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EU Regulatory Data Protection: Many pieces to the regulatory framework puzzle

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), adopted in 2016, the EU has created a solid framework for the protection of personal data in line with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. GDPR as a baseline for the protection of personal data. By: Heidi Waem , Simon Verschaeve. the legal basis for direct marketing communications.

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Weekly podcast: Yahoo hacker sentenced, acoustic DoS attack and GDPR compliance fails

IT Governance

This week, we discuss the sentencing of one of the perpetrators of the 2013 Yahoo breach, a new type of denial-of-service attack that can crash computers just using sound and how not to email your customers. It will be reporting the incident, as mandated by the GDPR. Here are this week’s stories. Ahhh… compliance.

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Your New Neighborhood Library

Information Governance Perspectives

Patrick received his master’s in library and information science from San Jose State University, where he now teaches courses on politics and libraries. A QUESTION OF CONNECTIVITY They say information is at everyone’s fingertips because of computers and the internet. Yet there was a silver lining, Patrick notes. “At

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Understanding eDiscovery in Criminal Cases, Part Two: eDiscovery Best Practices

eDiscovery Daily

Tom also wrote a terrific four part informational overview on Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) titled eDiscovery and the GDPR: Ready or Not, Here it Comes. This exception is generally allowed for protection of law enforcement officers and may not give them the right to seize a computer unless it poses a threat.

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Understanding eDiscovery in Criminal Cases, Part Five: eDiscovery Best Practices

eDiscovery Daily

Tom also wrote a terrific four part informational overview on Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) titled eDiscovery and the GDPR: Ready or Not, Here it Comes. Of course, not all criminal law electronic discovery matters involve futuristic technologies such as the Echo or embedded web pages. Border Entry.

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Tom O’Connor of the Gulf Coast Legal Technology Center: eDiscovery Trends 2018

eDiscovery Daily

A frequent lecturer on the subject of legal technology, Tom has been on the faculty of numerous national CLE providers and has taught college level courses on legal technology. They want to go to a GDPR session. As illustrated in the word cloud, GDPR is certainly one of those important trends. Or an AI session.

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Tuesday’s Relativity Fest 2019 Sessions: eDiscovery Trends

eDiscovery Daily

Moderated by Chris Dale of the United Kingdom’s eDisclosure Information Project, the International Panel will go beyond the first year of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to examine data discovery issues facing practioners in South America and APAC as well. How to take advantage of electronic legal holds.