Final Text of the New European Regulation
While waiting for the official announcement from the EU Council, expected by next week, hereafter there is a link to the final version of the GDPR which was agreed upon yesterday: last version
The agreement has been reached… #GDPR “IS” under the Christmas tree!
On Tuesday (December 15, 2015) evening, after nearly four years since the Commission tabled its proposal (in January 2012), the European Institutions (European Commission, European Parliament, Council of the European Union) during the last trilogue meeting have finally reached a deal on the (new) Data Protection Regulation. First of all, to point out some relevant… Read More »
Waiting for the last Trilogue… #GDPR under the Christmas tree?
Members of the European Parliament and national governments are in final negotiations to find an agreement on a new EU-wide data protection law. Just one more trilogue meeting (on Tue Dec 15, 2015) to conclude the final release of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), a text that’s been subject of intense negotiation for almost four… Read More »
The DPO is back again
Data Protection Officer is mandatory, again. Article 35 of the latest version of GDPR states that “The controller and processor shall designate a data protection officer in any case where: […] “. To clearly understand which controllers and processors are included in such categories, the local language versions – and perhaps some comments – are needed. Controller… Read More »
GDPR: Making the world a better place?
Keynote speech at ‘EU Data Protection 2015 Regulation Meets Innovation’ event San Francisco, 8 December 2015 Giovanni Buttarelli … “First, with or without the GDPR, for all sectors of society and the economy, data protection has become more serious than ever before. Second, with or without the GDPR, data protection has gone, is going, and… Read More »
GDPR (re)scheduled today on Committee of Permanent Representatives of European Council
Last week we wrote (here) about a meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives of the EU Council. Apparently the meeting was canceled and rescheduled for today. In the meantime the text of the GDPR has changed. The latest version is available here.
Results of the online Survey about Security and Privacy on mobile devices
As mentioned in the previous post, on November 13th the XI National Congress of ANSSAIF (National Association of Security Specialists in Companies of Financial Intermediation) was held in Rome, on the theme of ‘Digital Services, Security, Network – What knowledge and what tools to address new threats?’. The appointment, rich of illustrious and interesting interventions,… Read More »
Fitness versus GDPR
Law firm Osborne Clarke has called on EU regulators to rethink the impact of the forthcoming European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on data generated by health trackers and other wearables, including the Apple Watch, Fitbit and Garmin fitness bands. For more detail you can see this news.
What can make Privacy-by-Design possible
We daily have the chance to experience the meaning of Privacy by Design or, more generally, of Compliance by Design. Corporate operational processes are unquestionably fully automated through information technology solutions and much was made to enhance the quality in designing and developing applications and infrastructural solutions. Also, beyond the usual development roles, it is… Read More »
Privacy and Information Security – Protection or Growth Opportunities? # 1
Let’s try to look at some phenomena not necessarily consistent with each other, not apparently at least: – EU, launches, more or less simultaneously, rules for privacy and for cyber security; – The European Court cancels the Safe Harbour Agreement by replacing de facto the need to manage data and information within EU; – The recent dispute with… Read More »