Earlier this month, the UK Government published a consultation on plans to implement the EU Directive on security of network and information systems (the “NIS Directive”, otherwise known as the Cybersecurity Directive). The consultation includes a proposal to fine firms that fail to implement “appropriate and proportionate security measures” up to EUR 20 million or … Continue Reading
At a joint press conference in Brussels this morning (July 12, 2016), EU Commissioner Jourová and the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Penny Pritzker, presented the new EU-U.S. data transfer mechanism (see press release here, adequacy decision text here, annexes here and Q&A factsheet here). The press conference followed the approval of the underlying adequacy decision … Continue Reading
Last Friday, the Council, which represents the 28 EU Member States, reached a partial general approach on the so-called “one stop shop” mechanism (Chapters VI and VII) and principles for protecting the personal data (Chapter II) (see the press release here, which also contains links to the latest draft texts as prepared by the Latvian … Continue Reading
On Wednesday, January 28, 2015, better known as “Data Protection Day,” the Belgian Under-Secretary for Data Protection Bart Tommelein called for the creation of an EU Data Protection Authority. He intends to present this position of the Belgian Government to the informal meeting of Ministers of Justice and of the Interior in Riga (Latvia). The … Continue Reading
By Jean de Ruyt and Sebastian Vos On January 25, 2012, the European Commission presented a proposal for a “Regulation on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data”, the “Data Protection Regulation” (DPR). The Commissioner in charge of justice at the time, … Continue Reading
By Fredericka Argent Last week, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that owners of home surveillance cameras could be breaching the EU Data Protection Directive 95/46/EU (the Directive), when those cameras are used to monitor public spaces. The ruling was made following a request from the Nejvyšší správní soud (The Supreme Administrative Court … Continue Reading
