The EU Commission “seeks stakeholders’ views on the current text of the ePrivacy Directive as well as the possible changes to the existing legal framework to make sure it is up to date with the new challenges of the digital area. Public Consultation on the Evaluation and Review of the ePrivacy Directive.” In the view of […]
Several class actions have been filed in recent years against companies that had their database compromised as a consequence of a data breach. The class usually consists of consumers whose information was stolen in the breach. The problem that plaintiffs have faced in the majority of these actions is lack of standing. Indeed, in most […]
The UK’s highest court, the Supreme Court, has now announced (see here) that it will in part allow an appeal to be heard that has been brought by Google against the Court of Appeal’s ruling of 27 March 2015 in the Vidal-Hall case. Generally-speaking the Supreme Court’s focus is on cases that raise points of […]
On April 28, 2015, several major tech companies (e.g., Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo) together with some national associations (e.g., Transatlantic Business Council and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce) sent a letter to Chttp://www.technethics.com/ongress urging it to support the bipartisan Judicial Redress Act of 2015, H.R. 1428, which would extend Privacy Act remedies to citizens of […]
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The next EU Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) will be Mr. Giovanni Buttarelli and his Assistant Supervisor will be Wojciech Rafał Wiewiórowski. Parliament appoints the EDPS and the Supervisor by common accord with the Council. The two bodies must still sign the nomination decision for the appointment to be effective. Read more at http://www.europarl… Follow us on& Like us […]
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Google is holding a series of meetings in Europe. Meetings are public and open for registration. More information here. Listen here for example to the recording of the Advisory Council’s meeting held in Rome 9 September 2014.
FTC accused online review site Yelp, Inc., and mobile app developer TinyCo, Inc to have improperly collected children’s information in violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. The companies agreed to settle. Yelp will pay a $450,000 civil penalty, while TinyCo will pay a $300,000 civil penalty. Related FTC’s press release here Read more about […]
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Viviane Reding referenced about the Justice Council’s progress on the data protection reform. According to her press release, the Justice Council agreed on two pillars of the reform: 1) rules governing data transfer to third countries (which will be possible either when the Commission finds that a third country is “adequate” in terms of data […]
In early May 2014, the California state Senate approved a bill (SB962 ) imposing “kill switches” on smartphones, which would allow owners to remotely delete data and deactivate stolen devices. The wireless industry deems the legislation unnecessary – considering the voluntary steps already taken by the industry towards the implementation of the technology. However, for […]