Posts Tagged law

European Countries Approve Sweeping Communications, Privacy Reforms

On November 24, the European Parliament established new Internet policies, including a right to Internet access, net neutrality obligations, and strengthened consumer protections. Under the ePrivacy directive, communications service providers will also be required to notify consumers of security breaches, persistent identifiers (“cookies”) will become opt-in, there will be enhanced penalties for spammers, and national [...]

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ENISA Report Examines Cloud Computing and Privacy

The European Network and Information Security Agency has released a new report on Cloud Computing. The ENISA report recommends that European officials determine the application of data protection laws to cloud computing services. The report also considers whether personal data may be transferred to countries lacking adequate privacy protection, whether customers should be notified of [...]

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4th Annual Judicial Symposium on Civil Justice Issues

4th Annual Judicial Symposium on Civil Justice Issues
Law in Cyberspace:  Legal Blogging & the Courts
John Verdi,
EPIC Senior Counsel
Northwestern School of Law
Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth
Chicago, IL
December 7, 2009

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EU and US Officials Examine Safe Harbor, Cross Border Data Flow and Privacy

Officials from the United States and the European Union are meeting in Washington this week to review “Safe Harbor,” a framework that allows the processing of data on EU citizens by US firms without traditional legal protections. Safe Harbor has been challenged by the European Parliament and questioned by academic experts. The Federal Trade Commission [...]

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President Obama Nominates Brill and Ramirez for Federal Trade Commission

President Obama nominated Julie Brill and Edith Ramirez to be commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission. Brill, North Carolina’s top consumer advocate, serves as the senior deputy attorney general and chief of consumer protection and antitrust for the North Carolina Department of Justice. Ramirez, who specializes in intellectual property and complex litigation matters, is a [...]

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Obama Backs Extending Patriot Act Spy Provisions

The Obama administration has told Congress it supports renewing three provisions of the Patriot Act due to expire at year’s end, measures making it easier for the government to spy within the United States.
In a letter to Sen. Patrick Leahy, the Vermont Democrat and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Justice Department said the [...]

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