Around the world, policymakers are focusing on ways to improve privacy frameworks. More than 120 countries currently have a privacy or data protection law enacted. Significant developments in the European Union, with the General Data Protection Regulation becoming applicable in May 2018, have had an impact on US based organizations that conduct business globally and on how regulators around the world think about privacy frameworks. Global approaches to privacy protection differ based on different legal traditions. Still, there is significant common ground in the commitment to empowering individuals with respect to the collection and use of personal data, and to protecting people against harm from the use of their data. FPF closely follows developments in EU policymaking and regulation supported by our local office in Brussels, as well as developments in APAC, and Latin America. We keep our stakeholders informed of relevant changes, case-law, guidance, policies, and legal requirements, while also providing background and in-depth analysis in order to support them in being ahead of key developments globally. FPF’s global work is led by Dr. Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna.
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Personal reflection and report: together at the 34th annual meeting of data protection authorities and privacy commissioners
FPF Founder and Co-chair Christopher Wolf has captured some of the remaining differences in international approaches to privacy in his reflections on last month’s 34th annual meeting of data protection authorities and privacy commissioners in Punta del Este, Uruguay. The article is featured in the International Association of Privacy Professionals’ (IAPP) current issue of “the […]
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 […]