US tech majors will face more EU privacy challenges

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Data Protection ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Content Type ◽  
User Adaptation ◽  
Technology Firms ◽  
Full Compliance ◽  
Data Protection Authority ◽  
Sensitive Issues ◽  
Protection Authority ◽  
The Eu

Subject Action by European regulators and courts against US technology firms. Significance The Hamburg state data protection authority this month rejected an appeal by Google against the authority's decision requiring changes to Google's handling of users' personal data. This latest action comes as negotiations on new EU data-protection rules have reached a critical stage. These are raising questions about the transatlantic handling of personal data, an increasingly important resource commercially and politically. Impacts Policy differences within the EU will make it hard for the bloc to reach agreement on its proposed new data-protection rules this year. Given that user adaptation to any new EU regime will take at least two years, full compliance will not occur before 2018. Data protection will remain the most sensitive issues in transatlantic tensions over internet governance. Privacy and data-protection campaigners will try to block any transatlantic agreements on these issues, via legislative or judicial means.

scholarly journals A Review of Personal Data Protection Law in Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Firdaus
Keyword(s):  
Data Protection ◽  
House Of Representatives ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Privacy Rights ◽  
Legal Rules ◽  
Personal Data Protection ◽  
Personal Dignity ◽  
Data Protection Authority ◽  
Individual Ability ◽  
Protection Authority

The importance of protecting personal data issue starts strengthened along with the increasing number of telephone user mobile and internet in Indonesia. Several cases were sticking out, especially those that have a connection with the leak of personal data and leads to fraud or crime, strengthen the discourse on the importance of making legal rules to protect personal data. In Indonesia, the protection of personal data is related to the concept of privacy, which is the idea of safeguarding the integrity and personal dignity. Privacy rights are also an individual ability to determine who is holding their information and how the information is used. Currently, Indonesia’s long-awaited comprehensive draft Law on the Protection of Personal Data has been submitted by President Joko Widodo to the Chairperson of the Indonesian House of Representatives on January 24th, 2020. When passed, it will be the first framework legislation on personal data protection in Indonesia. This paper discusses and summarizes the progress of personal data protection based on the law and the regulatory authority in Indonesia. The result shows that there is a lack of explanation of the term data protection authority (DPA) in the final Bill submitted.

Surveillance in Public Spaces as a Means of Protecting Security

Cyber Crime ◽  
2013 ◽  
pp. 300-309
Author(s):  
Anna Tsiftsoglou
Keyword(s):  
Data Processing ◽  
Crime Prevention ◽  
Data Protection ◽  
Public Safety ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Security Measure ◽  
Data Protection Authority ◽  
Data Protection Law ◽  
Protection Authority

The Greek Data Protection Authority (DPA) was asked in July 2009 to review a proposed legislation that was exempting personal data processing via camera installations in public spaces from the scope of the Greek Data Protection Law 2472/1997. Such an exemption was justified, among other reasons, for the protection of public safety and crime prevention. This paper examines the legitimacy of this security measure from two angles: European and Greek Law. Furthermore, our analysis focuses on questions of privacy, the concept of public safety and its application, as well as the DPA’s role in safeguarding citizens’ privacy even in city streets.

Brazil’s data protection failings may harm innovation

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Data Protection ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
General Data Protection Regulation ◽  
Data Protection Authority ◽  
Protection Legislation ◽  
General Data ◽  
Data Protection Law ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Protection Authority

Subject Brazil's new data protection law. Significance Brazil’s General Data Protection Law (LGPD) will come into effect in August 2020. Largely mirroring the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the new legislation seeks to strengthen citizen privacy while also giving legal certainty to businesses engaging in data transfers. However, unlike EU jurisdictions, Brazil will not set up an autonomous data authority to enforce its legislation. Rather, its new National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) will be directly linked to the presidency and have no budgetary independence. Impacts A reduced talent pool will limit the growth of Brazilian firms in the digital economy. Shortages of relevant talent will affect companies’ ability to innovate. The shortcomings of Brazil’s data protection legislation could add a serious hurdle to the development of its digital economy.

Surveillance in Public Spaces as a Means of Protecting Security

2011 ◽  
pp. 93-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Tsiftsoglou
Keyword(s):  
Data Processing ◽  
Crime Prevention ◽  
Data Protection ◽  
Public Safety ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Security Measure ◽  
Data Protection Authority ◽  
Data Protection Law ◽  
Protection Authority

The Greek Data Protection Authority (DPA) was asked in July 2009 to review a proposed legislation that was exempting personal data processing via camera installations in public spaces from the scope of the Greek Data Protection Law 2472/1997. Such an exemption was justified, among other reasons, for the protection of public safety and crime prevention. This paper examines the legitimacy of this security measure from two angles: European and Greek Law. Furthermore, our analysis focuses on questions of privacy, the concept of public safety and its application, as well as the DPA’s role in safeguarding citizens’ privacy even in city streets.

US tech policy reform will prioritise data protection

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Data Protection ◽  
Data Transfer ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
State Level ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Technology Firms ◽  
Privacy Law ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Important Challenge ◽  
Constitutional Protections

Significance New state-level data protection laws, and a potential federal privacy law, are emerging as an important challenge for major US technology firms. Already they face rising pressures regarding their market power, commercial exploitation of personal data, and their platforms' role in spreading disinformation and fake news. Impacts The latitude of US constitutional protections of free speech will make tackling misinformation more challenging than in other countries. The persistence of an advertising-based business model means the spread of misinformation will not slow significantly. Washington will prioritise negotiating a new transatlantic data transfer agreement with the EU.

scholarly journals Before and after enforcement of GDPR

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 363-370
Author(s):  
Livia Puljak ◽  
Anamarija Mladinić ◽  
Ron Iphofen ◽  
Zvonimir Koporc
Keyword(s):  
Data Protection ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Research Institutions ◽  
General Data Protection Regulation ◽  
Personal Data Protection ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Data Protection Authority ◽  
General Data ◽  
Protection Authority

Introduction The European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was put in force on 25th May 2018. It is not known how many personal data protection requests the national authority in Croatia had received before and after GDPR, and how many of those were related to research. Materials and methods We obtained data from the Croatian Personal Data Protection Agency (CPDPA) about requests/complaints related to personal data protection that were received specifically from academic/research institutions, specifically the number and type of all cases/requests between the years 2015-2019. Results In 2018, CPDPA had a dramatic increase in the number of requests in the post-GDPR period, compared to the pre-GDPR period of the same year. In 2019, CPDPA received 2718 requests/complaints; less than in the year 2018. From 2015 to 2019, CPDPA received only 37 requests related to research. Conclusions Very few requests about personal data protection from academic and research institutions in Croatia were submitted to the national Croatian data protection authority. Future studies could explore whether researchers have sufficient awareness and knowledge about personal data protection related to research, to adequately implement the GDPR regulations.

Data protection and passenger name record in judicial criminal matters under the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement

2021 ◽  
pp. 203228442199492
Author(s):  
Catherine Van de Heyning
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Data Protection ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Cooperation Agreement ◽  
Judicial Cooperation ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Record Data ◽  
Criminal Matters ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

The submission discusses the provisions in the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement on data protection as well as the consequences for the exchange of passenger name record data in the field of criminal and judicial cooperation. The author concludes that the impact of the Agreement will depend on the resolvement of the United Kingdom to uphold the standards of protection of personal data equivalent to the EU’s in order to reach an adequacy decision.

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