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data retention
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Media Law Prof Blog
Australia’s Data Retention Law
Graham Greenleaf, University of New South Wales, Faculty of Law, has published Going Against the Flow: Australia Enacts a Data Retention Law at 134 Privacy Laws & Business International Report…
Global Privacy & Security Compliance Blog
English High Court Declares UK Legislation Expanding Government Powers to Retain and Intercept Data Unlawful
The English High Court has declared that UK legislation which expanded government powers to require communication providers to retain communication traffic data is incompatible with human rights, and is unlawful.…
Focus on Regulation
DRIPA Struck Down by High Court in Judicial Review Challenge
On 17 July 2015, the High Court declared the operative provision of the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 ("DRIPA") to be inconsistent with EU law, in response to…
Datenschutz
Zum neuen Entwurf einer Vorratsdatenspeicherung
Vor kurzem hat sich der Deutsche Bundestag in erster Lesung mit dem neuen Entwurf zur Regelung einer Vorratsdatenspeicherung befasst (12. Juni 2015). Am 27. Mai 2015 hatte die Bundesregierung einen…
Workforce Compliance Insights
Proper Disposal of Background Check Reports
A recent blog posting by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on data retention and disposal practices is the genesis of this blog. The posting talks about the importance of having…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Germany Adopts a Draft Telecom Data Retention Law that Includes a Localization Requirement
On May 28, 2015, the German government adopted a draft law that would require telecommunications and Internet service providers to retain Internet and telephone usage data.
Proskauer on Privacy
Australia’s New Mandatory Data Retention Law
Last week, Australia became the latest country to pass a mandatory data retention law. The Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Bill 2015, which amends Australia’s Telecommunications (Interception and…
Inside Privacy
Top 10 International Privacy Developments of 2014
By Dan Cooper
The CJEU “Right to be Forgotten” Ruling. In May 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered an important judgement in a referral from Spain’s National…
Inside Business Immigration
USCIS to Purge 10-Year Old E-Verify Records
Starting January 1, 2015, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will start purging the E-Verify records of employers that are 10 years old or more. This initiative is in accordance…
Technology Law Dispatch
Update on Data Retention
By Cynthia O’Donoghue, Kate Brimsted
In July, we reported on the controversial move by the UK Government to pass the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 (‘DRIP Act’). This DRIP Act enabled telecommunications operators…