Privacy Shield update – circa 200 le società aderenti a un mese dall’inizio

Posted on by Federica Romanelli
A settembre 2016, sono circa 200 le società registrate sotto l’EU-US Privacy Shield, secondo il sito ufficiale del Dipartimento del Commercio USA. L'elenco include Microsoft e Salesforce, come grandi multinazionali. Il Privacy Shield è entrato in vigore il 1° agosto 2016 in sostituzione del Safe Harbor, dichiarato nullo in ottobre 2015. A un anno dalla sua implementazione, Safe Harbour contava circa 129 entita statunitensi aderenti. Nel 2016 i partecipanti erano 5.500 in totale. Il Dipartimento Read more [...]

Windows 10 e privacy: dubbi del CNIL

Posted on by Federica Romanelli
Il 20 luglio 2016, l'agenzia il Garante Privacy francese (CNIL) ha inviato una lettera a Microsoft con la quale richiedeva alla società di correggere alcune presunte violazioni nella raccolta di dati personali e nel monitoraggio degli utenti di Windows 10. Considerando la gravità delle problematiche rilevate ed il numero degli utenti toccati (più di dieci milioni di utenti di Windows 10 in Francia), il CNIL ha diffidato la società ad adempiere, evidenziando i cinque principali problemi di protezione Read more [...]

EU Digital Clearing House to protect privacy in the age of big data

Posted on by Federica Romanelli
On September 23, 2016, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) announced the intention to set up a Digital Clearing House to promote a more coherent enforcement of EU privacy rules. With Opinion 8/2016, Coherent enforcement of fundamental rights in the age of big data, the EDPS drew attention to the “concentration of market power and personal data in fewer and fewer hands, with the internet experience characterized by ‘walled gardens’ and take it-or-leave-it data use policies". The Read more [...]

Privacy Shield: over 200 active participants after one month and a half

Posted on by Federica Romanelli
As of mid September 2016, 203 companies were active under the EU-US Privacy Shield, according to the US Department of Commerce official website. The list does not include large multinationals apart from Microsoft and Salesforce. The Privacy Shield Framework became effective on August 1, 2016, replacing the Safe Harbor which was declared invalid on October 2015. After 1 year, the Safe Harbour had about 129 US based organizations that self-certified their adherence to the Safe Harbor Principles. They Read more [...]

A recent Italian decision clarifies when a database is protected under the Intellectual Property Code and under the Trademark and Patent Code

Posted on by Federica Romanelli
The Italian Intellectual Property Code (Law 633/1941) protects the rights of someone who makes a material investment to gather and organize the content of a database. Article 102bis and ter: Rights of a database developer – user’s rights and obligations. An Italian Court recently held that in order for an investment in a database to receive protection, it needs not to entail a financial investment: it is sufficient that someone performs an organizational activity to collect data Read more [...]