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European Commissioner Asks Attorney General to Explain US Spying
European Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding has demanded that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder explain the scope of US data collection about EU citizens. "Direct access of US law enforcement to the data of EU citizens on servers of US companies...
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...
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 Parliament Moves Forward on Privacy Update
The European Parliament has indicated strong support for a proposal put forward by the European Commission to update European Union privacy law. In reports on the the New Directive and New Regulation, the Parliament recommends greater power for data protection...
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...
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...
