Category Archives: Legal framework

From #SAFEHARBOR to #PRIVACYSHIELD through the Judicial Redress Act

No matter what anybody says, the “privacy shield” is just “smoke in the eyes”. There are not fundamentals to protect personal data in the way the European Court of Justice asked in October 2015 Judgment “versus Facebook” (C-362/14, 6 October 2015). Many people thought of the Judicial Redress Act (hereinafter JRA) as a rule extending… Read More: From #SAFEHARBOR to #PRIVACYSHIELD through the Judicial Redress Act »

Treatment of personal data for the purpose: the end of the protection

In my courses on privacy I’m fond of saying that the Italian regulation protects against gossip. A friendly manner to highlight (what is not well known) that the Privacy Code must be respected by all citizens, who are not only protected persons, but must themselves respect the privacy policy. In fact, the d.lgs 196/03 states… Read More: Treatment of personal data for the purpose: the end of… »

Significant Declarations of the article 29 working party about The Privacy Shield

The negotiations between the EU and the United States seems replacing the Safe-Harbour to the new “EU-USA. Privacy Shield” . This new framework was recently discussed by WP29. In summary, there is no published evidence that the Privacy Shield actually provides an adequate level of protection; much work needs to be done by the Commission… Read More: Significant Declarations of the article 29 working party about The… »

Goodbye Safe Harbour, hello Privacy Shield

Safe Harbor, declared invalid last October by ECJ, will be soon replaced by the EU-US Privacy Shield. “For the first time ever, the United States has given the EU binding assurances that the access of public authorities for national security purposes will be subject to clear limitations, safeguards and oversight mechanisms” states Commissioner Věra Jourová into press release. .@EU_Commission… Read More: Goodbye Safe Harbour, hello Privacy Shield »