The Governor of California State has signed several bills into law directed at protecting data privacy. These include a bill that amends provisions of the Californian Information Practices Act (IPA) to prohibit the sale, advertisement for sale or offer to sell of an individual’s social security number, together with a number of changes regarding data … Continue reading
Category Archives: Privacy
Google sent compliance measures over on-going European privacy policy concerns
The European Article 29 Working Party – composed of representatives of EU Member State data protection authorities, the European Data Protection Supervisor and the European Commission – has sent Google a letter setting out a list of compliance measures in respect of the latter’s privacy policy to enable it to meet its obligations under the … Continue reading
A CCTV code of practice fit for the future?
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office has published an updated data protection code of practice for CCTV and other types of surveillance cameras that view or record personal information. It provides best practice guidance for operators on how to comply with legal obligations under the Data Protection Act 1998. The code, which updates its 2008 predecessor … Continue reading
UK government issues guidance on how to ‘bring your own device’ safely
The Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure has produced a collection of guidance notes on best practices for managing the risks inherent to scenarios where employees use their own devices for work purposes. They complement existing guidance by the Information Commissioner’s Office on this topic. The guidance focuses on how to design network architecture … 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