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Data Processing
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HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Part 4: Justifying Data Uses – From Consent to Legitimate Interests
By Gonzalo F. Gállego, Ewa Kacperek
Under the Data Protection Directive, each instance of data processing requires a legal justification – a “ground for processing”. This fundamental feature of EU data protection law remains unchanged under…
Media Law Prof Blog
Requiring An Opt-In To Protect Data Privacy
Joseph A. Tomain, Georgia State University College of Law, has published Online Privacy and the First Amendment: An Opt-In Approach to Data Processing in volume 83 of the University of…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Why Binding Safe Processor Rules Are Key to Global Privacy
Ask any data protection officer or privacy counsel what tops their list of trepidations and engaging global data services' vendors will be up there. The combination of security threats and…
Health Law Prof Blog
Is “The Right to be Forgotten” a Misnomer? More on the Recent Decision of the European Court of Justice
By Francisl
For blog readers interested in how the "right to be forgotten" is playing out in Europe, I'm providing the following as a further description of the recent decision of the…
Password Protected
The CJEU’s Google Spain Decision: A Right to be Forgotten Within the Limits of the Freedom of Expression
The Limits of the Freedom of Expression In its ruling of May 13, 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) holds that: 1. A search engine processes…
The Global Privacy Watch
Legitimate Interests – Alternative to Notice & Choice?
To continue my prior post on the Article 29 Working Party's Opinion 6/2014, it is important to take a closer look at the specifics of the notion of a Controller's…
Inside Privacy
European Data Protection Regulators Clarify the Scope of the Balancing Test Required for Reliance on the “Legitimate Interests” Ground for Data Processing
On 9 April, the Article 29 Working Party (“WP29”) adopted an Opinion on the notion of legitimate interests of the data controller under Article 7(f) of the EU Data Protection…
SALT Shaker
It’s True! Online Database Service Not Subject to Massachusetts Sales Tax
By Jessica Kerner and Charlie Kearns The Massachusetts Department of Revenue determined that the sale of access to an online database was not subject to sales and use tax because…
Red Notice Law Journal
INTERPOL’s Need for Reform as Recommended by Fair Trials International
This is the second in a series of posts addressing the current call for INTERPOL's reform. Fair Trials International recently released a report containing its recommendations for change to INTERPOL's…
Red Notice Law Journal
INTERPOL’s CCF wants to evolve- and INTERPOL should support that evolution.
(This is the fourth post in a series about the CCF's Annual Report for 2012) In his speech to the General Assembly last month, the Chairman of the Commission…