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News & Analysis as of May 23, 2013

Data Privacy Trouble Surrounding Google Street View Cars Presents Lesson for Smaller Companies

EU Proposed Directive on Network and Information Security

by Timothy Nagle, Christine Nielsen, Cynthia O'Donoghue | Reed Smith on 2/14/2013

On 7 February, the European Commission (EC) published an EU Cyber Security Strategy encompassing a proposed Directive on Network and Information Security (NIS Directive). The aim of the Strategy and NIS Directive is to...more

Latest EU Proposal Will Force More Companies to Disclose Data Breaches

by Susan Foster | Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security on 2/11/2013

(LONDON) The European Commission recently published a draft “Cybersecurity Directive” which aims to increase the level of preparedness across the EU to deal with threats to network and information security. The Directive...more

The Proposed EU Data Protection Regulation One Year Later: The Albrecht Report

by Cedric Burton, Christopher Kuner, Anna Pateraki | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 1/23/2013

Originally published in "Privacy & Security Law Report" January 21, 2013. One year ago (Jan. 25, 2012), the European Commission published its proposal to reform the European Union’s (EU) legal framework for data...more

The View from London: European Parliament Publishes Proposal for Revised Draft of EU Data Protection Regulation

by Susan Foster | Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security on 1/10/2013

The European Parliament recently published a report on the European Commission’s draft of a new EU Data Protection Regulation. The report, which includes the European Parliament’s proposal for a revised draft of the...more

Uruguay receives data protection adequacy recognition from EU Commission

by Asta Puraite on 9/4/2012

The EU Commission recognised Uruguay's legal framework as providing 'adequate protection' for personal data under the EU Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC, in a decision issued on 23 August 2012 - almost two years after the...more

Europe: WP29’s BSPR document a ‘massive contribution’ to global data protection

by Asta Puraite on 6/28/2012

The Article 29 Working Party (WP29) adopted – on 6 June 2012 – a Working Document 02/2012 (WP195), which describes the conditions for Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs) for data processors or Binding Safe Processor Rules (BSPRs)....more

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