The GDPR, in its final version just approved by EU Commission, Parliament and Council, introduces important changes in the responsibilities and procedures for protection and management of personal data within the EU. Just think on the introduction of data breach, privacy by default, the obligation to define, document and monitor the framework adopted to protect… Read More »
Much has been discussed about the right to be forgotten introduced by the new EU Regulation. But is it really something new? The wording of Article 17 Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”) in the new EU Regulation is all but linear, with constant references to other articles, so its’ interpretation in some places… Read More »
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is causing concern for companies as they struggle to plan for its implementation according to the latest survey to be published (registration required). The survey was conducted by Blancco Technology Group of 511 individuals working in companies with up to 10,000 employees. It throws some interesting light on… Read More »
Last December, the Commission of the EU Parliament in charge approved the final text of the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) thus closing the negotiation among EU Parliament, Commission and Council (the so called trilogue). Now only some formal approval steps are still missing to have it in force. Steps that shoul be completed… Read More »
Announcing the publication in the “La Comunicazione – Note, Recensioni e Notizie” magazine 2015 (Istituto Superiore delle Comunicazioni e delle Tecnologie dell’Informazione) of an article : Un modello per la valutazione dei rischi relativamente al trattamento dei dati personali nelle comunicazioni elettroniche (A risk assessment model regarding the personal data processing in electronic communications) by Alberto… Read More »
Cox Communications will pay nearly US $600,000 to settle Federal Communications Commission (FCC) charges regarding a breach that exposed customer data. The incident occurred in August 2014 and compromised addresses, driver’s license numbers, and partial Social Security numbers (SSNs). The FCC said that Cox did not provide adequate security for the data and that the… Read More »
According to a study from Verizon, nearly 20 percent of breaches involving healthcare information are not detected for at least one year. This is due in part to the fact that some organizations outside the healthcare sector are unaware that they have healthcare data stored in their systems. Twenty percent of healthcare breaches of health… Read More »
A breach of sanriotown.com has exposed the personal information of 3.3 million Hello Kitty users. The database may have been open to intruders for more than a month. The vulnerable database was found by the same person who recently discovered the unprotected MacKeeper database. The Register story NBC News Wired story
Europrivacy.info is organizing a meeting to start talking and working on the recently approved text of the GDPR on January 29 in Milan. This is just a “save the date”: more info will follow soon.
First step – #EuDataP compromise texts approved by LIBE Committe European Parliament – Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE Committee) On Thursday Dec 17, 2015 the LIBE Committee confirmed the Data Protection Reform (both Regulation and Directive). The Committee approved the Regulation by 48 votes to 4, with 4 abstention. The Directive was… Read More »