EU: Update on Google’s Right to be forgotten
By Patrick Van Eecke and Anthony Cornette In an earlier blog post, Patrick Van Eecke and Anthony Cornette discussed the impact of the ECJ Case C-131/12. The authors now provide some further insight on...
View ArticleBELGIUM: Belgian government’s new focus on privacy and technology laws
By Patrick Van Eecke and Antoon Dierick Almost five months after federal parliamentary elections took place, the negotiators from the four political parties around the negotiating table (Flemish...
View ArticleEurope: Right to be forgotten guidelines adopted by WP29
Article 29 Working Party adopts guidelines on the implementation on the Right to be Forgotten judgment of the CJEU By Patrick Van Eecke & Julie De Bruyn The Article 29 Working Party, the European...
View ArticleEurope’s Right to be forgotten: update on implementation guidelines
By Patrick Van Eecke and Mathieu Le Boudec Last week we wrote that the Article 29 Working Party (“Working Party 29″) has adopted guidelines relating to the implementation of the European Court of...
View ArticleWhat privacy obligations and liabilities for drones?
Privacy breaches and potential liabilities might increase as a consequence of the usage of drones that represent a massive resource in a number of different sectors, but might also trigger some “new”...
View ArticleEUROPE: European cookie sweep results published: average of 34.6 cookies per...
By Patrick Van Eecke and Julie De Bruyn Article 29 Working Party, the European data protection advisory body, has published its report on the ‘cookie sweep’ that was carried out in September last year...
View ArticleEuropean Data Protection Supervisor launches its 2015-2019 strategy
The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) launched it data protection strategy, summarizing it in three strategic objectives and 10 accompanying measures for the next five years. The EDPS stated...
View ArticleUS giants in trouble with new EU privacy rules
The European Council approved the “one-stop-shop” privacy rule which might cause relevant issues to companies operating in different European countries, including large American Internet and technology...
View ArticleEUROPE: EU-US data flows at risk? European Court of Justice today heard...
By Patrick Van Eecke and Julie De Bruyn Today the Schrems v. Irish Data Protection Commission case was brought before the Court of Justice of the European Union (‘CJEU’) for an oral hearing, following...
View ArticleEUROPE: Security and privacy must go hand in hand, not head-to-head, says...
by Patrick Van Eecke & Julie De Bruyn At a 29 April Cybersecurity and Privacy conference in Brussels, Keynote Speaker and recently appointed European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) Giovanni...
View ArticleEurope: One step closer to European Privacy Regulation?
On 15 June 2015, EU Justice and Home Affairs ministers have reached a general approach on the General Data Protection Regulation at their Council meeting (the document can be consulted here). This...
View ArticleEurope: European Commission survey finds that data protection remains a major...
By Patrick van Eecke and Mathieu Le Boudec A recent survey commissioned by the European Commission reveals that data protection remains an important concern for EU citizens. Key findings of the survey...
View ArticleRoaming and MVNOs – too clever by half
Just a quick note to draw attention to a decision by BIPT, the regulator in Belgium here Lycamobile has been fined €30,000 for violation of the “roam like at home” requirements of the roaming...
View ArticleCo-Investment Models for Broadband Infrastructure – an explanation and short...
[This is an updated version of my earlier blog piece from July to take account of revisions agreed through the legislative process since then.] *** The new European Communications Code (the “Code” –...
View ArticleEurope: Mosley v Google – game, set but not match yet.
By Patrick Van Eecke and Antoon Dierick – DLA Piper Brussels; On November 6, a Paris Court ordered Google to filter out hyperlinks to images of former F1 boss Max Mosley in an allegedly...
View ArticleEU – International data transfers from processors to processors made easier,...
By Patrick Van Eecke and Elisabeth Verbrugge Working Party 29 issued a working document on model clauses for personal data transfers from EU data processors to non-EU sub-processors. This is an...
View ArticleEU: Update on Google’s Right to be forgotten
By Patrick Van Eecke and Anthony Cornette In an earlier blog post, Patrick Van Eecke and Anthony Cornette discussed the impact of the ECJ Case C-131/12. The authors now provide some further insight on...
View ArticleBELGIUM: Belgian government’s new focus on privacy and technology laws
By Patrick Van Eecke and Antoon Dierick Almost five months after federal parliamentary elections took place, the negotiators from the four political parties around the negotiating table (Flemish...
View ArticleEurope: Right to be forgotten guidelines adopted by WP29
Article 29 Working Party adopts guidelines on the implementation on the Right to be Forgotten judgment of the CJEU By Patrick Van Eecke & Julie De Bruyn The Article 29 Working Party, the European...
View ArticleECJ clarifies scope of telecoms regulation for OTT services
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) clarified the scope of the EU telecommunications regulation for Over-the-top (OTT) services in two recent decisions. The court decided whether SkypeOut and Gmail are...
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