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 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 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 »
The General Data Protection Regulation (the text of June 2015) follows the contents already present in the Dlgs 196/03 regarding sensitive data and data concerning health and does it in: article 4 – Definitions (12) ‘data concerning health’ means data related to the physical or mental health of an individual, which reveals information about his… Read More: Genetic data, biometric data, data concerning health… »
The White House is pushing for a Federal law on privacy: too many different legislations at State level also in the US. Does it sound familiar? Hereafter the draft text (in English only) that is currently being evaluated by the different parties and lobbies. A comparison with the EDPR could be interesting: if someone is… Read More: Mr. Obama’s privacy »
Trilogue is going on: here you can find all produced documents. They decided to hidden the final text that come out in trilogue technical meetings. Today (24/10/15) the only browsable document (http://www.consilium.europa.eu/register/en/content/out/?&typ=ENTRY&i=ADV&DOC_ID=ST-12404-2015-INIT) is about Chapter VI and VII and most of the content is intentionally left blank. The relevant information is that works are going on. Presidency… Read More: Trilogue is going on but with secrecy »
On 6 October the European Court of Justice (CJEU) adopted a fundamental decision on transfer of personal data between the EU and the USA. In case C-362/14 Maximillian Schrems vs. Data Protection Commissioner the CJEU ruled that the Commission decision 2000/520, which states that the USA under the procedure known as “safe harbor” ensure adequate… Read More: Safe Harbour is invalid – What’s the impact of the… »
Last saturday was the twentieth anniversary of the European data protection legislation. On October the 24th of 1995, the Directive 95/46/EC was approved. It was a turning point for all Member States, in order to remove the obstacles to the free flow of personal data, the level of protection of the rights and freedoms of… Read More: One continent, one law (?) »