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Proposed EU Digital Single Market copyright filtering for online services

Voices have been raised with regard to the proposed EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market Article 13, which imposes a new obligation on service providers that is seen by many as a copyright filtering technique for user-created content. Aphaia Blog editor Vasiliki Antoniadou explores what it entails.

GDPR Data Protection Impact Assessment – basic information

When introducing new data processing techniques and technologies that pose high privacy risk, GDPR will require your company to conduct data protection impact assessment. This privacy impact assessment operation should establish whether to go ahead with the planned operations and under what conditions.

Data Protection Officer employment – or outsourcing?

As the GDPR deadline draws closer, many European companies are considering Data Protection Officer employment requirements. But unless you are huge and can afford to employ best of the best privacy experts, outsourcing might be a better option for your Data Protection Officer than employment.

EU portability for online content services deal

Data related to online services is becoming easier to port in the Single Market. After EU GDPR personal data portability rules, the EU Council and the Parliament achieved a landmark agreement on the EU portability for online content subscriptions as part of copyrights reform.

GDPR Guidelines for identifying the lead supervisory authority

The key European data protection body, Article 29 Data Protection Working Party, recently published the Guidelines WP 244 for identifying a controller or processor’s lead supervisory authority. Our blog editor Vasiliki explores what they entail.

ePrivacy Regulation to replace ePrivacy Directive – what is new?

The European Commission reviewed the ePrivacy Directive to replace it with ePrivacy Regulation. Two key reasons: the alignment with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and OTT services as the new telecoms reality.

GDPR Data Portability Guidelines – what do I have to ensure?

GDPR Data Portability is a new right that will enable individuals to port their data from one online service to another. So how should businesses prepare for the measure that will empower both their customers and competitors alike?

Get ready for GDPR compliance in 2017 !

GDPR compliance only becomes mandatory for businesses on 25th May 2018. But unless your data processing operations are trivial, it is in 2017 that you have to start preparing unless you want to be caught unprepared with unresolved data protection compliance issues.

Software startup intellectual property

In tech hubs from London’s Silicon Roundabout to Barcelona, IT entrepreneurs get involved in tech startups to create appealing new software to accompany people in every aspect of their lives. Aphaia’s blog editor Vasiliki Antoniadou explores

Top 3 messages from 7th Data Protection & Privacy Conference

This year’s European Data Protection & Privacy Conference raised some crucial points in relation to GDPR and global changes. Here are our top picks.