On December 18, 2014, the Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA) issued an order with which it confirmed that the right to be forgotten must be balanced with the public interest to read recent important facts. However, in addition to confirming the need to balance the right to be forgotten with the freedom of expression, the order […]
2014 TPRC Conference Paper Abstract This paper critically assesses the character of European (Union’s) privacy law and policy in the field of online media and electronic communications. Contrary to current understanding, this field of law is more fragmented and ill-developed than is often assumed, in particular by those discussing privacy law and policy in an […]
On December 11, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) considered the recording by CCTV (Closed-circuit television) cameras on private premises as “household exception” to data protection laws, even though they incidentally monitored a public space. In this case, a Czech citizen installed a camera system for security purposes in his family home. The camera registered […]
Author argues that the Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015 should require that medical identity monitoring be provided in healthcare breaches, just as credit monitoring has become a defacto standard for financial information breaches. The full text is available at https://www2.idexpertscorp…
Author argues that there is still a “yawning gulf” between what’s been done so far with the Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015 and what needs to happen in the realm of cyber legislation. The full text is available at http://www.forbes…
Nathan M. Crystal & Francesca Giannoni-Crystal – new publication: Something’s got to give: breve comparazione tra l’approccio americano ed europeo al cloud computing, soluzioni pratiche, Cultura e Diritti, no.4/2014, October- December 2014, p. 27 (see here)
On March 26, 2015, the House of Representative introduced bill H.R. 1704, Personal Data Notification and Protection Act of 2015. Among other purposes, the bill aims at establishing a national data breach notification standard for business entities reaching a certain threshold. The bill was assigned to a congressional committee on March 26, 2015, which will […]
On March 24, 2015, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) heard arguments on case C-362/14. The ECJ is called to decide on whether national judges are “absolutely bound” by a company’s declaration to participate in the Safe Harbor, or whether they could still conduct their own investigations to determine if personal data are protected according […]
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) might provide for the free flow of data across the ocean. However, now the priority is the data protection regulation, source says. More information is available at http://www.euractiv… Follow us on& Like us on
21 Rich. J.L. & Tech. 9 (2015) Author argues that because of the evolving security risks brought by e-mail, Internet, and cloud computing, lawyers must reassess their ethical duties of competence and confidentiality. Ignorance of technology may lead to violations of lawyers’ fundamental ethical duties of competence and confidentiality. Mentioned rules: ABA Model Rule 1.1; […]