According to Article 29 Working Party Work programme 2016 – 2018 adopted on 2 February 2016, its E-government subgroup will work on EIDAS implementing acts and its impacts on Privacy.
Interesting article in La Repubblica:http://m.repubblica.it/mobile/r/sezioni/tecnologia/sicurezza/2016/02/21/news/california_hacker_ospedali-133903225/? “It was the fastest way to restore the system.” The sum was paid in bitcoins and corresponds to approximately $ 17,000. It is not the first time that the public interest structures are blocked by a cyber attack. And they still underestimate the risks of this phenomenon. ” Is it… Read More »
Point out this interesting article that explains why Apple is right : http://www.valigiablu.it/fbi-apple-iphone-terrorismo/
The campaign My Car My Data about empowering consumers, to educate them about connectivity and to make sure they are aware of their rights, started on February 16 . You can find all related information here.
We are often tempted to reuse a significant portion of existing solutions and processes when information systems are forced to adhere to new regulatory requirements. This is usually not prevented and indeed advisable in many cases; nevertheless in the case of the new GDPR any simple and hasty approach would seem unsuitable and misleading. This especially… Read More »
The General Data Protection Regulation and the Directive on Police and Justice will significantly change the structure and the way the WP29 works. WP29 Working Party has just issued the work programme 2016-2018 that takes into account the transitional period which will require from all subgroups the issuance of guidelines, tools and procedures to organize… Read More »
The Italian Data Protection Authority has published on his LinkedIn page the link to the version in Italian language of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). You can find it here.
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 »
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 »
As discussed in a previous post, the new GDPR underlines the importance of the right to be forgotten, to some extent already present in the current Italian legislation. Here we want to think about the technical implications of this requirement. How much can it cost to organizations the right to be forgotten, in a society… Read More »