“This report by CBO presents an analysis of the proposals contained in the Presidents budget request for fiscal year 2014. The analysis is based on CBOs economic projections and estimating assumptions and models, rather than the Administrations, and incorporates estimates by the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) for the Presidents tax proposals.… Continue Reading
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FCC- Expanding Access to In-Flight Broadband and Encouraging Innovation
“By this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Notice), the Commission proposes to further increase the availability of broadband services onboard airplanes by establishing an air-ground mobile broadband service by which passengers aboard civil and government aircraft can connect to a full range of communications services while flying over the contiguous United States. Consumers increasingly demand ubiquitous… Continue Reading
Report from European Coalition for Digital Rights
International privacy organisations: Don’t let corporations strip citizens of their right to privacy “This report features new analysis by privacy experts of proposed amendments to the draft Data Protection Regulation. It reveals how many of these amendments threaten to critically undermine the privacy of EU consumers and citizens. Together, the amendments are an effort to… Continue Reading
EU Data Protection Policies Challenge Google Privacy Policy
PCWorld: “Six European data protection authorities will conduct formal investigations of Google’s privacy policy after the company repeatedly rejected their requests that it reverse changes it made to the policy last March. Data protection authorities in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and the U.K. have resolved to conduct investigations or inspections of Google’s privacy… Continue Reading
EPIC: EU Takes Action Against Google for Privacy Policy Meltdown
EPIC: “Data protection agencies in six European countries have announced enforcement actions against Google. The agencies acted after Google ignored recommendations to comply with European data protection law. “It is now up to each national data protection authority to carry out further investigations according to the provisions of its national law transposing European legislation,” the… Continue Reading
Proposed new EU General Data Protection Regulation
Proposed new EU General Data Protection Regulation: Article-by-article analysis paper, V1.0 12 February 2013. UK Information Commission Office (ICO). “We originally produced this document for two main audiences the ICOs own staff and the Ministry of Justice, to help to inform the UKs negotiations in Europe. However, it has become clear that the information… Continue Reading
EPIC – Europe Prepares Action Against Google
EPIC: “The French Data Protection Commissioner, acting on behalf of the European Union, announced it will take action against Google after the company failed to reply to questions about its handling of user information. In October 2012, officials representing 24 countries in Europe sent a letter requiring Google to comply with European data protection laws,… Continue Reading
The Contribution of EU Directives to the Objective of Consumer Protection
The Contribution of EU Directives to the Objective of Consumer Protection. Annalies Azzopardi, University of Malta, October 2012. ELSA Malta Law Review, Vol. 2, 2012, Via SSRN. “This paper examines the techniques used by European Union directives in order to protect the consumer. After a brief introduction to consumer legislation within the European Union, these… Continue Reading
European Data Protection Supervisor – safeguarding data protection rights
December 17, 2012: “the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) published his Report on the Status of Data Protection Officers (DPOs) as part of his ongoing task to monitor the compliance of EU institutions and bodies with Article 24 of the European Data Protection Regulation, which obliges the appointment of DPOs…Article 24 of the Data Protection… Continue Reading
UK – Justice Committee publishes report on the Committee's opinion on EU Data Protection framework proposals
“According to the Justice Committee, the European Union Data Protection proposals “need to go back to the drawing board”. Justice Committee – Third Report – The Committee’s opinion on the European Union Data Protection framework proposals Inquiry: The Committee’s opinion on the EU Data Protection framework proposals Justice Committee publications EU proposals to update data… Continue Reading
ICO statement on information received from Google about retention of Street View data
Statement: 27 July 2012 – “The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) has issued the following statement today in response to information received from Google about the retention of payload data collected by its Street View vehicles. An ICO spokesperson said: Earlier today Google contacted the ICO to confirm that it still had in its possession some… Continue Reading
EPIC – European Expert Group Affirms Privacy Rules for Cloud Service Providers
“The Article 29 Working Party, representing the privacy agencies of European Union countries, has released a new Opinion in which it states that cloud service providers will be subject to the EU Data Protection Directive. The expert group also advises users of cloud-based services to conduct a comprehensive and thorough risk analysis of cloud services.… Continue Reading
