Data Protection & Cybersecurity Archives | GamingTechLaw by Giulio Coraggio

BREAKING NEWS – EU Privacy Reform Agreed

The EU privacy reform providing for the adoption of the EU Data Protection Regulation has been agreed setting a milestone for the future of privacy within the EU.

Dec 2015

Privacy troubles for social media after Belgian Facebook case?

The prohibition ordered to Facebook by the Belgian Privacy Commission to track users without an account might have an impact on all social media and websites.

Nov 2015

Legal issues of the Internet of Things at IoTSWC

Here is a video of a panel run by myself and my DLA Piper colleague Mark Radcliffe with Kathrine Butler from GE, Lorena Marciano from Cisco Systems and Edwina Baddeley from Accenture on the legal issues of the Internet of Things at the Internet of Things Summit World Congress of Barcelona 2015.

Nov 2015

EC issues privacy related guidance on EU-US data transfers

The European Commission issued guidelines on how to operate following the invalidation by the European Court of Justice of the Safe Harbor privacy principles for transfers of personal data between the EU and US. But this might not be the solution of this saga.

What a crazy Internet of Things week!

It will be a very busy week with 3 Internet of Things conferences in just two days to attend. But it will certainly be a lot of fun.

Whistleblowing rules for banks in place soon

Italian banks are required to comply with strict rules in their whistleblowing procedures for reporting possible breaches in banking law regulations by the end of the year.

Privacy regulators save EU/US trade after Safe Harbor ruling?

EU privacy regulators took their first position on the Safe Harbor decision when negotiations on the TTIP agreement between the EU and the US reach a delicate stage.

Privacy model clauses after Safe Harbor invalidation?

The position of a German privacy authority challenging data transfers under the EU model clauses following the Safe Harbor decision of the ECJ created a higher level of uncertainty.

Safe Harbor privacy principles invalid, what to do NOW?

The European Court of Justice (the CJEU) held that the Safe Harbor privacy principles for the transfer of data to the US are invalid opening questions on past and future data transfers relying on such data protection rules and calling for immediate actions.

Sep 2015

Upcoming Privacy Troubles on transfer of Data to the US

The Advocate General of the European Court of Justice Yves Bot issued his opinion on the Facebook case raising concerns on the adequacy of the Safe Harbor privacy principles for the transfer of personal data to the United States leading to considerable issues for not only social media, but for any business.