Just a few days ago the ICO published its "Investigation into the use of data analytics in political campaigns Investigation update" report that provides details with respect to the office of Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham's investigation of the widespread use of data analytics in electoral campaigns. The report largely focuses on Facebook and Cambridge Analytica as ...
One month after the EU's General Data Protection Regulation has become directly applicable in all EU Member States, I would like to take the opportunity to consider the importance of what I deem to be a fundamental pillar of privacy and data protection: Data Protection by Design/Default (“DPbD”). What is data protection ‘by design’ and ‘by default’? ...
Earlier this week in his blog, Wojciech Wiewiórowski (Assistant Supervisor at the EDPS) discussed the importance of civil society organisations as strategic allies of European DPAs because they play an important role in the practical application of data protection principles by "empowering individuals to assert their rights and holding data controllers accountable for their actions." Wiewiórowski pointed out ...
The European Data Protection Supervisor has called for a smarter approach to information sharing to address challenges relating to security and border management in its Opinion 4/2018 on the Proposals for two Regulations establishing a framework for interoperability between EU large-scale information systems.
The EDPS has published new Guidelines on the processing of personal data through information systems for EU institutions which include 26 recommendations for EU institutions to follo win order to better their own own accountability with respect to the information systems and databases they make use of. Read the complete "Guidelines on the protection of personal ...
On 16 March the European Data Protection Supervisor published new Guidelines on the use of cloud computing services by the European institutions and bodies. The Guidelines provide suggestions and instructions for EU institutions in order to further compliance with Regulation (EC) No. 45/2001. The Guidelines deal specifically with: - how to assess the appropriateness of the ...
Yesterday (24 April 2017) the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) published Opinion 6/2017 on the Proposal for a Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications. The Opinion stresses the importance of the Proposal and the fact that European data protection regulation would be incomplete without an instrument that governs the confidentiality of communications as protected under Article 7 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights. The ...
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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