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Council of the European Union Releases Draft Compromise Text on the Proposed EU Data Protection Regulation

Hunton Privacy

On May 31, 2013, the Council of the European Union’s Justice and Home Affairs released a draft compromise text in response to the European Commission’s proposed General Data Protection Regulation (the “Proposed Regulation”). Currently, the Presidency is held by Ireland, with Lithuania taking over on July 1 for the second half of 2013.

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Weekly podcast: 2018 end-of-year roundup

IT Governance

In more light-hearted news, Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant unsettled users by randomly laughing , which, somewhat unsurprisingly, caused many Twitter users to draw comparisons with HAL 9000 refusing to open the pod bay doors in 2001: A Space Odyssey. I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.”. For reference, there are currently about 4.2