Entries tagged with: EU Law
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EU Citizens Launch "Naked Citizen Campaign" to Safeguard Privacy
Objecting to business efforts to block updates to European Union data protection laws, a coalition of European Internet rights, freedom and privacy organizations have launched the Naked Citizen campaign. The organizations stated, "The campaign is a response to the unprecedented...
European Privacy Agencies Issue Report on Privacy and Big Data
Responding to growing interest in privacy and "big data," representatives of the data protection agencies in Europe have issued an opinion on the purpose limitation principles in the context of big data. The Article 29 Working Party recommends that personal...
Europe Prepares Action Against Google
The French Data Protection Commissioner, acting on behalf of the European Union, announced it will take action against Google after the company failed to reply to questions about its handling of user information. In October 2012, officials representing 24 countries...
US NGOs Urge US Government To Support EU Privacy Proposals
EPIC has joined a coalition of leading US consumer and civil liberties organizations who have expressed concern about the role of US officials in the development of European privacy law. In a letter to the US Secretaries of State, Justice,...
European Data Protection Agencies Order Google to Improve Privacy Practices
The French Data Protection Commissioner, acting on behalf of the European Union, has ordered (Appendix) Google to endorse key privacy principles, comply with data protection laws, and give users greater control over their personal information. The decision follows an investigation...
EPIC Urges Support for New European Privacy Framework
In testimony before the European Parliament, in Brussels, EPIC President Marc Rotenberg expressed support for the new Data Protection regulation of the European Union. "Efforts to update European Privacy law will provide benefits to Internet users all around the globe,"...
International Consumer Coalition Selects EPIC's Lillie Coney to Co-chair Information Society Committee
The Trans-Atlantic Consumer Dialogue, a coalition of more than sixty consumer organizations in Europe and North America, has selected officers for 2012. EPIC's Lillie Coney joins NCC's Thomas Nortvedt as co-chair of the Information Society Policy Committee. Former US co-chair...
Facebook Ceases Facial Recognition in European Union
The Irish Data Protection Commissioner issued a report finding that Facebook has implemented many of the Commissioner’s recommendations, such as halting the automatic use of facial recognition through "tag suggestions." Facebook has agreed to give users the choice over the...
CPDP 2013 Calls for Papers in Advance of January Conference
The 6th Annual Computers, Privacy and Data Protection Conference has announced a Call for Papers. The conference will take place January 23-25, 2013, in Brussels. Both experienced and junior researchers, as well as Ph.D. candidates, are invited to submit work....
U.S. Consumer Groups Endorse Proposed European Privacy Law
In a letter to members of the European Parliament, over twenty U.S. consumer organizations expressed support for the new European data protection law. The coalition, including Consumers Union, Consumer Federation of America, and Public Citizen, said that the proposed regulation...
European Consumer Organizations Back New EU Privacy Effort
BEUC, the association of European consumer organizations, has published a Position Paper on Data Protection supporting a new European Union privacy initiative. BEUC states that the proposed Privacy Regulation "addresses the main challenges and the shortcomings of the current framework...
European Expert Group Affirms Privacy Rules for Cloud Service Providers
The Article 29 Working Party, representing the privacy agencies of European Union countries, has released a new Opinion in which it states that cloud service providers will be subject to the EU Data Protection Directive. The expert group also advises...
EU and US Privacy Officials Convene
Policymakers from the United States and the European Union are participating in a joint conference today on Privacy and Protection of Personal Data. EU Vice President Viviane Reding and US Commerce Secretary John Bryson issued a common statement reaffirming a...
Google Policy Change Triggers EU Privacy Revolt
Leading privacy officials in Europe have asked Google "for a pause" in the company's planned consolidation of user data "in the interests of ensuring that there can be no misunderstanding about Google's commitments to the information rights of their users...
EPIC Expresses Support for International Privacy Convention
Speaking this week at the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection conference, EPIC President Marc Rotenberg expressed support for the Council of Europe Privacy Convention. Two years ago, twenty-nine members of the of the EPIC Advisory Board, experts in privacy law...
Comprehensive Revision of European Privacy Law Announced
The European Commission has proposed modernized Data Protection rules that will simplify business compliance and establish new privacy rights for individuals. EC Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding explained, "The proposal will help build trust in online services because people will be...
US Lobbying Against New European Privacy Law
A document obtained by a European civil liberties organization indicates that the US Department of Commerce is actively opposing efforts by the European Union to update and strengthen its privacy law. The "Informal Note on Draft EU General Data Protection...
EU Justice Minister Warns US on "Self Regulation," Draft European Privacy Law Now Available
EU Justice Minister Viviane Reding warned this week at a speech in Brussels that a US plan for privacy self-regulation will "not be sufficient" to protect the flow of personal data between Europe and the United States. Reding also said...
U.S. and European Consumer Groups Encourage Congress to Learn from EU Data Directive
The Transatlantic Consumer Dialog, a coalition of 85 organizations from America and Europe sent a letter today to the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade on the eve of a hearing on the EU's approach to protecting Internet...
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Plans to Store EU Passenger Data for 15 Years
A draft agreement between the United States and the European Union will allow the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to store passenger data for up to 15 years. The passenger data includes names, addresses, phone numbers, and credit card information,...
