INTERNATIONAL DATA PROTECTION

Alessandro Mantelero, Si Rafforza la Tutela Dei Dati Personali: Data Breach Notification e Limiti Alla Profilazione Mediante Cookies (Strengthening Data Protection in Italy: Data Breach Notification and Regulation of Cookie-Based User Profiling)

Date 09/30/2012.

Il Diritto dell’informazione e dell’informatica 09/2012; 2012(4-5) ABSTRACT: This Article provides the first analysis of the Italian transposition of Directives 2009/136/EC and 2009/140/EC on cookies and data breaches. The full article is available at: http://www.researchgate…

Philippine Cybercrime Prevention Act

Date 09/12/2012.

On September 12, 2012, the Republic of Philippines passed the Cybercrime Prevention Act (Act No. 10175). The Act addresses legal issues concerning online interactions and the Internet in the Philippines.  It lists among other cybercrime offenses, identity theft, and illegal access to data. The full text is available at http://www.gov.ph… Open pdf Related documents: ARTICLE: Some have […]

CCBE Guidelines On The Use Of Cloud Computing Services By Lawyers

Date 09/07/2012.

Scope of the Guidelines: “This paper is intended to create more awareness about the various risks associated with cloud computing. As such, the guidelines in Part II of this paper are addressed to the CCBE’s member bars and law societies drawing attention to the issues which are likely to be faced by individual lawyers in making informed decisions […]

Article 29 Data Protection Working Party, Opinion 05/2012 On Cloud Computing, 01037/12/EN, WP 196

Date 07/01/2012.

“In this Opinion the Article 29 Working Party analyses all relevant issues for cloud computing service providers operating in the European Economic Area (EEA) and their clients specifying all applicable principles from the EU Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC) and the e-privacy Directive 2002/58/EC (as revised by 2009/136/EC) where relevant. … [T]his Opinion outlines how the […]

Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Cloud Computing for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: Privacy

Date 06/14/2012.

On June 14, 2012 the OPC, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta and the Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia issued a joint Guidance Document called “Cloud Computing for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: Privacy  Responsibilities and Considerations”. The focus of the OPC Guidance Document was to remind […]

Article 29 Data Protection Working Party, Opinion 04/2012 on Cookie Consent Exemption

Date 06/07/2012.

From the Opinion’s introduction Article 5.3 of Directive 2002/58/EC, as amended by Directive 2009/136/EC has reinforced the protection of users of electronic communication networks and services by requiring informed consent before information is stored or accessed in the user’s (or subscriber’s) terminal device. The requirement applies to all types of information stored or accessed in […]

Reform of Data Protection Legislation (Proposal for a European Regulation)

Date 01/25/2012.

On January 25, 2012: “The European Commission…proposed a comprehensive reform of the EU’s 1995 data protection rules to strengthen online privacy rights and boost Europe’s digital economy. Technological progress and globalisation have profoundly changed the way our data is collected, accessed and used. In addition, the 27 EU Member States have implemented the 1995 rules […]

Nicola Lucchi, Access to Network Services and Protection of Constitutional Rights: Recognizing the essential Role of Internet Access for the Freedom of Expression

Date 02/06/2011.

Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law (JICL), Vol. 19, No. 3, 2011. Abstract: “In January 2010, after a troubled process, the French law for “creation and Internet”, commonly known as Hadopi 2, was finally adopted in an amended form. The enacted text was the result of corrective action undertaken by the Conseil constitutionnel (France’s […]