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EU and U.S. Formulating a Privacy Framework Agreement

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Hunton & Williams LLP

As reported in BNA’s Privacy Law Watch, EU Member States are working on an overarching privacy framework agreement with the United States. The framework agreement, which may be used as a starting point for future negotiations, aims to reduce the amount of time and resources required to prepare new agreements between the European Union and the United States.

Tags: Article 29 Working Party, David Vladeck, EU Member States, Federal Trade Commission, Jon Leibowitz, OECD, Viviane Reding

EU Commission Postpones Publication of Proposal for Revised Data Protection Directive

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Hunton & Williams LLP

According to a spokesperson at the European Commission, the publication of the proposal for the review of the EU Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC) has been postponed until late February or March 2012. The draft proposal was scheduled to be officially released in late January after it was leaked in December 2011. According to various sources, the proposal received negative responses from several Directorates-General over the course of the “inter-service consultation,” some of whom have voiced their concern that the proposed new framework would be stricter than the current legal framework and thus may have a negative impact on businesses. For example, parts of the proposal, such as the right to be forgotten, are viewed by some as potentially too burdensome for companies.

Tags: EU Data Protection Directive, European Commission, Legislation, Right to be Forgotten, Viviane Reding

Hunton & Williams on the BCR Forefront

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Hunton & Williams LLP

Shortly before Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, gave her keynote address on binding corporate rules (“BCRs”) at the IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress in Paris, Hunton & Williams co-authored two articles on BCRs with the French Data Protection Authority (“CNIL”):

Tags: Binding Corporate Rules, CNIL, Data Protection Authority, Data Transfer, Emmanuelle Bartoli, European Commission, France, Olivier Proust, Viviane Reding

European Commission Drafts to Reform the EU Data Protection Framework Enter Interservice Consultation

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Hunton & Williams LLP

In early December 2011, drafts of two legal instruments prepared by DG Justice of the European Commission to reform the EU data protection framework entered interservice consultation. This process will give other Directorates-General of the Commission the opportunity to comment on the drafts before they are formally released as legislative proposals; accordingly, changes to the drafts are likely. Following this comment period, the drafts will enter the EU legislative process, which is likely to take at least two to three years before they become law. It is believed that Justice Commissioner and Commission Vice-President Viviane Reding will formally announce final versions of the drafts at an appearance at the World Economic Forum in late January 2012.

Tags: Article 29 Working Party, Binding Corporate Rules, Data Controller, Data Processor, Data Protection Authority, EU Data Protection Directive, European Commission, European Data Protection Supervisor, European Parliament, Opt-In Consent, Viviane Reding

EU Commissioner Reding Signals Intention to Introduce Mandatory Data Breach Notification

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Hunton & Williams LLP

Speaking at the British Bankers’ Association’s Data Protection and Privacy Conference in London on June 20, 2011, Viviane Reding, Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, signaled her intention to streamline data protection to “simplify the regulatory environment” and “substantially reduce the administrative burden” for businesses. In return, Reding expects businesses to ensure “safe and transparent digital products and services.”

Tags: Consumer Protection, E-Privacy Directive, EU Member States, European Commission, Telecommunications, United Kingdom, Viviane Reding

Announcing the Launch of a New Journal on International Data Protection and Privacy Law

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Hunton & Williams LLP

Oxford University Press recently published the debut issue of the new quarterly journal International Data Privacy Law (“IDPL”), the first and only journal on data protection and privacy law which both focuses on international issues and subjects articles to double-blind peer review. Hunton & Williams Brussels-based partner Christopher Kuner is the journal’s editor-in-chief, and Professor Fred Cate, Senior Policy Advisor of the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams, also serves as an editor. According to Mr. Kuner, “IDPL has three main missions, namely to be global, to span the gulf between scholarship and practice and to help solidify the position of data protection and privacy law as a central area of importance for the individual, the economy and the development of new technologies.”

Tags: Austria, Bojana Bellamy, Christopher Kuner, EU Data Protection Directive, International Data Privacy Law, Michael Kirby, OECD, Omer Tene, Peter Hustinx, Viviane Reding, Whistleblowing

European Parliament Meeting Offers Update on Review of EU Data Protection Directive

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Hunton & Williams LLP

On March 16, 2011, a meeting of the “European Privacy Platform” group of the European Parliament was held in Brussels. The meeting provided important insights into the likely structure and content of proposed revisions to the European Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC that the European Commission has been working on for the past several months.

Tags: Accountability, Belgium, Binding Corporate Rules, Cloud Computing, Consumer Protection, Data Protection Authority, Data Transfer, EU Data Protection Directive, EU Member States, European Commission, European Parliament, Lisbon Treaty, Right to be Forgotten, Social Media, Viviane Reding

Department of Commerce Official Holds Briefing on EU Data Protection Forum

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Hunton & Williams LLP

On January 11, 2011, Michelle O’Neill, U.S. Department of Commerce Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade, held a briefing on her November 2010 meetings in Brussels with European data protection authorities. She discussed a data protection and privacy forum that was convened in November at which she met with several high-level European regulators, including Jacob Kohnstamm, Viviane Reding and Peter Hustinx. O’Neill mentioned “the right to be forgotten” as a current hot-button issue in Europe. Commissioner Reding, who is firmly in charge of the reconsideration of the EU Data Protection Directive, focused on ensuring easier compliance with EU data protection rules and greater harmonization among Member States. O’Neill stated that Peter Hustinx was encouraged by the work ongoing in the United States, including the “Green Paper” issued by the Department of Commerce. He considers the various U.S. efforts a basis for further dialogue with U.S. authorities. O’Neill noted that comments to the EU consultation are due January 15, 2011. The Department of Commerce intends to file a response.

Tags: Data Protection Authority, Department of Commerce, EU Data Protection Directive, European Commission, Federal Trade Commission, Jacob Kohnstamm, National Science and Technology Council, Peter Hustinx, Right to be Forgotten, Safe Harbor, Viviane Reding

European Commission Postpones Revision of the General Data Protection Directive

Posted on August 3, 2010 by Hunton & Williams LLP

In a statement released on August 2, 2010, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) announced that the European Commission has adopted a new time frame for the revision of the EU Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC (the “Directive”). Following a public consultation on the EU Data Protection Framework late last year, Commissioner Viviane Reding, who is in charge of Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, had announced that a proposal for the revision of the Directive would be presented in November 2010. However, several European data protection authorities urged the European Commission not to rush through the revisions, and requested additional time in order to address the impact of this revision and challenges to personal data protection. Accordingly, the European Commission has decided to postpone the release of a proposal, noting that it will instead issue a statement in November 2010, and will present proposed revisions in the latter half of 2011.

More information is available (in French) on the CNIL’s website.

Tags: EU Data Protection Directive, European Commission, Viviane Reding

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EU and U.S. Formulating a Privacy Framework Agreement

EU Commission Postpones Publication of Proposal for Revised Data Protection Directive

Hunton & Williams on the BCR Forefront

EU Commissioner Reding Signals Intention to Introduce Mandatory Data Breach Notification

Announcing the Launch of a New Journal on International Data Protection and Privacy Law

Department of Commerce Official Holds Briefing on EU Data Protection Forum

European Commission Postpones Revision of the General Data Protection Directive

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