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Authors describe the content of the letter sent the EU Article 29 Data Protection Working Party (WP29) to clarify the scope of the definition of health data concerning lifestyle and wellbeing apps. The full text is available at http://www.corderycompliance…

Author describes how German data protection authorities deal with safe harbor and data processing in the USA. The full text is available at http://www.corderycompliance…

Author describes the risk to privacy whenever one visits a health-related web page. From the article: “An analysis of over 80,000 such web pages shows that nine out of ten visits result in personal health information being leaked to third parties, including online advertisers and data brokers.” The full text is available at: http://phys.org…

Inside Counsel (2/19/2015) Author illustrate the questions that in-house counsels should be able to answer about his or her organization’s legal and business cybersecurity risk profile. The full text is available at http://www.insidecounsel.com…

One of the most frequent questions we have at the moment is from clients asking us when the new EU data protection laws will come in. Needless to say there is no definite answer. In May 2014 we looked at what the proposed new laws say and some of the history behind them. You can […]

On February 5, 2015, the President urged the Operative Council of Cybersecurity to review the legislation, “in order to find a balance between the respect of individual freedoms and preventing terrorism, cyber crime and combating corruption”. In a press released on January 21, 2015, “the sole authority of constitutional jurisdiction in Romania”, the Constitutional Court, “upheld the objection of […]

Author explains how “With the Databox concept, scientists at British universities have begun an attempt to win back control of information about us” The full text is available at http://www.theguardian…

Sources say that the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) will soon direct a new round of random audits to verify compliance with the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (the HITECH Act). OCR is responsible for enforcing the HIPAA Privacy […]

Author discusses the judgment rendered on November 13, 2014, by the San Francisco Superior Court which ruled in favor of Google’s right to freely order its search results. The document is available at http://www.vogelitlawblog…

In a globalized world where our economy revolves around information and its proper use and implementation, in Mexico it became necessary to create a legal system to protect personal data/information by following the steps of countries like the US, Canada, Spain, which are distinguished by their legal structure in this area. Seeking to be a […]