New ePrivacy rules will come soon
Stronger privacy rules On 10 January, 2017, the European Commission announced that they propose new legislation to ensure stronger privacy in electronic communications, while opening up new business...
View ArticleWhat now, Privacy Shield?
Trump’s executive order Section 14 of the “executive order” Trump signed explicitly declares that “Agencies shall, to the extent consistent with applicable law, ensure that their privacy policies...
View ArticleGerman Court to Facebook: No use of data from WhatsApp users
No use of WhatsApp data The Court confirmed a directive from Hamburg data protection commissioner Johannes Caspar. “This is good news for the many millions of people who use the WhatsApp messenger...
View ArticleAre you prepared for the GDPR?
The GDPR and its impact In fact, the implementation of the requirements of the GDPR are a real new ‘compliance test’ for both small, medium-sized and international companies. They all face the same...
View ArticleEuropean Commission Releases Privacy Shield Annual Report
Data protection for data transfers How can a company transfer personal data from the EU/EEA abroad? There are several ways, inter alia the Standard Contractual Clauses (which are challenged at the...
View ArticleIt’s GDPR day!
New requirements Yes, we have heard a lot about the new regulation; new accountability requirements, increased documentation obligations, severe fines for non-compliance, more transparency requirements...
View ArticleCJEU: Operators also responsible for Facebook fan page!
Data Protection requirements have to be fulfilled! The ruling of the CJEU states that the operator of a fan page on Facebook is – jointly with Facebook – responsible for protecting visitors’ personal...
View ArticleFacebook content is inheritable, German court rules
German court ruling Heirs in Germany have the right to access the Facebook accounts of their deceased relatives, the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe ruled in a privacy ruling on Thursday, saying...
View ArticleIndia released new privacy bill
First data protection law for India It is the first draft of the first data protection regulation in India and has therefore been awaited for a long time. It shall be introduced in Parliament this...
View ArticleA GDPR for the US?
Tim Cook supports GDPR-like US law Tim Cook – the Apple CEO who has long been committed to privacy protection – said in his keynote address on the first day of the International Conference of Data...
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