The Council of the European Union has agreed on a “partial general approach” when reviewing specific aspects of the proposed General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in a note issued on the 3rd of October 2014 for publication in the Council Register. In particular, the note contains a revised version of the draft text of Chapter … Continue reading
Author Archives: Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon
On malicious webpages, hosting providers… and the myth of technological neutrality!
In an article covering the issue of malicious webpages and what techies call ‘drive-by-downloads’, Huw Fryer, Tim Chown and myself suggest that one solution might lie in the imposition upon hosting providers of precautionary duties involving the systematic scanning of the websites they host on their platforms. [The article will be published soon but is … Continue reading
The First Tier Tribunal (Information Rights) refuses to disclose the names of 4 police officers involved in a ‘car selling-scam’… and a few considerations about the right to be forgotten
Some of the most vocal criticisms of the right to be forgotten as interpreted by the Court of Justice of the European Union in its famous case decided on 13 May 2014 come from Internet giants. The Wikimedia foundation and the Wikipedia founder himself are no exception. “This right to be forgotten is the idea … Continue reading
What the hell are these metadata? ….Are communications data, traffic data and metadata all the same thing?
And here is the first Peep Beep! post: The Snowden revelations have transformed the word “metadata” into a buzzword. The question that many are asking these days is who can collect and retain metadata. Can law enforcement agencies and intelligence services collect and retain metadata at their will? Can Internet access providers do what they … Continue reading