Read about, among other, case C-131/12 against Google, where the search operator was found responsible for the processing of personal data on web pages. For a more detailed analysis of the judgement, check out the article 'EU Court Google judgement: not so much a landmark decision' from Aphaia's Chief Consultant Dr Bostjan Makarovic.
Following the European Parliament vote on the EU Data Protection Regulation, the provisions of the latter are slowly becoming a reality. The following tips can help businesses prepare for the new rules.
This past April the European Court of Justice declared the Data Retention Directive (Directive 2006/24/EC on the retention of data in the provision of electronic communications services) to be invalid - read about this extremely important judgement and about other judgements by the ECJ in Aphaia's latest issue of EU regulatory case law review, the
This past January in the news: the EU wants to take the helm when it comes to internet governance and safeguard open Internet, while Turkey passes legislation allowing authorities to block access to web pages for violations of privacy. Oh, and 94% of Europeans limit their use of social media abroad because of roaming charges.
Missed Aphaia's live webinar 'Big Data and Mobile Commerce: What it Means for Privacy and Data Protection at BrightTalk? No worries - check out the webcast of the webinar and stay up to date on how big data and mobile tie in with data protection.
This past January in the news: Enisa publishes its report on power supply dependencies in Europe, 2030 EU climate and energy goals are published, and we host a webinar on big data and privacy. Oh, and our white papers are now available as e-books!
In our new monthly series, Apahia's guest blogger Ines Grah takes a look at the recent judgements by the European Court of Justice and the General Court, highlighting the most relevant developments in energy, data protection, competition and environment.
There have been many voices saying that privacy is dead, as it is so easy to breach: content-rich transactions and social media data trail combined with our mobile location makes us an easy target for profiling and other types of privacy intrusion. The question is therefore automatically raised: how does data protection regulation apply to