AT INTERNATIONAL LEVEL: “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his Privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.” “1. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his Privacy, […]
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How to protect your personal data?
Every day, you need to provide your data. Give your identification documents and contact details to your employer, or the name of your kids and other information to their school, or your medical history to doctors, or your IP to get your location and obtain directions, and so on. The solution is not to start […]
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Under EU data protection law the Data Controller and Data Processor must, among other duties, ensure the lawfulness to collect or re-use personal data, and the fairness and transparency of the processing. In other words, the individual should have the necessary information to assess and freely decides when his/her personal data is to be processed, […]
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As stated by the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA), “Our society more and more depends on the trustworthy functioning of the information and communication technologies”.
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A lot has been written about the upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Draft Proposed Regulation to update the Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications (ePrivacy Directive). However, before entering into details, we should all make sure that we understand what is personal data; and hence, which information is protected by the Law.
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