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data retention
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Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Advocate General Finds Member States May Not Breach EU Laws Over Electronic Communications Retention
On July 19, 2016, Advocate General Saugmandsgaard Oe published his Opinion on two cases that sought to establish whether a general obligation to retain data is compatible with the fundamental…
Global IP & Technology Law Blog
Weekly Data Privacy Alert – 1 February 2016
This week’s alert covers news from: Armenia Personal Data Protection Issues Are Regulated by New Law: Armenia Minister of Justice Germany “Berlin Group” Adopts Working Paper on Location Tracking Technology…
Global IP & Technology Law Blog
Weekly Data Privacy Alert – 4 January 2016
This week's alert covers news from the EU, Germany, Ireland and the UK. EU Cybersecurity Agreement Reached Germany Law on Data Retention Comes Into Force Bundestag Passes Law on Right…
Employment Law Worldview
Happy New Year: What Happened To My E-Verify Records?
As 2015 comes to close, Employers should heed recent notifications from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that it will begin purging employer E‑Verify…
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Data Retention Questions Referred to the European Court for Clarification
Mass surveillance has come under scrutiny once again, now that the UK Court of Appeal has asked the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to clarify whether it…
Technology Law Dispatch
Could the UK see a shake-up of its Data Retention Powers? Questions referred to the CJEU
On 20 November 2015 the UK’s Court of Appeal referred questions on data retention to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) following a challenge to the Data…
Datenschutz
Neues Gesetz zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung passiert den Deutschen Bundestag
Das "Gesetz zur Einführung einer Speicherpflicht und einer Höchstspeicherfrist für Verkehrsdaten" ist beschlossene Sache. Am Freitag, den 16. Oktober 2015, hat der Deutsche Bundestag in finaler Lesung das Gesetz, das…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
German Parliament Adopts Data Retention Law with Localization Requirement
On October 16, 2015, the German Parliament adopted a new data retention law requiring telecommunications operators and Internet service providers to retain customer Internet and phone usage data.
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Cacophony in the E.U. About National Data Retention Laws
The European Commission made it clear on September 16, 2015, that the issue of whether to introduce national data retention laws is a national decision. The European Commission has no…
Datenschutz
EU-Kommission dementiert Absicht zur Klage gegen ein deutsches Gesetz zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung
Seit Jahren wird das Thema Vorratsdatenspeicherung auf nationaler wie europäischer Ebene kontrovers behandelt. Nachdem das Bundesverfassungsgericht im März 2010 die deutschen Regelungen im Telekommunikationsgesetz für nichtig erklärt hat, entschied der…