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European Commission Plans to Upgrade e-Privacy Directive to a Regulation

Hunton Privacy

On December 12, 2016, Politico reported that the European Commission intends to replace the e-Privacy Directive with a Regulation. The draft Regulation is intended to complement the EU GDPR, and contains a number of provisions that mirror those of the GDPR.

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European Commission Launches Public Consultation on e-Privacy Directive

Hunton Privacy

Technological advances and the advent of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) have prompted the European Commission to review the e-Privacy Directive, which was last updated in 2009. The reform of the e-Privacy rules was discussed at a stakeholder workshop organized by the European Commission in Brussels on April 12.

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Weekly podcast: 2018 end-of-year roundup

IT Governance

This week, in our last podcast of the year, we revisit some of the biggest information security stories from the past 12 months. And, of course, on 25 May the GDPR came into effect. Hello and welcome to the final IT Governance podcast of 2018. The NIS Directive was enacted in the UK as the NIS Regulations on 10 May.

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The Burden of Privacy In Discovery

Data Matters

To pick just two recent examples of the latter, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation1 (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act2 (CCPA) both impose sweeping requirements on businesses with the aim of increasing consumers’ privacy and control over how their personal data is used. 4150, 2009 WL 3459204, at *12 n.8

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EUROPE: ECJ and responsibility for personal data processing on Facebook fan pages

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

The case itself was in the regime of Directive 95/46/ES [3] (the “original directive”), however, as the definitions of data controller and data processor are identical in both the original directive and EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) [4] , the conclusions are fully applicable in the current GDPR regime as well.

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Top Cybersecurity Companies for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Appearances on eSecurity Planet ‘s Top Vendors lists: 12. In all, we’ve named Palo Alto to 12 top product lists, and we expect that number to grow in the coming months. Founded: 2009. Appearances on eSecurity Planet ‘s Top Vendors lists: 12. Learn more about Microsoft. Visit website. Annual Revenue: $1.2

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Privacy as a “Fundamental Right” Clouds Smart Regulation

Data Matters

*Originally Published July 12, 2018 by Chambers and Partners Data Protection & Cyber Security 2018. In December 2009, with the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights guaranteed both privacy and data protection as two of the Charter’s 50 enumerated fundamental rights.

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