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EC approves data flow with Canada
News To date, Switzerland and Hungary are the only other non-EU countries whose laws are deemed to be compliant with the EU Data Protection Directive. The directive states that the transfer of personal data to a third country may only take place if the...
[January 9, 2002, 17:07]
Business should 'use privacy laws, not abuse them'
News The need to comply with EU directives, compounded by a recent furore over data handling details of anti-terror emergence legislation, has put France's office in the spotlight. The Data Protection Act provides a fair processing framework that makes...
[January 31, 2002, 11:52]
Encryption market is taking off
News Currently, the EU Data Protection Directive and the UK Data Protection Act does not specifically mention encryption, but they do say that companies should take appropriate technical measures against the unlawful accessing, damage to and...
[September 29, 2006, 14:05]
On the merits of data retention
News Despite these concerns, however, it's easy to see why governments are passing legislation such as the Patriot Act and the EU data retention directives. Data storage issues aside for the moment, communication logs like the EU's directives call for...
[January 10, 2006, 14:35]
EC acts against UK over data protection
News In a statement, the Commission said the proceedings addressed "several problems" with the UK's implementation of EU e-privacy and personal data-protection rules. Asked for comment, the ICO gave ZDNet UK a statement in which it said: "The ICO...
[April 14, 2009, 16:53]
Basel II Compliance With Tripwire: Configuration Control for Virtual and Physical Infrastructures
White Papers Unlike other laws and standards affecting financial institutions in the US and overseas such as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act ("GLBA"), the EU Data Protection Directive and the PCI Data Security Standard, however, the ramifications of this law extend...
[October 6, 2009, 1:22]
Liberty Alliance releases ID spec guidelines
News The guidelines relate to the EU data protection and electronic communications privacy directives, and follow a white paper recently published by the Liberty Alliance on Japan’s Personal Information Protection Act.
[April 14, 2005, 15:50]
Data protection laws still face uphill battle
News The European Commission on Friday issued its first assessment of the 1995 Data Protection Directive, arguing that data protection legislation has achieved many of its aims, but admitting it still faces steep opposition from businesses and non-EU...
[May 19, 2003, 16:24]
Snooping laws may be illegal
News Regulations being introduced in the UK and other European Union member states that allow a wide range of government bodies to access communications data may violate EU human rights law, according to a British privacy group.
[October 17, 2003, 10:05]
Opt-in cookie rule proposed for Britain
News The EU position on electronic data collection and privacy is yet to be clarified. We have our own views under the Data Protection Act, which we are responsible for enforcing," said Bourne. Whatever happens in the EU, this will remain our position...
[January 17, 2002, 16:34]
Home Office backs seven-year data retention laws
News According to sources familiar with the issue, the Home Office is supporting the proposed EU Telecommunications Directive in order to widen the scope of UK electronic data retention laws. The EU Telecommunications Directive is likely to be approved...
[September 28, 2001, 15:54]
e-Communications directive: MEPs vote on cookie compromise
News Arguably, this merely confirms the existing UK legal position under the Data Protection Act 1998 which already requires data controllers to inform people about the purposes for which their details are to be processed, unless this is obvious from...
[June 11, 2002, 16:02]
Sun CTO to form cloud security forum
News Horkan said UK legislation such as the Data Protection Act, and regulations such as PCI-DSS, need to be examined by companies considering cloud computing. We provide certification for datacentres to comply with regulatory rules, and we offer Amazon...
[May 26, 2009, 16:50]
EU investigates DRM privacy threat
News Digital rights management (DRM) -- the technology that could dictate everything from who can read your documents to what music player you can put your tunes on and a whole host of other things -- could be a threat to your privacy, according to the...
[February 9, 2005, 12:55]
UK gov't rubber-stamps Phorm technology
News The Commission letter addressed two trials by BT — one in 2006 and one in 2007 — which security experts and campaigners say contravened several UK laws, including the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), the Privacy and Electronic...
[September 16, 2008, 16:08]
UK failed to protect privacy over Phorm, says EC
News I therefore call on the UK authorities to change their national laws to ensure that British citizens fully benefit from the safeguards set out in EU law concerning confidentiality of electronic communications.
[October 29, 2009, 16:54]
EU backs ISPs over file-sharing
News The highest court in the EU ruled on Tuesday that, in civil cases, internet service providers should not have to disclose the names of those sharing files over their networks. The Spanish courts then went to the ECJ to ask whether EU law requires...
[January 30, 2008, 13:55]
Gov't plans law to increase data-sharing
News The data-protection expert said it was unlikely that the government would use the fast-track powers to amend the Data Protection Act (DPA), as UK law would still have to be in harmony with EU law. The government couldn't do anything, as it has...
[November 26, 2008, 14:56]
Big Brother frowns on Vodafone and the Home Office
News The other candidates for this award are the Safe Harbor Agreement, which governs how US companies should handle the personal data of EU citizens, and the NHS National Programme for IT -- which won a Big Brother award back in 2000.
[July 5, 2004, 12:10]
EU creates loophole for personal data transfers
News The EU Data Protection Directive 1998 says member states should ensure that transfer of personal data to a country outside the EU only happens if that country "ensures an adequate level of data protection.
[January 24, 2002, 16:12]
