Topic
Personal Data
336 published works
Data Counsel
New Indian Privacy Law Impacts U.S. Companies
By Peter Brown
In the United States, India is synonymous with outsourced data processing services and customer service call centers for credit card issuers, banks and retailers. The flow of data between the…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Peruvian Privacy Law Expected by July 28, 2011
On June 7, 2011, the Peru's Congress passed the Personal Data Protection Law. If the bill is signed into law, Peru would become the newest member of the group of…
Global Privacy & Security Compliance Blog
Geolocation Data Set to Become ‘Personal Data’
By Amy Taylor
On 16 May 2011, the European Commission’s Article 29 Working Party released their latest Opinion on the status of geolocation data for the purposes of European privacy rules. Though not…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Senators Kerry and McCain Introduce the Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011
This blog post provides detailed information on the much-anticipated Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011, which was introduced by Senators John Kerry and John McCain on April 12,…
Media Law Prof Blog
Regulation of Cloud Computing
W. Kuan Hon, Christopher Millard, and Ian Walden, all Queen Mary University of London School of Law, have published The Problem of 'Personal Data' in Cloud Computing - What Information…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
EU Council Publishes Its Conclusions on the European Commission’s Communication on Personal Data
The EU Council has published its conclusions regarding the European Commission's Communication proposing "a comprehensive approach on personal data protection in the European Union" which concerns the overhaul of the…
Technology Law Dispatch
Israel is welcomed to the ranks of EU-approved personal data destinations
By Christine Nielsen Czuprynski
This post was written by Nick Tyler. The EU Commission has recently approved Israel as a country providing “an adequate level of protection for personal data transferred from the European…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Collection and use of personal data for direct marketing — Lessons from the Octopus Case in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Data protection is currently a hot topic in Hong Kong. This is largely due to the furor caused by the discovery of the large scale sale of personal…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Senator Kerry’s Senior Advisor Provides Key Insight into Forthcoming Privacy Bill
On December 10, 2010, Senior Advisor to U.S. Senator John Kerry, Daniel Sepulveda, provided a briefing on Senator Kerry's forthcoming privacy legislation, which aims to establish a regulatory framework for…
Class Action Countermeasures
The Strategic Dilemma of Bad Settlements – Mirfasihi v Fleet Mortgage
By The Editors
When a defendant is faced with a class action complaint, sometimes the best strategy appears to be to settle quickly, before having to engage in costly litigation or burdensome discovery.…