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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 Data Protection Act provides a fair processing framework that makes business sense," she said, adding that, "we have never seen a business plan that could not be operated within the legislation. As information commissioner, France heads up the...
[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]
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 The privacy group said it is planning to pursue test cases in countries where mandatory data retention has already been implemented, and on Wednesday filed a complaint with the Information Commissioner alleging that the regulations breach the...
[October 17, 2003, 10:05]
Opt-in Cookie Rule Proposed For Britain
News We have our own views under the Data Protection Act, which we are responsible for enforcing," said Bourne. The EU position on electronic data collection and privacy is yet to be clarified. Whatever happens in the EU, this will remain our position...
[January 17, 2002, 16:34]
Home Office Backs Seven-year Data Retention Laws
News But the demands were made under a provision of the Data Protection Act intended only for matters of national security. According to sources familiar with the issue, the Home Office is supporting the proposed EU Telecommunications Directive in order...
[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]
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]
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]
Big Brother Frowns On Vodafone And The Home Office
News The award for Most Invasive Company is between British Gas, the early favourite, for its claim that the deaths of two elderly customers was due to the Data Protection Act, which it said prevented it informing the authorities that their gas had...
[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]
Data Protection - Consumer Safeguard Or E-commerce Gag?
News Interestingly, Canada could become the winner: the data protection law in Quebec does conform to EU standards. With consumer data protection at the top of the EU's agenda, this has to be a priority if the Internet is to mature into a thriving...
[October 30, 1998, 14:35]
Amazon.co.uk Refuses To Join UK Charts
News Independent action group Privacy International and the Consumer Association condemned the e-tailer for breaking EU regulations by transmitting British personal data to a self-regulated country lacking adequate levels of protection.
[September 28, 2000, 15:00]
Internet Case Overturns European Data Directive
News The EU Data Directive has been accused of infringing the European Convention on Human Rights that guarantees the right to freedom of speech and protection of privacy. The Swedish Supreme Court overturned the European Data Protection Directive on...
[July 18, 2001, 13:51]
DTI Opens Second Consultation On E-signatures
News The UK government enforced the Electronic Communications Act in 2000, which addressed some, but not all, of the EU provisions. A new discussion document on electronic signatures has been released by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), after...
[February 1, 2002, 17:06]
NHS Addresses Euro Data-sharing Concerns
News I cannot emphasise too strongly that no personal data about UK patients will be sent outside the UK other than as permitted by the UK Data Protection Act and with the appropriate knowledge and consent of the patient concerned.
[February 7, 2007, 14:42]
US To Create 'risk Assessments' Of Air Passengers
News With respect to the data that ATS creates, ie, the risk assessment for an individual, the risk assessment is for official law enforcement use only and is not communicated outside of CBP [Bureau of Customs and Border Protection] staff, nor is it...
[December 5, 2006, 11:45]
