The new UE Regulation on privacy introduced some rights for data subjects, such as oblivion, which have caused at the same time praise and concern (either for the effort required to Holders to guarantee them or for fear that important information can be lost, for example for the assessment of the reliability of a creditor).… Read More: The rights of data subjects: the current situation »
The purpose of this site is to gather and list the relevant official documents which have been published in the context of the reform process of European data protection law, particularly the proposal for a General Data Protection Regulation (#EUDataP on Twitter). This site will only contain links to documents published by and publicly accessible… Read More: General Data Protection Regulation, a complete link collection »
Tomorrow (December, 2) the meeting of the (2nd) Committee of Permanent Representatives of the EU Councilwill take place. The GDPR is scheduled in the agenda. It’s very likely that the linked but inaccessible PDF is a consolidated version of the GDPR, available here. Stay tuned. We are so close to the goal.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation learned that more than 100 automated license plate recognition (ALPR) cameras were exposed online. In some cases, the camera live streams could be accessed. ALPR systems capture images of license plates and alert authorities when they spot a plate on the “hot list.” The data are collected and stored even if… Read More: License Plate Reader Data Exposed »
Sony will pay up to US $8 million to settle claims against the company over a breach that exposed employee information. The settlement calls for a maximum of US $10,000 per person affected for losses incurred due to identity theft; a maximum of US $1,000 per person for fraud protection services. US $3.5 million is… Read More: Sony Settles (Some Claims) Over Breach »
The US House of Representatives has passed the Judicial Redress Act, which would give foreigners data protection equal to that of US citizens. The bill’s passage is a step toward enacting data protection for foreigners that could help the chances of the EU approving a replacement for the Safe Harbor agreement. The European Court of… Read More: Bill’s Approval Marks Progress Toward Safe Harbor Alternative »
The US Department of Defense (DoD) is proposing to create a temporary database of people whose personal information was stolen in the colossal Office of Personnel Management (OPM) breach. The purpose of the database will be to identify who is eligible for identity-theft protection services. The breach affected more than 21 million federal employees. Nextgov… Read More: OPM Breach Database of Victims »
Data breach hits Hilton Worldwide hotel chain Cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs, citing several banking sources, reported on his blog on Friday 25 September 2015 that a pattern of fraud has been detected involving credit cards that had been used at point-of-sale registers in gift shops and restaurants at “a large number of Hilton Hotel and… Read More: A “voluntary” data breach disclosure »
Cyber intelligence is probably one of the important weapons against terrorism. GDPR is a barrier against the freedom of intrusion of a wide variety of powers in the personal life of common people. These two statements are strictly connected: that’s why one of the most heard statements in these dark days is “less privacy for… Read More: GDPR, safe harbour and terrorism. »
The most important Italian newspaper, Corriere della Sera, day after day reports headlines concerning the topic “privacy”: on Tuesday 10th an interview with Tim Cook, Apple CEO, where privacy is defined “a right” that Internet companies must respect to avoid a dramatic crisis in the future; the day after, Microsoft’s Nadella declares (see below) that… Read More: Personal data protection in the headlines »