practices and the ability […]

On November 2, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) published a Report and Order entitled “Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services” (“Order”) as a final rule in the Federal Register. The Order applies the privacy requirements of the Communications Act of 1934 as amended (“Act”) to broadband Internet access service (BIAS) […]