EU – European Data Protection Supervisor: Annual Report for 2005 – Published August 2006 (125 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
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European Court of Justice Strikes Down US Collection of Passenger Name Records
BBC: “The European Court of Justice has annulled an EU-US agreement requiring airlines to transfer passenger data to the US authorities.” Press release and information from the Court of Justice of the European Communities, May 30, 2006 (3 pages, PDF) Related postings on passenger data collection post 9/11 Continue Reading
EU Approves New Data Retention Directive
EU press release, 21 February 2006 (21 pages, PDF) See also EU action plan on combatting terrorism, 13 February 2006 (38 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
EU Commission Directive on Data Transfer
Commission Staff Working Directive, 20/1/06. Continue Reading
EU Advocate General Recommends Annulling Agreement to Share Passenger Name Records
Nº 98/2005: 22 November 2005, Opinion of the Advocate General in cases C-317/04, C-318/04, Parliament/Council, Principles of Community law – press release – Advocate General Léger Proposed Annulment of the Commission and Council Decisions on Transfer to the American Authorities of Personal Information Concerning Air Passengers. Full-text opinion (in French) May 31, 2004, Passenger Data… Continue Reading
UK Open Rights Group Begins Work
UK digital rights group sets up – “The main aims of the Open Rights Group are: to foster a grassroots community of campaigning volunteers; to connect journalists and the press with digital rights experts and activists.” Continue Reading
New EU Draft Directive on Data Retention
The EDRI-gram newsletter reported on the release of the new EU Commission explanatory memorandum on data retention, July 20, 2005 (16 pages, PDF). “The European Commission has finally produced its draft directive on data retention. According to the Commission, all fixed and mobile telephony traffic and location data from all private and legal persons should… Continue Reading
Italian Lawyers Group Embraces Open Source Software for Document Management
NewsForge has a detailed and very interesting posting on how a group of Italian attorneys have formed a consortium to facilitate the distribution of, and training programs about how to efficiently use open source applications for a range of document management applications as well as e-filing of court documents. Continue Reading
Websites That Offer Consumers Safe Harbor
Jay Cline reviews a range of popular e-commerce websites that offer consumers a defined list of privacy protections and provides general scores for those that implement portions of the European privacy principles. Continue Reading
Smartcard Industry Report Compares Technology With RFID
RFID Tags and Contactless Smart Card Technology: Comparing and Contrasting Applications and Capabilities See also this chart comparing the features and applications of RFID tags and contactless smart cards. Related resources: From the EU: “On January 19th, the Working Party 29 adopted a Working Document on data protection issues related to RFID technology (Working document… Continue Reading
Global Manufacturer To Implement Website Privacy Protection Software
Consumer product manufacturer Procter & Gamble plans to implement data privacy protection software on its websites (numbering in the hundreds) to meet compliance requirements in Europe, which after testing, will be followed by rollouts in the U.S. and other countries. Continue Reading
Open Source Software Under Development for University Financials
2 Universities Team Up to Create Free, Open-Source Financial Software for Campuses Continue Reading
