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GDPR and social media : EU Court on fan pages on Facebook

Earlier this month the ECJ published a preliminary ruling finding the fan page admin jointly responsible with Facebook for the personal data of the visitors. Although the decision refers to the previously enforceable EU Data Protection Directive, the new rule paves the way for GDPR and social media practice, since the definition of the processor

(Un) Safe Harbor under Court of Justice of the European Union scrutiny

Does a national data protection authority have to blindly follow personal data transfers to the USA known as Safe Harbor?

Monthly Round Up: August 2013

Facebook reveals requests for information about its users, while Gmail offers no privacy according to Google and online gaming can now get you a job. And don’t forget to protect your house lights from those pesky hackers!

Data Privacy Day 2013: enabling trust and meeting the challenges of the digital age

Today, 28 January 2013 is the annual Data Protection Day, known as ‘Data Privacy Day’ outside of Europe. On this day events are held around the world to recognize the importance of privacy for our fundamental freedoms.

Monthly Round Up: August 2012

This month in the news.

Britain to monitor communications of all its citizens

The British government is to give intelligence services the right to monitor the electronic communications of every person in the United Kingdom, and do so without a warrant. The UK Home Office has said that it is considering changing the legislation as to allow all phone calls, e-mails, text messages and Internet use to be

Facebook found to have ‘deceived consumers’ in regard to privacy

The USA Federal Trade Commission (FTC), an independent agency of the United States government charged with consumer protection, has forced Facebook to overhaul its privacy practices, as the privacy policy in place was found to be ‘deceptive’.

Facebook’s face-recognition function to be investigated by EU data protection officials

The Article 29 Data Protection Working Party, a group of 27 national data protection and privacy agencies that advises the European Commission on privacy issues, will probe Facebook over a new feature that uses face-recognition software to suggest people’s names to identify in pictures without their permission, report Bloomberg News.