On September 8, 2017, the Council of the European Union published its proposed revisions to the draft E-Privacy Regulation, which have been made based on written comments and discussions involving the Working Party for Telecommunications and Information Society and serve as a discussion for further meetings of the group in late September 2017. … Continue Reading
On September 11, 2017, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP issued a white paper on the Proposal for an ePrivacy Regulation, which comments on the European Commission's proposal to replace and modernize the privacy framework for electronic communications contained in the current ePrivacy Directive and to align it with the GDPR.… Continue Reading
With less than one year to go before the EU General Data Protection Regulation comes into force, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams and AvePoint have launched the second annual GDPR Organizational Readiness Survey. This blog post contains a link to the survey. … Continue Reading
Recently, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP issued a white paper. The White Paper sets forth guidance and recommendations on the key concepts of transparency, consent and legitimate interest under the EU General Data Protection Regulation.… Continue Reading
On June 2, 2017, in preparation for the first annual review of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework, the European Commission has sent questionnaires to trade associations and other groups to seek information from their Privacy Shield-certified members on the experiences of such organizations during the first year of the Privacy Shield.… Continue Reading
The Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP recently submitted formal comments to the Article 29 Working Party’s Guidelines on Data Protection Impact Assessment and determining whether processing is "likely to result in a high risk" that were adopted on April 4, 2017.… Continue Reading
On April 12, 2017, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP issued a discussion paper on Certifications, Seals and Marks under the GDPR and Their Roles as Accountability Tools and Cross-Border Data Transfer Mechanisms which sets forth recommendations concerning the implementation of the EU GDPR’s provisions on the development and use of certification mechanisms.… Continue Reading
On February 15, 2017, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP submitted two sets of formal comments to the Article 29 Working Party. CIPL commented on the Guidelines for identifying a controller or processor’s lead supervisory authority, and on the Guidelines on the right to data portability.… Continue Reading
On March 6 and 7, 2017, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP and over 100 public and private sector participants in CIPL’s GDPR Implementation Project will convene in Madrid, Spain, for CIPL’s third major GDPR implementation workshop.… Continue Reading
On January 25, 2017, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP submitted formal comments to the Article 29 Working Party's Guidelines on Data Protection Officers.… Continue Reading
On December 21, 2016, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP issued a white paper on Risk, High Risk, Risk Assessments and Data Protection Impact Assessments under the GDPR. The White Paper sets forth guidance and recommendations concerning the interpretation and implementation of the GDPR’s provisions relating to risk and risk assessment.… Continue Reading
On November 30, 2016, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP issued a white paper on The One-Stop-Shop and the Lead DPA as Co-operation Mechanisms in the GDPR.… Continue Reading
On November 20, 2016, the heads of state of the 21 member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum reaffirmed the APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules system in their Leaders’ Declaration at the APEC Leaders’ Meeting in Lima, Peru. … Continue Reading
On November 17, 2016, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP issued a white paper which sets forth guidance and recommendations concerning the interpretation and implementation of the GDPR’s provisions relating to the role of the Data Protection Officer. … Continue Reading
On November 9, 2016, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP and AvePoint released the results of a joint global survey launched in May 2016 concerning organizational preparedness for implementing the EU General Data Protection Regulation. … Continue Reading
On October 20, 2016, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership hosted a side workshop at the International Conference of Data Protection & Privacy Commissioners focused on transparency and risk assessment, entitled “The Role of Risk Assessment and Transparency in Enabling Organizational Accountability in the Digital Economy.”… Continue Reading
On October 21, 2016, the Vietnam e-Commerce and Information Technology Agency and APEC co-hosted an APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules system capacity-building workshop in Da Nang, Vietnam, on the heels of last week’s bilateral affirmation of commitment between the U.S. and Japan to implement and expand the CBPR system. The workshop further signals the continuing growth of the CBPR system.… Continue Reading
Recently, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP and Telefónica issued a joint white paper on Reframing Data Transparency. The white paper was the outcome of a June 2016 roundtable held by the two organizations in London, discussing the importance of user-centric transparency to the data driven economy.… Continue Reading
Last month, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership held its second GDPR Workshop in Paris as part of its two-year GDPR Implementation Project. The purpose of the project is to provide a forum for stakeholders to promote EU-wide consistency in implementing the GDPR, encourage forward-thinking and future-proof interpretations of key GDPR provisions, develop and share relevant best practices, and foster a culture of trust and collaboration between regulators and industry. … Continue Reading
With the EU Data Protection Regulation enacted and due to come into force in May 2018, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams and AvePoint have launched a global survey to enable organizations to benchmark their readiness for the GDPR. This blog post contains a link to the survey. … Continue Reading
Recently, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP co-hosted a one-day workshop in Amsterdam with the Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice, as part of its kick off of CIPL’s new long-term project on the implementation of the EU General Data Protection Regulation. This blog entry provides highlights on the project and a link to its workshop report.… Continue Reading
AvePoint has joined forces with the Centre for Information Policy Leadership, a global privacy policy think tank at Hunton & Williams LLP, to launch the first global survey to benchmark organizations’ readiness for the GDPR.… Continue Reading
On March 17, 2016, Bojana Bellamy, President of the Centre for Information Policy Leadership, participated on a panel of experts at a hearing in front of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs about the new EU-U.S. Privacy Shield for commercial transfers of EU personal data to the U.S. … Continue Reading
On March 16, 2016, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP will co-host a workshop in Amsterdam, Netherlands, together with the Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice, to kick off a new long-term project on the implementation of the EU General Data Protection Regulation.… Continue Reading
