The Top Ten Privacy and Data Security Issues to Watch in 2013
This list of the top ten privacy and security issues to watch in 2013 is driven by the author’s own scientifically and meticulously selected review of the issues that will matter the most to the most people in 2013, based on a proprietary model peer-reviewed by a respected panel of experts…
Privacy in Latin America
With the addition of new laws in Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Peru, there is now a critical mass of countries in Latin America with privacy regimes. Organizations doing business in Latin America should pay attention to these laws as they really differ from laws in other regions, and compliance programs that comply with only European Union obligations may run afoul of many of the Latin American country obligations…
Practical Aspects Of Data Protection Compliance: Is Your Company Doing All It Can?
This is the third and final part of a series of three articles considering the practicalities of data protection laws as they impact on companies…
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office Guidance On The Use Of Cloud Computing
The EU Article 29 Data Protection Working Party earlier published its guidance on the use of cloud computing. The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) followed this in late September 2012…
U.S., EU Offer Guidance on Due Diligence for Cloud Computing Arrangements
Recent guidance from financial regulators in the US and the data protection authorities in the EU sound a note of caution about moving to the cloud without careful advance planning. The authorities have focused directly on the responsibility of cloud customers to conduct diligence on cloud providers and to provide rigorous oversight of their service providers…
ANALYSIS: The UK Information Commissioner’s Office Guidance on the Use of Cloud Computing
In July 2012, the EU Article 29 Data Protection Working Party published its guidance on the use of cloud computing. The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) followed this…
EU Article 29 Data Protection Working Party Issues Guidance For Cloud Computing Services Clients
BRUSSELS—Cloud computing service clients in the European Union are obliged to select a provider that guarantees compliance with EU data protection law, the Article 29 Working Party said in a formal opinion released July 3.
Anxiety Grows As Enforcement Grace Period Nears End For South Korea’s Strict New Privacy Law
Apprehension among businesses about what they must do to comply with Korea’s new “strictest in the world” data protection law is growing as the end of a six-month enforcement grace period looms March 31, panelists said March 8.
Taiwan to Revise Customer Privacy, Security Trustmark Program for E-Commerce Sites
Business feedback on the first phase of Taiwan’s new customer privacy and data security trustmark program for e-commerce enterprises will be used to revise the program, the final version of which will be released in the first half of 2011, the Taiwanese government said in a Nov. 3 statement…
India Clarifies That Outsourcing Companies Need Not Get Consent From Data Subjects
Indian outsourcing contract firms that handle personal data need not get written consent from data subjects in other countries in order to be able to process their information, the country’s data protection regulator announced in an Aug. 24 statement…