On May 21, 2015, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) published Opinion 1/2015 (Mobile Health – Reconciling Technological Innovation with Data Protection). The opinion acknowledges that Mobile Health (“mHealth”) is a rapidly growing sector stemming out of the convergence between healthcare and ICT. mHealth includes mobile applications designed to deliver health-related services through smart devices. Big […]
On April 23, 2015, the Autorità Garante della Privacy (Italian Data Protection Authority) issued an opinion approving the framework regulation for the digital identity providers’ accreditation and surveillance system. The regulation defines the requirements that the public system needs to have to manage the digital identity of citizens and companies. The full text of the […]
Author discusses Belgium’s data protection investigation of Facebook’s privacy policy, as well as the impact that the One Stop Shop principle could have on forum shopping practices. The full text is available at http://www.eudataprotectionlaw.com…
3 out of 10 Italian has contacted an organization to have their personal data deleted. According to Privacy Laws & Business, an online survey conducted in November 2014 on 800 Italians highlighted that the Italians pay considerable attention to privacy online, and are aware of their rights. More information is available at http://www.privacylaws.com… Follow us […]
On May 1, 2015, the Australian Privacy Commissioner ruled that phone call metadata is ‘personal information’ and therefore access rights apply. A data subject requested access to all his metadata information that Telstra, Australian telecom company, had stored about him in relation to his mobile phone service, including (but not limited to) cell tower logs, inbound […]
On May 22, 2015, the Article 29 Working Party (WP29) adopted a revised version of the Explanatory Document on the Processor Binding Corporate Rules (BCR). “Binding Corporate Rules” are binding internal rules intended to regulate the transfers of personal data that are originally processed by the organization as Controller within the same organization. The Document aims […]
According to the Guardian, on February 18, 2015, the UK government revealed that its intelligence agencies have been unlawfully monitoring attorney-client privileged conversations. The admission follows a decision (IPT/13/77/H) filed on February 6, 2015, by the UK Investigatory Powers Tribunal. The order declared that regulations covering access by British Government to emails and phone records intercepted […]
On May 13, 2015, the House of Representatives passed Bill H.R.2048, the USA FREEDOM Act of 2015, with 338 to 88 votes. The Bill would amend the investigative and surveillance authority of the United States government. The bill would modify the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to prohibit bulk collection of records under Section 215 of […]
Author discusses the path forwards for the protection of European citizens privacy data. The full text is available at https://privacyassociation…
On May 6, 2015, the European Commission unveiled one of its top priorities, which is the creation of Digital Single Market within the EU. It adopted Communication COM(2015) 192 (Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions) which includes a set of 16 […]