Publications
A report on the IAPP data protection conference in Washington DC
From March 7-9, 2012, the annual IAPP (International Association of Privacy Professionals) conference took place in Washington DC. More that 10,000 privacy professionals worldwide belong to the IAPP. Some 2,100 privacy professionals took part in the Washington conference, where they exchanged views on various global data protection issues in a series of workshops held over three days.
Data protection agreement: negotiations between the EU and the US falter
A document written by the EU Commission for the EU Council, which was published on the Internet, but not intended for the public, reports, as expected, on the great difficulties in EU-US negotiations on a general agreement on data protection.
President Obama introduces a framework for US data protection regulations
Yesterday, President Obama introduced a framework for his planned US data protection regulations. It combines elements from the self-regulation efforts of market participants, which are controlled by the FTC, and integrates them with legislative initiatives.
Data protection: using leased copy machines
Modern copy machines use hard drives for the intermediary storage of copied documents. Copy machines (usually) do not automatically delete the data on these hard drives. That means: The scanned data from the documents copied by the machine can be found on the copy machine’s hard drive. Please read the following 3-point list of measures, which companies should heed to safeguard their data.
Hamburg Data Protection Authority: Data protection-conforming use of Google Analytics
The Hamburg Data Protection Authority arrived at an agreement with Google on the data protection-conforming use of Google Analytics. This agreement had been expected, according to related statements. A protracted dispute about the use of Google Analytics appears to be resolved. In the following, read about what website operators will soon have take into account.
- Data Protection in Turkey: Data exchange between Germany and Turkey
- Data Protection in Dubai: The DIFC Data Protection Law
- Global Data Protection: Strategy Instead of Compliance?
- Germany's Reluctance To Accept European Commission Decisions Concerning The Adequacy Of The Level Of Data Protection In Non-EU/EEA Countries
- Data protection: Who can be a Data Protection Officer?
- German privacy laws – a case of hyperdontia?
- Privacy and social networking
- Privacy law requirements for ranking lists
- Decision 2 BvR 902/06 of the German Constitutional Court: the end of email screening in the workplace?
- IT-security as a management obligation