Author Archives: Andrea Castello

About Andrea Castello

Andrea Castello is a professional working in the Information Systems Domain. He is graduated in Management Engineering. Since 2006 he work as consultant, trainer and auditor with focus in Management System (ISO 9001, ISO/IEC 20000, ISO/IEC 27001), Risk Analysis & Management and Privacy. Lead Auditor ISO 9001, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 20000-1, ISO 22301 Trainer qualified ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 20000, ISO 22301, ITIL Foundation.

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 »

What are standardization action to comply with art. 42 of EU Regulation 679/16?

Article 42 of EU Regulation 679/16 on Data Protection states: ” The Member States, the supervisory authorities, the Board and the Commission shall encourage, in particular at Union level, the establishment of data protection certification mechanisms and of data protection seals and marks, for the purpose of demonstrating compliance with this Regulation of processing operations… Read More »

Guidelines Data Protection Impact Assessment

On April 5, the “Article 29 Data Protection Working Party” has published the “Guidelines on Data Protection Impact Assessemnt (DPIA) in order to give a valid interpretation of art. 34 of the EU Regulation 2016/679. The document consists of 19 pages (plus two attachments) very dense, having regard to the complexity of the matter. From guidelines it… Read More »

12-step action plan for GDPR

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is causing concern for companies as they struggle to plan for its implementation according to the latest survey to be published (registration required). The survey was conducted by Blancco Technology Group of 511 individuals working in companies with up to 10,000 employees. It throws some interesting light on… Read More »

Fitness versus GDPR

Law firm Osborne Clarke  has called on EU regulators to rethink the impact of the forthcoming European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on data generated by health trackers and other wearables, including the Apple Watch, Fitbit and Garmin fitness bands. For more detail you can see this news.

New rules for drones

MEPs adopted a report on the safe use of unmanned aerial vehicles, better known as drones on the 29th of October.  They feel new rules are needed in order to boost development without too much red tape to deter investment. The Commission proposal will contain an update to simplify the integration of drones in the legal framework… Read More »