On September 11, 2015, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) issued an opinion “to provide a framework for a wider and deeper discussion on how the EU can ensure the integrity of its values at the same time as it embraces the benefits of the new technologies”. Opinion 4/2015, “Towards a new digital ethics, Data, […]
Information Law Journal, Vol. 6, Issue 2, Autumn 2015 From the article Privacy is being challenged by the burgeoning use of Big Data. The term “Big Data” has multiple definitions. This paper discusses the challenges to privacy posed by Big Data viewed as an Information Technology process that collects and parses huge sets of data […]
Information Law Journal, Vol. 6, Issue 2, Autumn 2015 From the article The emergence of mega-suite vendors, more use of the cloud, increases in data breach frequency and cost and big data privacy impacts make healthcare IT (HIT) vendor arrangements more complex, and solid agreements with HIT vendors, more important than ever. Addressing key legal […]
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 […]
Law firms produce great amounts of data while carrying out their business. Many information such as legacy file shares, back-up tapes, archives and former employee emails are generally stored but do not hold an immediate business purpose. These “miscellanea data” have been defined as “dark data”, i.e. those information assets organizations collect, process and store […]
On October 15, 2014, data protection officials at the 36th International Conference Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners adopted a declaration on the Internet of things (“IoT”) and a resolution on big data. The IoT declaration highlights how connected devices have become part of our lives and can reveal intimate details about habits and preferences. According […]
In my talk I will go ahead analyzing the approach of American will provide some elements to understand benefits and risks of cloud computing from an American lawyer’s perspective. I ethics opinions on cloud computing. Then, I will discuss the different implications of privacy law on cloud computing under an American perspective, as opposed to a […]
Article’s Summary: “The Internet of Things will consist primarily of machines talking to one another, with computer-connected humans observing, analysing and acting upon the resulting ‘big data’ explosion. Here’s how the next internet revolution is shaping up.” The full text is available at http://www.zdnet… On the IoT, you may also read: Article 29 Data Protection Working […]
3 International Data Privacy Law 74 (2013) From the article Big Data—which may be understood as a more powerful form of data mining that relies on huge volumes of data, faster computers, and new analytic techniques to discover hidden and surprising correlations—challenges international privacy laws in several ways: it casts doubt on the distinction between […]