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Technology and Schengen Governance
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On the 21 March 2013 the LIBE Committee organised a hearing on Schengen Governance and Border Management with the aim of presenting the state of play and latest developments, with a particular eye to the switch-on of the revised Schengen Information...
EDPS Opinion on Cybercrime Centre
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The European Data Protection Supervisor issued its Opinion on the Commission's Communication on the establishment of a European Cyber Crime Centre, the main conclusion of which read as follows:"50. The EDPS regards the fight against cybercrime as a c...
Report on EU-US PNR Treaty rejected in Committee
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Sophie in ‘t Veld’s (ALDE) report to the LIBE (Civil liberities, justice and home affairs) Committee was rejected yesterday. The report to reject the EU-US treaty failed in a vote of 23 votes for, 31 against, and 1 abstention.The PNR treaty will...
Five Minutes with Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission: “A single set of data-protection rules across Europe will give citizens additional confidence to go online, and save businesses 23 billion Euros in ten years”.
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Does a single market need just one data-protection regime? With current controversies about privacy rules running very hot, Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission explains why its recent proposal to change the existing rules (now t...
More information on our privacy policy changes
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Update, Tuesday 28 February, 14:30 CET: Today we received a letter from the CNIL, and we have responded with this letter. Last night we received a letter from the Jacob Kohnstamm, Chairman of the Europe's Article 29 Working Party, asking for additio...
The Inventory
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January is obviously a month during which various plans for 2012 are being made by the European institutions. Also the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) published today his priorities for the coming year as far as legislative initiatives are...
Princess Caroline vs. German glossy BUNTE
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A decision in the field of freedom of expression versus personality right by Germany's highest court the Federal Constitutional Court otherwise known as Bundesverfassungsgericht or "BVerfG" has caught this Kat's eye (case reference: 1 BvR 927/08). No...
This Is Medieval! We Can Do Better!
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Today’s Digital Agenda Summit from The Lisbon Council proved to be both an eye opener and perplexing. As someone with an above average understanding of digital issues it was a real worry just how much more complex the main issue being discussed...
PNR, SWIFT… va-t-on vers un armistice entre les Etats-Unis et l’Union européenne ?
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Il faut sortir de l’impasse, la guérilla dure depuis longtemps, comment y mettre fin ? C’est là tout le problème et l’enjeu des différentes rencontres. Cela dure depuis longtemps, la preuve le nombre d’articles consacrés par Nea say à...
E-Privacy Directive Regulations Bring New Cookie Rules to the European Union Effective May 25, 2011
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BBC News reports in New net rules set to make cookies crumble, that:"From 25 May, European laws dictate that 'explicit consent' must be gathered from web users who are being tracked via text files called 'cookies'....The changes are demanded by the...
New European Commission proposal on the use of PNR data in the fight against terrorism
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The proposal aims to harmonise Member States’ provisions on obligations for air carriers, operating flights between a third country and the territory of at least one Member State, to transmit PNR data to the competent authorities for the purpose of...
EU to create "right to be forgotten"
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As the public's concern over internet privacy violations on sites like Facebook continues to grow, the EU unveiled new proposals yesterday to give people more control over how their online personal data is collected and used. The new update to EU pri...
European Parliament debates EU-US data protection agreement
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Europeans and Americans are trying to overcome their data protection differences via a possible police and judicial co-operation agreement. At a Civil Liberties Committee hearing on Monday, MEPs debated a draft negotiating brief proposed by the Commi...
Don’t be evil? Video mocking Google’s views on privacy
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A nice video parodying Google’s policy regarding its views on privacy. The video is starring Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google. As a background information, remember that when he was asked during an interview for on CNBC’s about whether Int...
Privacy challenges facing the European Union from ACTA
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Since the early ‘70s, European countries have adopted a comprehensive legal framework on personal data protection that aims to balance the free flow of information for market purposes with an adequate level of protection for the right of privacy.
Cookie compliance: privacy regulators make the best of a bad law | Pinsent Masons LLP
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Cookie compliance: privacy regulators make the best of a bad law | Pinsent Masons LLP...
ECJ rules on reconciling data protection law with freedom of information law | Pinsent Masons LLP
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ECJ rules on reconciling data protection law with freedom of information law | Pinsent Masons LLP...
