On December 8, 2014, the UK Court of Appeal began hearing Google’s appeal against the High Court’s decision which allowed UK data subjects to sue Google Inc. in England for misuse of private information. In brief, at the beginning of 2013, several claimants alleged that Google used cookies to track their browsing activity without their consent. […]
Author discusses whether EU data protection law applies to home CCTV cameras starting from the CJEU judgment in Case C-212/13, Ryneš v. Úřad pro ochranuosobníchúdajů. The full text is available at http://eulawanalysis…
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 […]
On September 22, 2014, the Italian Data Privacy Authority suggested to the Italian Government to simplify the sanctions and the security measures of the Privacy Code (Codice in materia di protezione dei dati personali, D.Lgs. n. 196/2003). The amendments’ inspirational principles are the following: Simplification of the different sanctions, which should be fairer. Simplification of […]
Senate Bill n. 1710 amended sections 1798.81.5, 1798.82, and 1798.85 of California Civil Code. Cal. Civ. Code §§ 1798.81.5, 1798.82, and 1798.85 (personal information privacy) will go into effect on January 1, 2015. The amendments enhanced the protection of California residents’ personal information by: requiring the entity notifying a data breach to provide appropriate identity theft prevention […]
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 […]
On November 26, 2014, Article 29 Working Party (“WP29”) published the Guidelines for the implementation of the European Court of Justice (“ECJ)’s recent decision in the Costeja case, C-131/12 (“right to be forgotten” decision), holding that data subjects have a right to obtain the de-listing of links appearing in the search results based on a person’s name. Most […]
On November 27, 2014, the European Parliament passed a resolution of 27 November 2014 “on supporting consumer rights in the digital single market” (2014/2973(RSP)). The resolution, which is not binding, contains several points (26 points to be precise), among which: – “Calls on the Member States and the Commission, … to address all existing barriers […]
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 […]