The EU Privacy reform was agreed last week and the European Commission has now published the first Q&A clarifying some changes of this data protection revolution.
The EU privacy reform providing for the adoption of the EU Data Protection Regulation has been agreed setting a milestone for the future of privacy within the EU.
The prohibition ordered to Facebook by the Belgian Privacy Commission to track users without an account might have an impact on all social media and websites.
The European Commission issued guidelines on how to operate following the invalidation by the European Court of Justice of the Safe Harbor privacy principles for transfers of personal data between the EU and US. But this might not be the solution of this saga.
Data generated through Internet of Things (IoT) technologies are expected to be its main source of income, but needs forward looking privacy rules to be fully exploited.
Italian banks are required to comply with strict rules in their whistleblowing procedures for reporting possible breaches in banking law regulations by the end of the year.
EU privacy regulators took their first position on the Safe Harbor decision when negotiations on the TTIP agreement between the EU and the US reach a delicate stage.
The position of a German privacy authority challenging data transfers under the EU model clauses following the Safe Harbor decision of the ECJ created a higher level of uncertainty.
The European Court of Justice (the CJEU) held that the Safe Harbor privacy principles for the transfer of data to the US are invalid opening questions on past and future data transfers relying on such data protection rules and calling for immediate actions.
The launch of IoTItaly, the association on the Internet of Things (IoT) in Italy, has created a considerable interest among the companies operating in the sector. Companies need to gather together in order to avoid to miss the opportunity of the IoT and need to do it now.