My fellow founding Partner at ICT Legal Consulting, Luca Bolognini, recently published a fascinating book that explores the digital world through a visionary lens. The book is entitled "A.I. - Artificial Insanity: Reflections on the resilience of human intelligence" and reflects on the future of artificial intelligence in the era of the Internet of Things and Big Data ...
On 5 July 2018 MEPs passed a resolution (303 votes to 223, 29 abstentions) to suspend Privacy Shield starting from 1 September 2018 until the United States is in full compliance with the terms of the agreement. Members of the European Parliament in doing so have called upon US authorities to remove companies that misuse personal ...
Earlier this month MEPs from the Civil Liberties Committee brought attention to the necessity of better monitoring Privacy Shield by way of a Motion for a Resolution to wind up the debate on the statement by the Commission pursuant to Rule 123(2) of the Rules of Procedure on the adequacy of the protection afforded by the EU-US ...
“Non è più sufficiente gestire la #Privacy in azienda tramite un’azione una tantum: con il #GDPR il processo deve essere continuo. Sorge la necessità di strutturare un vero e proprio Modello Organizzativo Privacy.” - Il mio intervento al Convegno Privacy Unolegal 2018.
The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights has released the updated 2018 edition of the "Handbook on European data protection law" which provides us with an understanding of the European Union and Council of Europe's applicable data protection legal frameworks. The handbook is particularly useful in that in addition to providing an overview of EU data protection law, it ...
Happy May 25th to everyone. Today represents the start of a new era for data protection, privacy and digital rights. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b-kiF3k8WTQ&feature=youtu.be
I've been saying it for quite some time, but it is becoming ever-more clear that Data Protection in itself can represent a new form of Corporate Social Responsibility. No present or forthcoming legal framework (whether it be the EU’s much-discussed General Data Protection Regulation or new competition rules) will ever be able to effectively regulate our ...
On 3 May 2018 I officially presented the Surinamese Privacy and Data Protection (SPDP) Law to the Parliament. The reaction was positive and Members of the Parliament were interested in understanding the key provisions of the SPDP Law, acknowledging the need in the country to establish the fundamental right to personal data protection and, more ...
The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers has approved the modernisation of Treaty No. 108, Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data. The amending protocol will be formally adopted next week by the Committee of Ministers during their annual ministerial session on 18 May 2018 in Elsinore (Denmark). In it's Summary Report on co-operation between the ...
On April 25th the European Commission published an official communication "Artificial Intelligence for Europe {SWD(2018) 137 final}" in which it stressed the importance of having a coordinated approach to AI in order to take full advantage of the benefits that it can bring to EU member states and to society in general. In fact, in early April 24 ...
Top-tier ICT, privacy & data protection lawyer and Founding Partner of ICT Legal Consulting. Professor of Privacy, Cybersecurity, and IT Contract Law at the European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity within the Maastricht University Faculty of Law. President of the European Privacy Association. Lead Auditor BS ISO/IEC 27001:2013 (IRCA Certified).
Read more
CONNECT