Category Archives: Legal framework

WP art. 29 published a document about transparency and Information to be provided

WP art.29 published on public consultation wp260  titled “Guidelines on transparency under Regulation 2016/679”. This document details how to comply with art. 12 to 22 and 34. Great attention is devoted to art.13 and art. 14.. WP art.29 on paragraph 2 make clear that privacy statements/ notices shall comply with Transparency, as expressed is in the document,… Read More »

Social Spam & Marketing

In the NEWSLETTER N. 435 del 29 novembre 2017 http://www.garanteprivacy.it/web/guest/home/docweb/-/docweb-display/docweb/7221009 the Italian Autority point attention on a type of questions that are often made to me during courses and / or conferences, id est if and within what limits it is possible to use the e-mail addresson socialfor marketing purposes. Our Autority reminds us that… Read More »

Delegation to the Government for the transposition of European directives and the implementation of other European Union acts

On 25 October the Delegation to the Government for the transposition of European directives and the implementation of other European Union acts (European delegation law 2016-2017) was issued. Delegation to the Government for the Transposition of European Directives and the Implementation of Other Acts of the European Union – European Delegation Law 2016-2017. (17G00177) (OJ… Read More »

Decisions, authorisations & measures: Who will be there and how after the 25th of May 2018?

As the date of 25 May 2018 is approaching, the day on which the EU regulation 2016/679 will come into application, more and more often one wonders what the current legislation will survive after the entry of the GDPR. The answer to this question is still far away but I would like to point out… Read More »

DRAFT ePRIVACY REGULATION: THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION RELEASED ITS PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

On September 8th, the Council of the EU released its proposed amendments to the draft ePrivacy Regulation (“Regulation”) which has already been the subject of different opinions and draft amendments over the last few months, as highlighted in our previous news. As clarified in the text, this document is only a first redraft of the… Read More »

e-PRIVACY REGULATION PROPOSAL’S DEVELOPMENT – II) Work in progress

On June 9, Marju Lauristin, the Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and Member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), released a draft report containing amendments to the Regulation. In the preparation of this report, the rapporteur Marju Lauristin has conducted extensive and thorough discussions with the following Committees: draft… Read More »

e-PRIVACY REGULATION PROPOSAL’S DEVELOPMENT – I) Art. 29WP and EDPS’s opinions

As already mentioned in a previous post, on 10 January 2017 the European Commission presented a proposal for a Regulation (the “Regulation”) which is expected to amend the Directive 2002/58/EC (e-Privacy Directive) standardising the current European legal framework for the processing of personal data in the electronic communications sector and whose final approval is expected to… Read More »