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Mexico Hosts 33rd International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Hunton & Williams LLP

On November 2-3, 2011, Mexico’s Federal Institute for Access to Information and Data Protection (“IFAI”) will host the 33rd International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners in Mexico City. Marty Abrams, President of the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP, is the chairman of the Conference’s advisory panel and principal advisor to Conference organizers on program content. Hunton & Williams is a proud sponsor of the event which will feature Hunton representatives as speakers or moderators on multiple panels and plenary sessions, including the following:

Tags: Article 29 Working Party, Australia, China, Christopher Graham, Colombia, David Vladeck, Department of the Treasury, Federal Trade Commission, Finland, France, Germany, Google, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Lisa Sotto, Marty Abrams, Mexico, New Zealand, Paula Bruening, Poland, Richard Thomas, Spain, Switzerland, Uruguay

Israeli Justice Ministry Announces Breakthrough in Information Theft Case

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Hunton & Williams LLP

On October 24, 2011, Israel’s Data Protection Authority, the Israeli Law, Information and Technology Authority in the Israeli Ministry of Justice (“ILITA”), announced significant developments in an information theft case affecting more than nine million Israeli citizens. In 2006, a contract worker hired by Israel’s Ministry of Welfare and Social Services downloaded a copy of Israel’s population registry to his home computer. The registry later fell into the hands of a software developer and a hacker before being disseminated on the Internet along with a program that allowed users to run searches and queries on the data. The stolen personal information included full names, identification numbers, addresses, dates of birth, dates of immigration to Israel, family status, names of siblings and other information.

Tags: Cybersecurity, Data Protection Authority, Israel, Service Provider

Israeli National Labor Court Severely Restricts Employee Monitoring

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Hunton & Williams LLP

Reporting from Israel, legal consultant Dr. Omer Tene writes:

In a sweeping, 91-page decision issued last week, the Israeli National Labor Court severely restricted employers’ ability to monitor employee emails. In its opinion, the Court made strong statements concerning the suspect nature of employee consent and mandated the implementation of principles of legitimacy, transparency, proportionality, purpose limitation, access, accuracy, confidentiality and security. The Court stated that, given the constitutional status of the right to privacy, exemptions to the Privacy Protection Act, 1981, must be interpreted narrowly.

Tags: Email, Employee Monitoring, Israel, Omer Tene, Right to Privacy

ILITA Issues Restrictions on Financial Institutions

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Hunton & Williams LLP

Reporting from Israel, legal consultant Dr. Omer Tene writes:

The Israeli Law, Information and Technology Authority (“ILITA”) has issued a new instruction (the “Instruction”) restricting financial institutions from using information concerning writs of execution issued against clients’ property. Pursuant to the Instruction, if a bank or insurance company finds out that a client’s account has become subject to a writ of execution, such information may not be used to deny the client credit or to adjust the rate of his or her insurance premiums. Information regarding writs of execution may be used only to carry out the writ. ILITA’s Instruction is based on the purpose limitation provisions in the Israeli Privacy Protection Act, 1981, as well as a specific section in the Execution of Judgments Act, 1967.

Tags: Credit Monitoring, Criminal Law, Insurance Providers, Israel, Legislation, Omer Tene

European Commission Finds Israeli Data Protection Law Provides Adequate Protection

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Hunton & Williams LLP

Reporting from Israel, legal consultant Dr. Omer Tene writes:

On January 31, 2011, the European Commission formally approved Israel’s status as a country providing “adequate protection” for personal data under the European Data Protection Directive. The decision is restricted to automated international data transfers from the EU, as well as to non-automated data transfers that are subject to further automated processing in Israel. It will allow unrestricted transfers of personal data from the EU to Israel, for example between corporate affiliates or from European companies to data centers in Israel.

Tags: Article 29 Working Party, Data Controller, Data Processor, EU Data Protection Directive, European Commission, Israel, Omer Tene, Safe Harbor

Jerusalem Declaration Calls for International Agreement on Data Protection Enforcement

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Hunton & Williams LLP

The 32nd International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners held in Jerusalem this October continued the trend from past conferences by enacting a resolution, this time with respect to the adoption of global privacy standards. The Jerusalem Declaration calls for an intergovernmental conference in 2011 or 2012 to negotiate a binding international agreement guaranteeing respect for data protection and privacy, and facilitating cross-border coordination of enforcement efforts. The basis for the binding international agreement would be the Madrid Resolution, which was adopted in November 2009.

The Jerusalem Declaration was sponsored by the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) and was seconded by nine other entities, including the Irish Data Protection Commissioner, the New Zealand Privacy Commissioner, the Spanish Data Protection Agency and the UK Information Commissioner’s Office. Despite the resolution, it seems highly unlikely the intergovernmental conference will take place within the proposed two-year timeframe.

Tags: CNIL, France, Information Commissioners Office, Ireland, Israel, Madrid Resolution, New Zealand, Right to Privacy, Spain, United Kingdom

Live Coverage from Jerusalem: FTC Admitted as a Member of the International Group of Data Protection Commissioners

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Hunton & Williams LLP

The international group of data protection commissioners today admitted the U.S. Federal Trade Commission into membership.

Meeting at the 32nd International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners in Jerusalem, the commissioners determined that the FTC had the requisite authority and independence to qualify for membership.

The decision has been a long time coming. The U.S. has long sought to be recognized as a member of the data protection group. Last year, the U.S. application was rejected at the international conference in Madrid.

Tags: Consumer Protection, David Vladeck, Federal Trade Commission, Israel, Safe Harbor

Live Coverage from Jerusalem: Day One Focuses on the Future Challenges of Privacy and Data Protection

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Hunton & Williams LLP

The International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners is convening in Jerusalem. Appropriately, given the ancient history of the host city, the conference theme is “Privacy: Generations.” The debate on Day One has drawn on the founding principles of data protection, but also has heavily focused on the future challenges in safeguarding the fundamental rights of privacy and data protection in a world of ubiquitous computing and social networking.

The tone was set in the opening plenary when Dr. Yuval Steinitz, the Israeli Minister of Finance, reminded us of the key tensions in privacy policy. While privacy may be a fundamental tenet of every democracy, individual cultures must make choices between the competing values of privacy and security, and privacy and transparency. The balance between these values, and the priority given to one over the other, will shift over time and from one culture to another. The conference provides a timely opportunity to reassess where that balance currently lies, and what balance may be appropriate in the near future. Continue reading…

Tags: Department of Commerce, Federal Trade Commission, Israel, Lawrence Strickling, Peter Hustinx, Social Media

Live Coverage from Jerusalem

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Hunton & Williams LLP

This year, the 32nd International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners takes place in Jerusalem. In addition, the Israeli Law, Information and Technology Authority (“ILITA”) is hosting a week of privacy activities to mark the 30th anniversary of the OECD Privacy Guidelines.

Hunton & Williams and its Centre for Information Policy Leadership have an unprecedented five speakers addressing the conference. The panels featuring Hunton & Williams’ privacy attorneys and advisors are:

Aggregation and Analytics: Constructing an Individual Profile, featuring Richard Thomas, the former UK Information Commissioner and Global Strategy Advisor of the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams
Compliance Programs and Accountability Agents, with panelist Marty Abrams, Executive Director of the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams
Consent: Illusion or Reality, featuring Lisa Sotto, head of the Global Privacy and Information Management practice at Hunton & Williams
Government Access to Private Sector Data, with moderator Fred Cate, Senior Policy Advisor of the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams
Conflict of Laws, featuring moderator Christopher Kuner, head of the EU Privacy and Information Management practice at Hunton & Williams

Tags: Accountability, Fred Cate, Israel, Lisa Sotto, Marty Abrams, Richard Thomas

Accountability Phase II – Demonstrating and Measuring Accountability

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Hunton & Williams LLP

On October 26, 2010, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership (the “Centre”) released its long-awaited paper, “Demonstrating and Measuring Accountability, Accountability Phase II – The Paris Project” at the 32nd International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners in Jerusalem, Israel. This document is the result of the deliberations of an international working group that includes 60 representatives of business, civil society, government, data protection and privacy enforcement agencies, and the European Data Protection Supervisor. Acting as Secretariat, the Centre led the collaborative drafting process of the paper and convened meetings facilitated by the CNIL in Paris earlier this year to discuss the Accountability Project. The document builds upon last year’s work on accountability, “Data Protection Accountability: The Essential Elements, the Galway Project,” and explores what organizations should be prepared to demonstrate to establish their accountability, as well as how regulators should measure accountability. The paper lists nine common fundamentals of an accountability implementation program that provide guidance to organizations looking to build their programs.

Phase III of the Accountability Project, to be carried out in 2011, will be facilitated by the Spanish Data Protection Agency.

For more information on the Centre’s Accountability project, please visit the Centre’s website.

Tags: Accountability, CNIL, France, Information Commissioners Office, Israel, Marty Abrams, Paula Bruening, Spain

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Mexico Hosts 33rd International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners

Israeli Justice Ministry Announces Breakthrough in Information Theft Case

Israeli National Labor Court Severely Restricts Employee Monitoring

ILITA Issues Restrictions on Financial Institutions

European Commission Finds Israeli Data Protection Law Provides Adequate Protection

Jerusalem Declaration Calls for International Agreement on Data Protection Enforcement

Live Coverage from Jerusalem: FTC Admitted as a Member of the International Group of Data Protection Commissioners

Live Coverage from Jerusalem

Accountability Phase II – Demonstrating and Measuring Accountability

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