Category Archives: Open Forum

Privacy and Cross Border in Banking #2

Let me come back to the subjects of Cross Border, Data Governance and Privacy regulations. In my last post I pointed out how the issues of cross border activities in the financial industry and the European rules about Privacy had at least one contact point in the overt need of a well structured, defined, measurable… Read More: Privacy and Cross Border in Banking #2 »

EDPS mobile app

The European Data Protection Supervisor launched a mobile app to compare the latest texts proposed for theGeneral Data Protection Regulation from the Commission, the Parliament and the Council on tablets and smartphones. https://secure.edps.europa.eu/EDPSWEB/edps/Consultation/Reform_package

The protection of personal data is an important concern for citizens

The protection of personal data remains an important concern for citizens, according to a new Eurobarometer published by the European Commission on data protection. The survey, titled “Data Protection “, has been requested by the Directorate-General  for Justice and Consumers and coordinated by the Directorate-General for Communication, is designed to support the finalization of the… Read More: The protection of personal data is an important concern for… »

How the GPDR can help the European Digital Single Market (DSM)

These days the European Commission for the Digital Agenda is defining the recommendations and rules that will govern the Digital Single Market (DSM) of the twenty-eight European Countries. The purpose is to allow companies to operate in a digital market that has common rules, remove the fragmentation, which is present in the laws of individual… Read More: How the GPDR can help the European Digital Single Market… »

Overview of roadmap for General Data Protection Regulation

In the beginning of 2012 the European Commission published the first draft of the “Proposal for a Regulation on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data“. It has been about four years in the making and the final release of the new General Data Protection Regulation is expected to be… Read More: Overview of roadmap for General Data Protection Regulation »

E-Privacy: New Law of the Russian State: what to do?

The September 1, 2015 came into force the Russian Federal Law n. 242 of 21 July 2014. The new law on the location of personal data requires that all personal data of Russian citizens treated by foreign companies, are stored and processed in Russia without exemptions for trade data. The operator must ensure that foreign… Read More: E-Privacy: New Law of the Russian State: what to do? »

EVENT AUSED “New EU regulation on privacy: a few months at the start”

Thursday October 8, 2015 – 14.30 STAR HOTEL RITZ Via Spallanzani, 40 – Milan – tel. 02-2055 THE WORKING GROUP “OBSERVATORY SAFETY & COMPLIANCE” of AUSED hosts the Team EuroPrivacy.info to illustrate to its members the new EU Regulation on Data Protection in the finishing straight. On this occasion we will illustrate the content and… Read More: EVENT AUSED “New EU regulation on privacy: a few months… »

Privacy and Cross Border in Banking #1

The issue of cross-border banking is one of the major topics of discussion in the European Union at the same level of Privacy. But are the two issues contaminated? Or do they at least present some overlaps? Let me recap some definitions. Oversimplifying, all those issues relating to the reconciliation and mutual adoption of regulatory… Read More: Privacy and Cross Border in Banking #1 »

The E.D.P.S. launches an app to follow the law

An app was released for mobile phones and tablets that allows to consult the work of European Institutions on the general rules for the protection of data. The Italian Giovanni Buttarelli launched the app on National and European data protection “to compare the latest changes in General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) brought by the co-legislating… Read More: The E.D.P.S. launches an app to follow the law »