Internet heavyweights including Google and Facebook are to file a complaint with France’s highest judicial body against a decree obliging them to keep web users’ personal data for a year. More than 20 Internet companies active in France, including Dailymotion and eBay, are bringing the case before the State Council, their representative French Association of…
Category: Laws
Consumer Watchdog Unveils California “Do Not Track Me” Plan
From their press release: Consumer Watchdog unveiled new landmark California legislation to allow consumers in the state to stop unwanted online tracking and, in a letter, challenged Google CEO Larry Page, in his first day on the job, to support the “Do Not Track Me” plan and demonstrate Google is moving in a new direction….
States Attempt to Address Privacy Risks Associated with Digital Copiers and Electronic Waste
On April 1, 2011, a New York law went in effect requiring retailers of certain electronic equipment to institute electronic waste collection programs and to provide information to consumers on how to “destroy all data on any electronic waste, either through physical destruction of the hard drive or through data wiping.” Manufacturers of devices that have…
French Data Protection Act Amended
A new French law containing several key amendments to the French Data Protection Act and creating a new public authority referred to as the “Defender of Rights” (Loi n°2011-334 du 29 mars 2011 relative au Défenseur des droits, or the “Law”) came into effect on March 30, 2011. The Defender of Rights, whose role is to…