French CNIL annual report shows increased complaints, audits, sanctions
Lexology (registration)
On April 23, the French data protection authority, the CNIL (Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés), published its annual report for 2012, emphasizing a significant increase in complaints, audits, and sanctions. We review each of these topics ...

Article 29 Working Party issues additional guidance on BCRs for data processors
Lexology (registration)
Processor BCRs provide a new avenue for data controllers to transfer EU personal data to processors (such as cloud service providers) located in third countries not considered to ensure an adequate level of protection under the 1995 EU Data Protection ...

Article 29 Working Party gives new guidance on the principle of purpose limitation
Lexology (registration)
The European Union's Article 29 Data Protection Working Party (“WP29″), which consists of the 27 data protection authorities of the EU Member States, has published the “Opinion 03/2013 on purpose limitation” (Working Paper WP203), adopted on 2 April ...

Got a couple of COPPA questions? FTC issues updated FAQS on amended ...
Lexology (registration)
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently issued a revised set of frequently asked questions (FAQs) explaining certain aspects of the newly amended rule implementing the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) that are schedule to take ...

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FBI can snoop emails without warrants, says ACLU
V3.co.uk
Documents that came to light following an ACLU Freedom of Information request say FBI agents can use a loophole in the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) to read private emails without a warrant. The loophole in the ECPA allows government ...

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TMT Legal Update: Justice Minister raises queries over UK cost of new EU ...
Eversheds Press Office (press release)
The current EU Data Protection regime was agreed in 1995 and given the degree to which technology has developed since then, it has been likened to “an analogue regime for a digital world”. In order to reform the regime, the European Commission (the ...

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Tips for Setting Up or Improving a Home Office
taosnews
New technology is making investing in data protection easier and more affordable. For example, Carbonite offers online (commonly referred to as cloud) backup solutions that are robust enough for a medium-sized business and affordable for even very small ...

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EMC unveils “Data Protection Suite” licensing solution
ITProPortal
EMC will offer a new flexible licensing model to its customers called "Data Protection Suite" in a bid to help them lower their cost of ownership and allows them to "mix and match the usage of individual products to best fit their requirements". The suite will allow ...

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SafeNet Survey States that Encryption Solutions Help Reduce the Difficulties of ...
ITvoir
SafeNet, Inc., a global leader in data protection, today announced results from a survey conducted by SafeNet of 257 Asia-Pacific security professionals, revealing that time and costs are the biggest pains for implementing a typical enterprise data protection ...

With Cloud, Privacy Issues Loom
Texas GOP Vote
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act was passed in 1986, 27 years ago, a virtual eternity in the Internet age. Despite its modern-sounding name, ECPA predates the World Wide Web. It was written when few people owned home computers and even ...

Gansler Urges Major Advertisers to Pull Ads
Southern Maryland News Net
... “anonymous publication of malicious personal attacks on teenagers and children as young as 8 years old,” but also appears to collect personal information about children in ways that violate the federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).

Alberta Privacy Commissioner says Child First Act threatens privacy
globalnews.ca
EDMONTON – Alberta's proposed Children First Act will erode privacy rights and undermine Albertans' control over their own health and personal information, privacy commissioner Jill Clayton says. Alberta's Information and Privacy Commissioner criticized ...

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Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2012 Book Set to Release ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Data Protection Manager allows backup and recovery of Microsoft Workloads, including SQL Server, Exchange, Sharepoint, Client Computers, and Hyper-V. Enabling disk and tape-based backup methods, DPM also allows central management of the system ...

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EMC launches Data Protection Suite - ITWire.com
iTWire
EMC's Data Protection Suite is intended to simplify the use of the company's backup and archive products by providing flexible licensing model allowing 'mix and match' usage of the various components of the suite. The suite encompasses Avamar, ...

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Social media for parents: How Facebook protects kids
WCSH-TV
There are government guidelines set by the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. It basically says that 13 is the age that a person's information can be collected online. So 13 is the age a person can sign up for email, and social media. TIP ...

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FBI Documents Suggest That Feds Read Your Emails Without a Warrant - Gizmodo
Gizmodo
But that decision only applies in the four states covered by the Sixth Circuit, so we filed our FOIA request to find out whether the FBI and other agencies are taking advantage of a loophole in the outdated Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) that ...

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Reps. Graves, Yoder introduce Email Privacy Act
Rome News Tribune
The Graves-Yoder Email Privacy Act is the companion to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) Amendments Act (S. 607) introduced by Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Mike Lee (R-UT). Click here to read additional press releases on RN-T.com.

FBI maintains it can access emails without a warrant, internal document reveals
The Verge
Rather than following the ruling's guidance, the FBI is still including an Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA)-granted ability within its Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide, which would allow the organization to obtain relevant, opened ...

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ACLU Obtains Documents Showing FBI Doesn't Always Get Warrants Before ...
Firedoglake
It stated that in enacting the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) …Congress concluded that customers may not retain a “reasonable expectation of privacy” in information sent to network providers. . . [I]f the contents of an unopened message are ...

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Government Policy on Email Surveillance in "State of Chaos"
Slate Magazine (blog)
One of the documents, a 2012 FBI operations guide, advises agents that they can exploit a controversial loophole contained in the Electronic Communications Privacy Act in order to obtain email older than 180 days without a search warrant. The guide states ...

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Underage on FB? Big deal, say kids
Times of India
The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) sets out guidelines for the online collection of personal information from children under 13. The plea filed in the Delhi High Court, which the court responded to, also says that children below 18 ...

Justice Dept. position on ECPA warrant requirement unclear, says ACLU
FierceGovernmentIT
Under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, federal law enforcement must obtain a warrant based on probable cause to read unopened emails less than 180 days old. Once the emails are older than 180 days, opened or not, or younger than 180 days ...

FTC issues guidance on children's online privacy law
Lexology (registration)
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued guidance to answer stakeholder questions about changes to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) slated to take effect on July 1, 2013. According to FTC, the new rules apply not only to the ...
FTC On COPPA: No DelayMondaq News Alerts (registration)

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US government will take your data even without the Patriot Act
Computing
Co-founder and CEO of systems integrator Cloudreach Pontus Noren has warned firms that the US government is capable of taking data it deems important to its security, without needing to rely on the Patriot Act. Many firms are wary of storing critical data with ...

Online Privacy Bill Halted As Silicon Valley Lobbying Doubles
Independent Voter Network
The fight for online privacy rights in California took a major blow this month as AB 1291, or the “Right to Know Act of 2013,” became a two-year bill, essentially halting all action until January 2014. Assemblymember Bonnie Lowenthal's Right to Know Act would ...

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Colombia data protection framework takes effect
Lexology (registration)
Colombia's data protection law of 2012 recently went into full effect, following a six-month phase-in period. The law covers consumer databases used for marketing or telemarketing purposes, those containing medical records, and those that contain ...

European Commission privacy law endorsement opens way for NZ businesses
Lexology (registration)
The formal declaration that New Zealand has adequate standards of data protection for the purposes of EU law means that personal data can be transferred from the EU to New Zealand without further safeguards having to be put in place. By 20 March 2013, ...

FTC On COPPA: No Delay
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
This afternoon, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) unanimously rejected requests from industry organizations to delay the July 1 date for compliance with the amendments to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). In its response letter ...

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Bond Dickinson | Anonymisation of Personal Data in Insurance and Reinsurance
Linex Legal (registration) (press release)
The Data Protection Act only applies to personal data, and will not therefore apply to data that is rendered anonymous in such a way that the original data subject is no longer identifiable. Even if companies take steps to anonymise data, some data-sets ...

German court rules Apple terms violate data privacy laws
Telecompaper (subscription)
... ruling that it cannot ask for 'global consent' to use customer data or information on their geographical location. Gerd Billen, head of the consumer group VZBV, said that the ruling showed the importance of data protection for customers in a digital world.

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Plextor launches new enterprise grade double data protection SSD in MEA
AME Info (press release)
This new technology provides Enterprise grade Double data Protection including multi-layered data integrity checking with automatic 128-bit error correction and Plextor's unique firmware based Robust Data Hold-out Algorithm to ensure 100% accurately for ...

Parliament struggles to reach consensus on data protection law
TechCentral.ie
On Monday, the civil liberties committee of the European Parliament met to discuss the latest draft of Europe's Data Protection Regulation. German member of parliament (MEP) Jan Philipp Albrecht, who is charged with steering the legislation through to the ...

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Apple's user data-sharing takes a hit in Germany after court objects to privacy ...
ZDNet
A German court has ruled that eight of 15 clauses in Apple's privacy policy, which covers how it can share data with partners, do not comply with the country's data protection laws. Apple may need to redesign its data sharing practices for German consumers if ...

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Euro watchdog raises privacy fears on NDC
Buying Business Travel
But the EC's Data Protection Working Party, known as WP29 after the commission's Article 29 directive on data protection and privacy, has written to IATA to express fears that NDC could raise “a number of privacy and human rights concerns”. IATA has had to ...

Germans slam Apple data snooping - Fudzilla
Fudzilla
The Regional Court of Berlin has ruled that Apple is in breach of data protection laws, according to a verdict published by the Federation of German Consumer Organisations (VZBV). The VZBV demanded in 2011 that Apple Sales International should stop ...

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Is the White House recruiting Twitter's legal director?
Infosecurity Magazine
The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (Germany's privacy regulator) announced today that Google has been fined €145,000 for violating Germany's data protection regulations over the Street View incident.

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Arent Fox's This Week in Telecom - May 6, 2013
Lexology (registration)
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Privacy Regulation. The FTC has issued an updated set of frequently asked questions regarding the new Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule, “Complying With COPPA: Frequently Asked Questions".

FTC staff updates its COPPA FAQS, providing crucial guidance for covered ...
Lexology (registration)
... plug-ins, ad networks and other online services (together, "Services") that are subject to its recently revised rule implementing the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("Rule"): a much anticipated update of its COPPA FAQs.1 Many of the 92 ...

Allow sperm donors the right to maintain their past anonymity
Sydney Morning Herald
Dwelling in his own privacy and having acted from unknown, misunderstood or misinterpreted motives, he lacks any independent voice to defend his own legitimate legal, ethical and privacy rights. As a result, well-organised calls to subordinate donors' ...

Southwest Airlines® Celebrates Success of the Small Screen as the Official ...
WebWire (press release)
... Airlines will disqualify any entry from individuals who do not meet the eligibility requirements, and Southwest Airlines will also delete any entry received from persons under the age of 13 in compliance with the Children's Online Privacy ...

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Cloud computing uptake held back by provider terms of service and US Patriot ...
V3.co.uk
"We're very concerned about the Patriot Act," said Towers, a sentiment that will be well understood by many IT chiefs on this side of the Atlantic. "The problem is that US government bodies have the right to access any data held by US companies, even if that ...

California's 'Right To Know Act' Brings Consumers More Privacy Protection
Justice News Flash
A new bill being considered by California lawmakers will bring California consumers additional privacy rights by requiring companies to disclose to consumers the data they've collected and with whom it was shared during the past year, if the consumer ...

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Bit9 Stores Its Bytes in the Cloud
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Deployed in December 2012, TwinStrata CloudArray delivers Bit9 a comprehensive and robust offsite data protection strategy across its virtualized environment. Working in conjunction with Bit9's backup provider Veeam, CloudArray supports both Bit9's ...

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Balancing innovation with data protection
The Commentator
The EU is just in the beginning stages of a single data protection law that will eventually be interpreted by member states, and to that end has been coordinating with a number of different groups, including the US government, to ensure compliance. The US ...

Cnil audits website information on Internet Sweep Day
Telecompaper (subscription)
French data protection agency Cnil is one of around 20 counterparts around the world that took part in Internet Sweep Day on 6 May. As a member of the Global Privacy Enforcement Network, Cnil examined 250 of the biggest websites in France to see if ...

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The Data Protection Commissioner wants people who use the deals website ...
98FM
The Data Protection Commissioner wants people who use the deals website Living-Social to change their passwords. It's after 480-thousand users of the site were found to have been targeted by hackers, who accessed their personal details. Users are being ...

EU data law changes offer opportunities for Asia's datacenter markets
ZDNet
The European Union's (EU) Data Protection Regulation, which is currently being debated within the European Commission, will have far-reaching impact on datacenter destinations around the world since those which do not meet the EU's data protection laws ...

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SMEs at Risk From Lack of Attention to Data Protection
EIN News (press release)
The guide is intended to help them manage their secure information destruction process more efficiently and to ensure they are compliant with the data protection regulations in force in the UK. Unlike large businesses, SMEs tend not to have the resources to ...

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World's most trusted storage delivers more data protection to mission-critical ...
ITWeb
EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) has announced that the world's most trusted storage is delivering more data protection with updates to EMC VMAX enterprise storage, a new frame-based licensing model for EMC VPLEX virtual storage, making VPLEX more ...

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Confusion over EU data bill costs
EUobserver.com
BRUSSELS - Those who support the EU's proposed data protection bill and those who oppose it are putting forward vastly different figures on the cost of the new law. The European Commission says the data regulation will cut administrative costs and save ...