On October 4, 2021, the California Privacy Protection Agency appointed Ashkan Soltani as its first Executive Director. Soltani, a former chief technologist for the Federal Trade Commission and senior advisor to the White House, began his new role on Monday.
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EU Member States Agree on Council’s Text for the ePrivacy Regulation
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On February 10, 2021, representatives of the EU Member States reached an agreement on the Council of the European Union’s negotiating mandate for the draft ePrivacy Regulation, which will replace the current ePrivacy Directive. The text approved by the EU Member States was prepared under Portugal’s Presidency and will form the basis of the Council’s negotiations with the European Parliament on the final terms of the ePrivacy Regulation.
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CIPL Releases New Paper on COVID-19 and U.S. Privacy Law
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On August 25, 2020, Hunton’s Centre for Information Policy Leadership released a new paper entitled “Data Protection in the New Decade: Lessons from COVID-19 for a US Privacy Framework,” examining how the COVID-19 pandemic has emphasized the need for a U.S. federal privacy law.
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European Commission Plans to Upgrade e-Privacy Directive to a Regulation
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On December 12, 2016, Politico reported that the European Commission intends to replace the e-Privacy Directive with a Regulation. The planned shift from a Directive to a Regulation means that the Regulation will create a harmonized set of requirements at the EU level that are directly applicable in the Member States. …
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Advocate General Advises Revision of PNR Agreement between EU and Canada
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On September 8, 2016, Advocate General Paolo Mengozzi of the Court of Justice of the European Union issued his Opinion on the compatibility of the draft agreement between Canada and the EU on the transfer of passenger name record data with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. …
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Advocate General Finds Member States May Not Breach EU Laws Over Electronic Communications Retention
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On July 19, 2016, Advocate General Saugmandsgaard Oe published his Opinion on two cases that sought to establish whether a general obligation to retain data is compatible with the fundamental rights to privacy and data protection under EU law.
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Belgian Court of Cassation Rules on Right to Be Forgotten
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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. …
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UN Human Rights Council Establishes Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy
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On March 26, 2015 the United Nations Human Rights Council announced that it will appoint a new position as special rapporteur on the right to privacy for a term of three years.
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UK Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Court Order to Disclose Identities
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On November 21, 2012, the UK Supreme Court affirmed a court order requiring the disclosure of identifying information of individuals who violated ticketing terms and conditions when they re-sold tickets to rugby matches using an online ticket re-selling website.
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European Commission Presents Evaluation Report on Telecommunications Data Retention
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On April 18, 2011, the European Commission adopted its Evaluation Report on EU Data Retention Directive 2006/24/EC regarding the retention of telecommunications data for law enforcement purposes.
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