The German Government approved the draft law to improve enforcement of certain data protection law provisions that aim to strengthen consumers’ protection. The law was published on February 17, 2016 and entered into force on February 24, 2016. In particular, the law empowers consumers and business associations to commence actions against (and issue warnings to) companies who […]
To establish common rules on data protection and to help implement the Digital Single Market Strategy, the European Union set forth two instruments to reform the 1995 data protection rules (see here): the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) the Data Protection Directive to ensure cross-border cooperation and protect personal data in the police and criminal […]
After postponing action last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote on the Judicial Redress Act (Bill H.R. 1428), today at 10 am (see here). The Bill gives to citizens of certain countries a right to pursue their privacy rights in US courts. The adoption of the Bill is of particular importance after the Safe Harbor […]
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On December 18, 2015, the Permanent Representatives Committee (Coreper) confirmed the compromise texts of the general data protection reform (GDPR). The text is the one agreed between Council, Parliament and Commission on December 15, 2015 (see here), and approved by the European Parliament LIBE on December 17, 2015 (see here). This support enabled Coreper […]
We would like to inform you that Russian Data Protection Authority (Roskomnadzor) has announced its plan of inspections for 2016 aimed at checking compliance with personal data legislation. Altogether, Roskomnadzor intends to hold about 1 000 inspections. Among businesses to be checked are e-commerce (e.g., Wildberries, Ozon), banks (e.g., CityBank, UniCredit Bank, Moscow Credit Bank, […]
On October 13, 2015, the Italian DPA (Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali) approved the code of conduct for the processing of commercial data. The code is for companies providing financial information. The code safeguards entrepreneurs’ privacy by making sure that financial and asset information are adequately gathered and stored. Among other provisions, the relevant financial data will have to […]
On December 18, 2015, the President signed into law bill H.R. 2029, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, the so called end-of-year omnibus spending package. The law was criticized by the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) (see here), which claims that Congress added some parts of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Cisa). According to the […]
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On January 1, 2016, the law on implementation of the “Right to be forgotten” came into force. More information is available at http://www.technethics.com… For more information, Francesca Giannoni-Crystal Follow us on& Like us on
On December 15, 2015, the EU Commission announced that it found an agreement with the EU Council and the Parliament, following the trilogue meetings. Věra Jourová, Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality said, ” Citizens and businesses will profit from clear rules that are fit for the digital age, that give strong protection and […]
What is this all about? The EU is in the process of reforming its existing data protection rules. These reforms have been moving slowly through the EU legislative pipeline but we seem now to be getting closer to a final agreement. Even though the expected implementation date of these rules is still likely to be […]