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Written by Adriano Chaves and Maria Paula Souza, Campos Mello Advogados law firm (Brazil)*
The so-called “Marco Civil da Internet” (i.e. the Bill of Law 2,126/2011, which establishes a civil rights framework for the Internet) was voted and approved by the Brazilian House of Representatives (Câmara …
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By Aline Doussin, DLA Piper London
On Sunday 24 November, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the member-states of the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) struck an historic deal providing Iran with approximately $7 billion in relief from international sanctions in exchange for…
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Written by: Emma Thomas
The EU Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE) has approved a compromise set of amendments to the EU Data Protection Regulation that moves the Parliament’s position to the left, giving consumers more individual control over their personal information.
Two earlier proposals, from the European Commission and the…
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Written by Alec Christie and Reyhaneh Saadati
The Office of the Australian Privacy Commissioner has released its new Guide to Information Security: Reasonable Steps to Protect Personal Information.
The Guide aims to assist Australian businesses and those carrying on business in Australia to “take reasonable steps” to protect the personal…
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The Privacy Commission recently updated its recommendation n°4/2009 on direct marketing with a new recommendation (n°02/2013), in order to align its views with recent changes in the legal landscape.
The new recommendation for instance now clearly refers to the use of cookies in a direct marketing context, stating that the…
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The Article 29 Working Party – the data protection working group for the European Union which is composed of representatives from the European Commission and the data protection authorities of EU member states – recently released it Opinion 2/2013 on smart devices and mobile apps. According to the Opinion, app…
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What has happened?
The telecoms regulator in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has set a deadline of 4 May 2013 for companies to submit applications for three mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) licenses in the KSA, as the market opens up for further competition.
The winners of the licenses…
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DLA Piper lawyers had the opportunity to review the European Parliament draft report on the Data Protection Regulation proposal that will be presented by Rapporteur Albrecht to the European Parliament on 10 January 2013. The proposed legislative changes would impose significant additional requirements on entities that collect data about EU…
Continue Reading European Parliament Seeks to Broaden the Scope of the Draft Data Protection Regulation and Strengthen its Application
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO“) has released guidance on the use of cloud computing (“Guidance“). This Guidance follows the long awaited opinion of the EU Article 29 Data Protection Working Party (“WP 29“) (Opinion 05/2012 on Cloud Computing (the “WP29 Opinion“))…
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The Federal Government in Australia will soon introduce into Parliament major legislative reforms to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act), according to an announcement made by the Attorney-General, Nicola Roxon during Privacy Awareness Week earlier this month.
The Attorney-General emphasised that the reforms will include changes intended to benefit…
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