Scholarly Articles & Institutional Publications

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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…

“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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

From the Introduction: “Defining the law applicable to the processing of personal data under Directive 95/46/EC (‘Directive’ or ‘Directive 95/46’) is a key issue for a number of reasons. Provisions on applicable law are crucial in determining the external scope of EU data protection law, in other words, to determine the extent to which EU […]

Topic: Preliminary check: personal data treatment related to a system to evaluate employees Verifica preliminare: trattamento di dati personali connesso ad un sistema di valutazione dei dipendenti “Il trattamento in questione, individuato nei termini sopra descritti, in base alle vigenti disposizioni in materia di protezione dei dati personali dovrà avvenire con modalità rispettose dei diritti e […]

Topic: Google Street View: cars shall be identifiable Google Street View: le auto dovranno essere riconoscibili L’Autorità Garante della Privacy: “dispone, ai sensi degli artt. 143, comma 1. lett. b) e 154, comma 1, lett. c) del Codice, che Google Inc. entro trenta giorni dalla notificazione del presente provvedimento: a) provveda a designare un proprio rappresentante stabilito nel […]