One of the possible future consequences of the entry into force of the GDPR will be the likely disappearance of minimum measures, a well-defined list of security measures that surely had the merit of spreading the knowledge of basic security concepts. The concept of minimum measures was properly introduced to avoid that with a simple… Read More »
On May 24, 2016, the European Data Protection Supervisor (“EDPS”) presented its 2015 Annual Report. It provides an overview of the EDPS’ activities developed in 2015 and highlights key priorities for 2016. Of course, the EDPS focused on ensuring the adoption of a new and effective data protection framework. Moreover, a considerable attention is devoted to the high… Read More »
Opening the meeting today at the Cloud Security Summit, the President of CSA Italy, Alberto Manfredi wanted to give out two “take aways”: # 1 Privacy was an obstacle to enterprise data porting into the cloud; we can say that now it is no longer so, because we have the technical and legal instruments for… Read More »
A substantial difference between the GDPR and the current 196/03 legislation regards the obligations for the Data Controller and Data Processor to guarantee continuous access to data. The current privacy legislation takes care of the issue mainly in Appendix B, where the minimum measure number 23 reads (cites): 23. Appropriate measures are taken to ensure… Read More »
Wednesday May 4th, 2016 General Data Protection Regulation has been PUBLISHED in the Official Journal of the European Union “May the 4th” be with you! Following are the steps which led to the GDPR approval (see also: Overview of roadmap for General Data Protection Regulation). Step 1 – Proposal (European Commission) On January 25… Read More »
Architecture of GDPR as an answer to the modern need for a sustainable development of technological dynamics. Twenty years ago, the first Personal Data Protection Law entered into force in Italy. Since then, both the complexity of the regulations and the public awareness have been growing wide, same pace with the thriving technological progress. Nowadays… Read More »
At the following link it is possible to download the version in Italian language of the GDPR, as referred in another post of the Europrivacy blog: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/IT/TXT/PDF/?uri=CONSIL:ST_5419_2016_REV_1&from=IT
Wednesday January 25th, 2012 4 years, 2 months, 20 days OR 1541 days later… Thursday April 14th, 2016 General Data Protection Regulation has been APPROVED “The European Parliament, (…) Approves the Council position at first reading; Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the Council position; Instructs its President to sign… Read More »
On 12 April 2016 the LIBE Committee (European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) voted to adopt the final agreement on the new Legal Framewok on Data Protection (both Directive and Regulation aka GDPR). The new Directive has been approved with a majority of 45 approvals, 4 against and 1 abstention. The… Read More »
On 8 April 2016, the Council adopted its position at First Reading on Data Protection Reform. The European Parliament is expected to vote in Second Reading at its plenary session on Thursday 14 April. Approving the Council’s position without amendments will complete the legislative process. The Regulation will then be publish in the Official Journal of the… Read More »