What is this all about? The EU is in the process of reforming its existing data protection rules. These reforms have been moving slowly through the EU legislative pipeline but we seem now to be getting closer to a final agreement. Even though the expected implementation date of these rules is still likely to be […]
Author discusses Belgium’s data protection investigation of Facebook’s privacy policy, as well as the impact that the One Stop Shop principle could have on forum shopping practices. The full text is available at http://www.eudataprotectionlaw.com…
What is this all about? The EU is in the process of reforming its existing data protection rules. Unfortunately these reforms are currently subject to significant delay. But despite this set-back Cordery strongly recommends that businesses keep an eye firmly on the ball as the reforms go well beyond an upgrade – good planning ahead […]
On March 13, 2015, the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council (one of the configurations of the Council of the European Union) made some progress on the EU data protection framework and the Proposal for a European Regulation on data protection. The EU Council agreed on a partial general approach (7178/15) on the “One Stop Shop” mechanism and the principles for […]
On December 4 and 5, 2014, the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council (one of the configurations of the Council of the European Union) made some progress on the EU data protection framework and the Proposal for a European Regulation. It discussed data protection in the public section and the “One Stop Shop” mechanism. The EU Council reached a […]
Conclusion form the article: “The outcome of the current review of Directive 95/46/EC – and of the EU legal framework for data protection more in general – is not yet entirely clear, but its main direction now seems irreversible and well beyond the point of no return. In any case, a few conclusions may be […]