Greg Sterling, Google Confronting Spain’s “Right To Be Forgotten”
Author describes European case law dealing with the right to be forgotten. The full text is available at:http://searchengineland…
INTERNATIONAL DATA PROTECTION
Brazilian House of Representatives passed a bill which increases internet privacy protection
On March 25, 2014, Brazil’s Camara dos Deputados passed a bill ( so-called “Marco Civil da Internet” – Bill of Law 2,126/2011 now submitted for approval to the Senado Federal) which contains several provisions aiming at increasing protection of Brazialians’ personal data. Companies based anywhere in the world offering services to Brazilians will have to […]
Italian Highest Court Held Internet Hosting Providers Have no Duty of Surveillance under Privacy Law on Uploaded Material
On February 3, 2014 the Italian Court of Cassazione deposited the full text of the decision with which on December 17, 2013 it acquitted Google managers of the crime of unauthorized data processing (it was a case of cyber-bullyism). The Court held that managers of an Internet hosting provider are not criminally responsible because the […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel proposes a European communication network to avoid countries with a lower data protection
In her weekly podcast Angela Merkel proposes to build up a European communication network that would avoid passing e-mails and data through countries where the EU data protection law does not apply, which is to say, in Chancellor Merkel’s opinion, countries with a lower level of data protection (among which she lists to the United States […]
European Data Protection Agencies Sanction Google for Violations of European Data Protection Law
In December 2013 and January 2014, respectively the Data Protection Authorities of Spain and France sanctioned Google for privacy violation, imposing fines of EUR 300,000 and EUR 150,000. The background: In 2012 Google announced its decision to replace the individual privacy policies of each of its products and services with a single privacy policy. A […]
Francesca Giannoni-Crystal, “Something’s got to give” – Cloud Computing, as applied to lawyers – Comparative approach US and EU and practical proposals to overcome differences – My presentation at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (Pisa, Italy) Symposium “Getting around the cloud(s) – Technical and legal issues on Cloud services” (November 30, 2013)
Ms. Giannoni-Crystal provides thoughts on benefits and risks of cloud computing for an American based international law firm. She analyzes the approach of American jurisdictions on cloud computing. She also discusses the implications of privacy laws on a law firm’s adoption of cloud computing. Finally, Ms. Giannoni-Crystal provides some practical tips for an international law […]
Francesca Giannoni-Crystal, “Something’s got to give” – Cloud Computing, as applied to lawyers – Comparative approach US and EU and practical proposals to overcome differences – My presentation at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (Pisa, Italy) Symposium “Getting around the cloud(s) – Technical and legal issues on Cloud services” (November 30, 2013)
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 […]
Peter Swire, Nancy J. and Lawrence P. Huang, Peter Hustinx and Three Clichés About E.U.-U.S. Data Privacy
Data Protection Anno 2014: How to Restore Trust? Contributions in honour of Peter Hustinx, European Data Protection Supervisor (2004-2014), ISBN 978-1‐78068‐213‐6 Abstract This essay is in honor of the retirement of Peter Hustinx, who served as the first European Data Protection Supervisor, from 2004-2014. The essay suggests that key themes in Hustinx’ career show a […]
CNLI news, The CNIL’s Sanctions Committee Issues a EUR 150,000 Monetary Penalty to Google Inc
In January 2014, the French Data Protection Agency (CNIL) fined Google EUR 150,000. The Sanction Committee opined that the data stored by Google were personal data and that the French law applies to the processing of personal data of users established in France. Google did not comply with French Data Protection laws under several perspectives, […]
STOA, European Parliamentary Research Service, Potential and Impacts of Cloud Computing Services and Social Network Websites
Document’s Executive Summary: “Cloud computing and social network websites (SNS) are part of the same societal transformation prominently exemplifying a paradigm shift stating that “the network is the computer”. While cloud computing includes a variety of technical concepts, SNS represent a broad scope of services and applications addressing mostly end-users. Interrelations are particularly given as regards privacy and security challenges. […]