“In this Opinion the Article 29 Working Party analyses all relevant issues for cloud computing service providers operating in the European Economic Area (EEA) and their clients specifying all applicable principles from the EU Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC) and the e-privacy Directive 2002/58/EC (as revised by 2009/136/EC) where relevant. … [T]his Opinion outlines how the […]
On June 14, 2012 the OPC, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta and the Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia issued a joint Guidance Document called “Cloud Computing for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: Privacy Responsibilities and Considerations”. The focus of the OPC Guidance Document was to remind […]
Topic: Surreptitious Recording by Lawyers Syllabus of the Board: “A surreptitious, or secret, recording of a conversation by an Ohio lawyer is not a per se violation of Prof.Cond.R. 8.4(c) (conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation) if the recording does not violate the law of the jurisdiction in which the recording takes place. […]
From the Opinion’s introduction Article 5.3 of Directive 2002/58/EC, as amended by Directive 2009/136/EC has reinforced the protection of users of electronic communication networks and services by requiring informed consent before information is stored or accessed in the user’s (or subscriber’s) terminal device. The requirement applies to all types of information stored or accessed in […]
Massachusetts Bar Association Ethics Opinion 12-03 [Approved by the Massachusetts Bar Association’s House of Delegates on May 17, 2012] Topics: Cloud Computing; Google docs Summary of the opinion: “A lawyer generally may store and synchronize electronic work files containing confidential client information across different platforms and devices using an Internet based storage solution, such as ‘Google […]
From the FTC report executive summary: “Based upon its analysis of the comments filed on the proposed privacy framework, as well as commercial and technological developments, the Commission is issuing this final Report. The final framework is intended to articulate best practices for companies that collect and use consumer data. These best practices can be […]
Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 88, 2012 Brooklyn Law School, Legal Studies Paper No. 265 Abstract from the article: “The tort of intrusion upon seclusion offers the best theory to target legitimate privacy harms in the information age. This Article introduces a new taxonomy that organizes privacy regulations across four key stages of information […]
31 Mississippi College L. Rev. 227 (2012) Abstract: “This article, which largely tracks my remarks at Mississippi College’s Social Media Symposium, examines expectations of privacy in social media such as weblogs (blogs), Facebook pages, and Twitter tweets. Social media is diverse and ever-diversifying, and while I address some of that complexity, I focus on the […]
According to the document’s foreword the consumers’ privacy framework in the United States is strong but lacks a statements of basic privacy principles applying to commercial worlds, and a commitment of all stakeholders to address consumer data privacy issues. To address these issues the administration offered Consumer Data Privacy in a Networked World. At the […]
64 STAN. L. REV. ONLINE 88 Author discusses the right of oblivion as codified in the proposed data protection regulation. The full text is available at: http://www.stanfordlawreview…