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People are more and more concerned about how their data is used. EU data protection authorities have received almost 100,000 complaints since EU GDPR is enacted.
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Facebook users drop in Europe. What is the takeaway?
Facebook’s users dropped in Europe and US Recently Facebook published latest (Q3) user and revenue update, having the overall users base drop (in Europe and US, mainly). While the drop of users, when compared to total numbers, is small, it is strong signal that users in Europe are not happy with some of Facebook’s practices. […]
CJEU restricts rights to resell back-up copies of software
EU court restricts re-sell of software back-up copies in case original is damaged.
Irish DPC issues guidance on anonymisation and pseudonymisation
Ireland's data protection authority published guidance on the use of data anonymisation and pseudonymisation.
NHTSA releases guidelines for cybersecurity of cars
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has released best practice guidelines for vehicle cybersecurity. Guidelines are aimed to car makers and their purpose is to help improve car security. However, 22 pages document is non-binding – there’s no regulatory imperative requiring that car makers meet these standards. Full article and guidelines
ICO publishes guidance on privacy notices under GDPR
UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published guidance on privacy notices under EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). GDPR introduces new requirements for controllers on notifying data subjects about processing of their data. GDPR requires privacy notices to be understandable and accessible. ICO’s guidance provides best practice on communicating privacy information to individuals. Access guidance
Dynamic IP address is personal data, rules CJEU
Yesterday (October 19, 2016) the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its judgment in case Patrick Breyer v. Bundesrepublik Deutschland, in which court recognizes that dynamic IP addresses registered by websites are personal data. CJEU followed the Opinion of the Advocate General delivered earlier this year. In its decision CJEU concluded that […]
EDPS issues opinion on Big Data
On September 23 the European Data Protection Supervisor (the “EDPS”) Giovanni Buttarelli published his opinion “Coherent enforcement of fundamental rights in the age of big data”. This opinion is part of an ongoing project, launched in March 2014 with the EDPS’ “Preliminary Opinion on Privacy and Competitiveness in the Age of Big Data”.It addresses the concern […]
CISPE publishes Code of Conduct for Cloud Infrastructures Services
Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (“CISPE”) – a relatively new coalition of more than 20 cloud infrastructure providers operating in Europe – has recently published its first Code of Conduct for Cloud Infrastructures Services. The CISPE Code of Conduct: Gives a framework to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation Excludes the reuse of […]