Today is Data Protection Day, the day when we celebrate the anniversary of Convention 108 opening for signature. Convention 108 is the first legally binding international law aiming to ensure that the fundamental rights of individuals are respected in the context of personal data processing activities. Each year when January 28th comes around, I ask ...
In recent weeks, cookies have received a great deal of attention in Italy after Italian media conglomerate, GEDI Gruppo Editoriale S.p.A., implemented new cookie banners across a number of its websites (e.g., La Repubblica, La Stampa, Huffpost, Il Secolo XIX). GEDI is not alone, however, as other major Italian newspapers such as Corriere della Sera, ...
This afternoon, the European Commission announced that it has (finally) finalised its much-awaited draft adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. According to the Commission, the draft adequacy decision “reflects the assessment by the Commission of the US legal framework and concludes that it provides comparable safeguards to those of the EU”. The decision has been sent to ...
Il mio amico Luca Bolognini mi ha intervistato per la sua serie intitolata “Vita da Privacyista”. Ho discusso con lui con grande piacere di privacy e protezione dei dati, a tutto campo: dall'importanza di educare i bambini alla privacy alla necessità di introdurre nei curricula scolastici una gamification di queste materie, dalla mia ricerca all’Università di Maastricht ...
I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed for the ELSA Azerbaijan Law Review on Law and Technology. We discussed how I ended up where I am today, robot lawyers, legal tech, Data Protection as a Corporate Social Responsibility, and more! Check out the complete interview here.
Very happy to have been appointed as a member of the European Commission’s Expert Group on B2B data sharing and cloud computing contracts, co-managed by the Directorate-General for Communications, Networks, Content and Technology and the Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers. With this appointment, I will put my knowledge of cloud computing to the best use I ...
I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed by Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal of Outschool for the Serious Privacy podcast, check out the episode here! During the podcast we discuss my research on the topic of Data Protection as a Corporate Social Responsibility which aims to improve data protection and data security for a ...
After 11 years, we are more motivated than ever to continue improving, determined to achieve ambitious goals, even more curious, and ready to push our boundaries! The enthusiasm of our colleagues is growing as we enter a phase of greater maturity, self-consciousness, and harmonious international and multidisciplinary expansion! At our semiannual party, Luca Bolognini and I discussed strategy, ...
I just finished a very interesting discussion with Mark Thompson (Director of Research and Insight, IAPP) and William Malcolm, (Director, Privacy Legal, Google) on Future trends in Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PET). During the conference, we discussed the intricacies of Differential Privacy, Federated Learning, Homomorphic Encryption, Synthetic Data, Trusted Enclaves, and the Privacy Sandbox, etc. But you may be ...
Each year I celebrate May 25th, the anniversary of the applicability of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), by reflecting on the spirit of the Regulation and taking stock of its relevance in supporting democracy, fundamental rights, and the freedoms we hold so dear. This year, however, my thoughts have concentrated on another incredibly relevant ...
Top-tier European ICT, Privacy & Cybersecurity lawyer. Professor of Privacy, Cybersecurity, and IT Contract Law at the European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity (ECPC) within the Maastricht University Faculty of Law. Founding Partner of ICT Legal Consulting. Lead Auditor BS ISO/IEC 27001:2013.
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