According to the Washington Post the “right to be forgotten” just got real. The newspaper reports that Google received more than 50,000 requests for removal. As ordered by the European court of justice, the company is beginning to remove content from search results. More information on the ECJ decision may be found here. Related documents […]
On November 26, 2013, the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On personal data and its protection” № 94-V ЗРК (hereinafter – “Personal Data Law”) entered into force. It states the rules on collection, processing, and protection of personal data (except for personal and family needs exclusively) for state archival purposes; for state secrets; for […]
Article 29 privacy group met on June 4, 2014 to decide whether a special taskforce of European privacy overseers should monitor Google’s attempts to respond to citizens’ requests to be forgotten. They decided it should. The taskforce should analyze how European regulators should react in case of complaint of citizens — which might be likely […]
Published on June 3, 2014 on the Italian Official Gazette no. 126, the May 8, 2014 Italian Data Protection Authority (GPD)’s decision on the use of cookies by websites. Individuazione delle modalità semplificate per l’informativa e l’acquisizione del consenso per l’uso dei cookie. The GPD orders that pursuant to Articles 122(1) and 154(1)(h) of the Privacy Code, websites […]
An Iranian court of the southern province of Fars opened a case against social networks WhatsApp and Instagram and also summoned Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg after some citizens complained of privacy violations. It is not reported which violations of privacy are alleged to have occurred. Read more at http://www.reuters… Follow us on& Like us […]
In January 2014 the Federal Trade Agency informed that twelve U.S. businesses agreed to settle after they falsely claimed to be abiding by the international privacy framework known as the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor. The U.S.-EU Safe Harbor enables U.S. companies to transfer consumer data between the United States and the European Union, in compliance with […]
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André Bywater discusses the state of the proposed reforms to the EU data protection rules, as well as the key elements that would be introduced by the suggested changes. The full text is available at: http://www.daftblogger…
The Italian Data Protection Authority issued detailed rules for the processing of personal data by call centers located outside the EU, which operate on behalf of Italian data controllers to provide customer care or for marketing purposes. According to Directive 95/46/EC the transfer of personal data to third countries not ensuring an adequate level of […]
Author describes European case law dealing with the right to be forgotten. The full text is available at:http://searchengineland…
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 […]