On June 4, 2019, the Corte di Cassazione, the Italian Supreme Court, clarified the scope of the right of the public to be informed (also known as public right’s to know) in relation to the right of the individual to be forgotten with reference to old news, which are being republished after many years. In this […]
On June 15, 2017, the Italian Data Protection Authority, Garante per la protezione dei dati personali, highlighted how time is not the only factor to consider when asking to be forgotten. There are additional circumstances that have to be considered, like for example, the public right to information. In this case, a senior public official […]
On June 6, 2017, the Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA), the Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali, issued the annual report on its activity for 2016. The DPA’s activity concentrated on computer crimes and cyber security; online profiling and social media; cyberbullying; fight against terrorism and mass surveillance; Big Data; use of new technologies […]
The Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a data breach class action for failing to sufficiently allege an injury to support standing. By way of background. Plaintiff made purchases via credit card at a Michaels store. Later on, Michaels issued a press release saying that there had been a possible data breach of its […]
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According to Italia Oggi, in 2016 60% of the received request to be forgotten from search results has been granted. The percentage concerns the request to be removed from search results after the European Court of Justice issued its famous “right-to-be-forgotten” decision in the Costeja case, C-131/12. According to the source, the percentage consider the cases where the Garante […]
Thanking CORDERY, we gladly publish the EU Data Protection – glossary (originally published by Cordery at http://www.corderycompliance.com/eu-data-protection-regulation-glossary/) We’ve put together this glossary to help explain some of the terms used in data protection and in the GDPR. If there’s a term you think we should add let us know. Agencia de Proteccción de Datos = the Spanish […]
On March 28, 2016 the French DPA (CNIL) imposed a fine of EUR 100,000 on Google for inadequate implementation of the “right to be forgotten” – Google is appealing it. The appeal should take two years. The sanction was imposed for failing to comply with users’ requests to have links to personal information about them […]
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 […]
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 Gen eral Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) the Data Protection Directive to ensure cross-border cooperation and protect personal data in the police and […]
On February 16, 2016, Article 29 Working Party (WP29) issued an update on Opinion 8/2010 on applicable law. The update provides explanations concerning the applicable law in light of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) judgement’s in Google Spain (or Costeja case, C-131/12). The ruling of May 13, 2015 held that EU data subjects have a right […]