While I’ve been offline, there’s been much discussion of the new EU proposal. Here’s just one of the reactions to its implications. Matt Warman reports: Embarrassing, inaccurate or simply personal data will have to be deleted from the internet and company databases if consumers ask, under a new set of European laws. The move will…
Category: Laws
UK: Initial response from the ICO on the European Commission’s proposal for a new general Data Protection Regulation
From the ICO’s statement on January 25: The Information Commissioner welcomes the Commission’s proposal. There is no doubt that the EU’s legal framework for data protection needs modernising in the face of increasingly sophisticated information systems, global information networks, mass information sharing, the ever growing online collection of personal data and the increasing feeling of…
Final phase of Mass. data protection law kicks in March 1
Jaikumar Vijayan reports: All companies storing personal data on Massachusetts residents have just over a month to ensure that their contractors, suppliers, technology providers and other third parties comply with a provision of a state data breach law that went into effect in March 2010. The law (download PDF) is designed to ensure that companies…
Breach of new EU online data rules to carry high fines
Claire Davenport reports: The European Commission proposed new online data privacy rules on Wednesday, putting more responsibility on companies to protect users’ information, and said those who breach the code could be fined up to two percent of annual turnover. After two years of examining the shifts in Internet use and the behavior of consumers…