The Austrian Data Protection Commission and the Federal Administrative Court of Switzerland both issued rulings imposing certain requirements on Google with respect to how it captures and uses images collected for Google Street View.
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Article 29 Working Party Releases Opinion on EU Data Breach Notification Framework
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On April 5, 2011, the Article 29 Working Party adopted an Opinion on the EU framework for mandatory data breach notifications in the telecommunications sector.
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European Commission Seeks Germany’s Compliance with ECJ Judgment on DPA Independence
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On April 6, 2011, the European Commission formally requested that Germany immediately comply with a March 9, 2010 judgment by the European Court of Justice concerning the independence of German data protection authorities.
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EU Agency for Fundamental Rights: Prosecutions and Sanctions for Violations of Data Protection Law Limited or Non-Existent
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According to a report issued by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, European data protection authorities lack sufficient independence and funding.
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Austrian DPA Approves SOX Whistleblowing Hotline but with Limitations
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On December 5, 2008, the Austrian data protection authority ("DPA") issued its first decision on the implementation of a whistleblowing hotline as required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act ("SOX"), to be administered by the Austrian subsidiary of a U.S.-based company. The DPA partly approved the data transfers from the Austrian entity to the U.S. entity for…