On April 4, 2017, the Article 29 Working Party adopted an Opinion on the Proposed Regulation of the European Commission for the ePrivacy Regulation. The Proposed ePrivacy Regulation is intended to replace the ePrivacy Directive and to increase harmonization of ePrivacy rules in the EU. … Continue Reading
The State Administration for Industry and Commerce of the People's Republic of China published a draft of its Implementing Regulations for the P.R.C. Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Consumers for public comment. The draft is open for comment until September 5, 2016.… Continue Reading
On July 25, 2016, the Article 29 Working Party and the European Data Protection Supervisor released their respective Opinions regarding the evaluation and review of Directive 2002/58/EC on privacy and electronic communications. Both the Working Party and the EDPS stressed that new rules should complement the protections available under the EU General Data Protection Regulation. … Continue Reading
In a recently published decision, the Belgian Court of Cassation confirmed the broad interpretation given to the "right to be forgotten" by a Belgian Court of Appeal. … Continue Reading
Hunton & Williams LLP releases The EU General Data Protection Regulation, a Guide for In-House Lawyers to assist with understanding the new GDPR and planning ahead for implementation. This blog entry provides a link to download a copy of the Guide.… Continue Reading
On September 22, 2015, the Article 29 Working Party (the “Working Party”) adopted an Opinion on the Cloud Select Industry Group (“C-SIG”) Code of Conduct on data protection for Cloud Service Providers (the “Code”). In the Opinion, the Working Party analyzes the Code that was drafted by the Cloud Select Industry Group (the “C-SIG”).… Continue Reading
On August 14 and August 26, 2015, the Conference of the Data Protection Commissioners of the Federal Government and the Federal States (Länder) issued a detailed position paper and a press release on the main issues for the trilogue negotiations on the proposed EU General Data Protection Regulation.… Continue Reading
On June 18, 2015, the Article 29 Working Party published an opinion setting out the Working Party's views on a range of core topics in the proposed EU General Data Protection Regulation.… Continue Reading
On June 24, 2015, DataGuidance will host a complimentary webinar on Brazil: Towards Privacy Compliance, and the panel of speakers includes Bojana Bellamy, President of the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams. This blog entry provides a link to register for the event.… Continue Reading
The Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams filed comments on Brazil's draft law "on the processing of personal data to protect the personality and dignity of natural persons," focusing on key issues in the context of global privacy policy and practice.… Continue Reading
On April 10, 2015, the UK Information Commissioner's Office published a summary of the feedback received from its July 2014 report on big data and data protection. This blog entry provides key highlights set forth in the summary.… Continue Reading
As part of its ongoing Brazil outreach initiative, a delegation of the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams is in Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro this week to meet with Brazilian government representatives, organizations and experts to discuss global privacy law and best practice developments.… Continue Reading
On February 5, 2015, the Article 29 Working Party published a letter that responds to a request of the European Commission to clarify the scope of health data processed by lifestyle and wellbeing apps. In the letter, the Working Party identifies the criteria to determine when personal data qualifies as "health data," and provides recommendations on the treatment of health data in the proposed EU Regulation.… Continue Reading
On November 25, 2014, the Article 29 Working Party adopted Opinion 9/2014 on device fingerprinting. This Opinion addresses the applicability of the consent requirement in Article 5.3 of the e-Privacy Directive to device fingerprinting.… Continue Reading
On September 16, 2014, the Article 29 Working Party adopted a Statement setting forth a number of "key messages" by the Working Party on how big data impacts compliance requirements with EU privacy law, the principal message being that big data does not impact or change basic EU data protection requirements.… Continue Reading
On July 28, 2014, the UK Information Commissioner's Office released a comprehensive report on big data and data protection. This is the first big data guidance prepared by a European data protection authority.… Continue Reading
On June 18, 2014, the German state data protection authorities responsible for the private sector issued guidelines concerning the data protection requirements for app developers and app publishers.… Continue Reading
On May 27, 2014, the Federal Trade Commission announced the release of a new report recommending that Congress consider enacting legislation that would increase transparency in the data broker industry and give consumers more control over how data brokers collect and share their personal information. … Continue Reading
On February 18, 2014, the Frankfurt am Main Regional Court issued a ruling addressing the use of opt-out notices for web analytics tools.… Continue Reading
On March 28, 2014, the 87th Conference of the German Data Protection Commissioners concluded in Hamburg. This blog post provides an overview of several key resolutions adopted during the Conference.… Continue Reading
On September 25, 2013, Senator Jay Rockefeller expanded his investigation of the data broker industry by sending letters to twelve popular health and personal finance websites requesting information about their data collection and sharing practices. Responses are due by October 11, 2013.… Continue Reading
On September 23 and 24, 2013, a declaration and eight resolutions were adopted by the closed session of the 35th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners. This blog entry provides an overview of the declaration and the most significant resolutions. … Continue Reading
On September 5, 2013, federal and state data protection authorities in Germany passed a resolution concerning recent revelations about UK and U.S. government surveillance programs, emphasizing that more should be done to understand the scope of these programs and mitigate negative impacts on privacy.… Continue Reading
