UK Parliament Rejects Commission’s Data Protection Proposal Despite Promise for More Flexibility
The European Commission’s Data Protection Reform Proposal came under fire in a just-issued report by the UK House of Commons Justice Committee that called the proposed Regulation “overly prescriptive” and lacking “flexibility or discretion” for data controllers and regulators. While The UK Justice Committee report concludes that a Regulation is necessary in order to update […]
From Uruguay, Chris Wolf: Privacy and Technology in Balance
On Tuesday, October 23, FPF’s Chris Wolf was one of the first plenary speakers at the 34th Annual Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Authorities in Punta Del Este, Uruguay. Here is the text of his remarks: Privacy and Technology in Balance Thank you for the opportunity to present on behalf of the Future of Privacy […]
Washington Privacy Update Event, Chicago, IL
Invitation to those of you in Chicago – please join us! Our friends at BrightTag with help from privacy expert Justine Gottshall are hosting an event for us. Washington Privacy Update Event When: Thursday, October 25th, 10:00am – 11:30 Please RSVP to [email protected] to sign up and we will send you location and details. (no […]
What’s Wrong with the Proposed EU Right of Data Portability?
A new report shows that a largely unpublicized section of the EU draft Data Protection Regulation could have far reaching implications for both businesses and consumers. The draft Regulation gives consumers an unprecedented new economic and human right—the right to data portability (“RDP”). The basic idea of the RDP is that individuals would be able […]
EU Official Validates Position That Governmental Access to Data in the Cloud is Similar in US and EU
The notion that governmental access is similar in the European Union and the United States was validated on the political level this week by Megan Richards, EU Commission Acting Deputy Director General for Information Society and Media. Speaking at the Cloud Computing World Forum in London, Ms. Richards asserted that, “theoretically, it shouldn’t matter where data […]
Cookie Consent Exemption: Article 29 WP Opinion
The European Union’s Article 29 Data Protection Working Party (WP 29) released its Opinion 04/2012 on Cookie Consent Exemption today. The opinion is released amidst the implementation of Directive 2009/136/EC (“Cookie Directive”) in most member states and aims to clarify the circumstances in which cookies are exempted from the informed consent requirement. In its opinion, […]
UK ICO Releases Draft Anonymisation Code of Practice
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) released a Draft Anonymisation Code of Practice yesterday. The draft is open for consultation until August 23 2012. The document, which considers both legal and technical aspects of anonymisation, “is intended to demonstrate that the effective anonymisation of personal data is possible, desirable and can help society to ensure […]
Cookies, Consent, and Compliance in the UK
The EU’s 2009 e-Privacy (“Cookie”) Directive is spreading across member states. To date, twenty out of twenty-seven member states have implemented some form of the cookie law. One of the countries currently grappling with cookie law is the UK with its Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations (PECR), which were amended in 2011 and came into […]
EU Data Protection Reform: Draft Calendar
Green MEP Jan Philipp Albrecht has released a draft calendar of action points for the EU Data Protection Reform. Mr. Albrecht, the European Parliament Rapporteur assigned to the Data Protection Reform, released the draft calendar ahead of next week’s Workshop on the Proposed Data Protection Regulation to be held by the Civil Liberties, Justice and […]
Swire Blog Post on TAP
Check out FPF Senior Fellow Peter Swire’s latest blog post on Technology, Politics, Academics (TAP) available here. Swire recaps the recent Congressional Internet Caucus event “New Internet Privacy Legislation: What the White House, Federal Trade Commission and the European Commission are Recommending.” The event began with a presentation by Maneesha Mithal (FTC) and then transitioned […]