IAPP Global Privacy Summit Recap, Big Questions, and Indiana Jones Analogies
The Data Act Proposal aims to provide fairness to data access and proposes new rules on who can use and access data generated in the EU across all economic sectors. It creates the obligation for manufacturers and designers to...more
The Situation: The European Union's Cybersecurity Act becomes effective on June 27, 2019. The Result: The Act will strengthen the ability of the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security ("ENISA") to help...more
The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) is arguably the most comprehensive – and complex – data privacy regulation in the world. As companies prepare for the GDPR to go into force on May 25, 2018,...more
About this time last January, the European Parliament released its proposal for a new ePrivacy Regulation. The intent of the ePrivacy Regulation is to replace the current ePrivacy regime – which consists of an ePrivacy...more
On 10 January 2017, the European Commission (‘Commission’) presented a proposal for a Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communication (‘ePrivacy Proposal’). The main objective behind the proposed act is to align the...more
Last week, the European Union’s (“EU”) data protection authority, known as the Article 29 Working Party (“Working Party”), declared its support for the European Commission’s (“EC”) proposed ePrivacy Regulation (alternatively,...more
In January 2017, the European Commission (the “EC”) published its proposal for a new ePrivacy Regulation (the “ePrivacy Proposal”), which will replace the ePrivacy Directive of 2002 (2002/58/EC) and the Cookie Directives of...more
On 10 January 2017, the European Commission announced its proposal for new legislation which would update the law relating to privacy in electronic communications. The Commission has proposed a draft ePrivacy regulation that...more
On January 10, the European Commission proposed new legislation that would update and supplement current ePrivacy rules and extend their scope to all providers of electronic communication services. The following is a...more
On January 10, 2017, the European Commission presented its proposal for a Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications (the “Proposed Regulation”). The Proposed Regulation would repeal and replace Directive 2002/58/EC...more
On January 10, 2017, the European Commission proposed a new ePrivacy Regulation (Proposal). Compared to the internal draft that was leaked in December, the official Proposal has been substantially modified....more
An internal Commission draft of a new ePrivacy Regulation (Draft) has been leaked to the public. The Commission plans to propose it in early 2017, but the content of the Draft does not seem near a final proposal. It is either...more
What's the situation? The European Commission appears poised to impose new privacy obligations on "over-the-top" (OTT) messaging and call providers. Earlier this year the European Commission opened a public consultation...more