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: New rules for drones »
Today the European Commission released the formal communication no. 566 on the transfer of personal data to United States of America, this is consequent to the annulment of the Commission Decision 2000/520/EC (also called Safe Harbor Agreement). In this document the Commission analyses a framework of possible alternative solutions to the invalid decision for SMEs… Read More: European Commission Communication On The Transfer of Personal Data to… »
Green light by the Italian Data Protection Commissioner to the database of defaulters intentional, to counter the “telephone tourism” for which a user switches to the new operator leaving behind unpaid bills. This initiated the “Information System arrears intentional in telephony” (SIMo.I.Tel.) To take a census of natural and legal persons, entities, associations, individual enterprises… Read More: Tlc : yes to database intentional defaulters »
Italian Parliament today approved two separate motions to promote the Declaration of Rights in Internet in view of the Internet Governance Forum to be held in Brazil November 9 to 13. The Undersecretary of Telecommunications Antonello Giacomelli, to support the initiative “commits the government to activate its best endeavors for the promotion and adoption at… Read More: DECLARATION OF RIGHTS ON THE INTERNET »
In the perspective of the new EU Data Protection Regulation, Companies which process personal data should have roles and organizational structures capable of ensuring the satisfaction of security requirements and compliance. For this purpose, the Data Protection Officer (DPO) Role is the main function that companies should identify. The DPO mission is to be a… Read More: The DPO Role and the Cobit 5 ISACA Framework »
The General Data Protection Regulation (the text of June 2015) follows the contents already present in the Dlgs 196/03 regarding sensitive data and data concerning health and does it in: article 4 – Definitions (12) ‘data concerning health’ means data related to the physical or mental health of an individual, which reveals information about his… Read More: Genetic data, biometric data, data concerning health… »
I would like to point out the online survey promoted by Prometeo Management Consulting in order to better know, understand and deal with new security threats arising from the use of mobile devices, one of the major technological challenges regarding Privacy. The sector inquiry is aimed at increasing the awareness of experts about the level… Read More: Online survey – Security and Privacy on mobile devices »
The White House is pushing for a Federal law on privacy: too many different legislations at State level also in the US. Does it sound familiar? Hereafter the draft text (in English only) that is currently being evaluated by the different parties and lobbies. A comparison with the EDPR could be interesting: if someone is… Read More: Mr. Obama’s privacy »
Do you remember the old fashioned DPS (Documento Programmatico per la Sicurezza)? When it was removed from the minimum required measures, the Italian Regulator didn’t mean that companies could abandon the analysis over the different kinds of data processing, the definition of the inherent risks and the measures to mitigate them. Actually, companies merely aiming to formally satisfy requirements… Read More: Same Old Stories? »
Trilogue is going on: here you can find all produced documents. They decided to hidden the final text that come out in trilogue technical meetings. Today (24/10/15) the only browsable document (http://www.consilium.europa.eu/register/en/content/out/?&typ=ENTRY&i=ADV&DOC_ID=ST-12404-2015-INIT) is about Chapter VI and VII and most of the content is intentionally left blank. The relevant information is that works are going on. Presidency… Read More: Trilogue is going on but with secrecy »