More awareness on big data, data protection and security concerns by the German Center for Research and Innovation

Posted on by Federica Romanelli
On Tuesday, January 31, 2017, a lively panel discussed The Shifting Paradigm of Data Security: Intelligence & Big Data. The German Center for Research and Innovation and the European American Chamber of Commerce organized the event. The panel included Joanna Burkey, Chief Information Security Officer, at Siemens, Joseph V. DeMarco, Partner at DeVore & DeMarco LLP, Nicholas Johnston, Vice President at Duff & Phelps, and Philip Kibler, Head of Cyber Risk Consulting at AIG. The panel Read more [...]

Gli Stati Uniti e la Svizzera firmano il nuovo Privacy Shield per consentire il trasferimento internazionale di dati

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Il 12 gennaio 2017, la Svizzera ha sottoscritto con gli USA il nuovo accordo quadro denominato Privacy Shield. La Svizzera ha ritenuto che il nuovo accordo soddisfasse i requisiti  minimi previsti dalla propria legge nazionale per il trasferimento di dati personali oltre confine. Il Privacy Shield sostituirà con efficacia immediata il previgente accordo, denominato Safe Harbour. La Svizzera accetterà le certificazioni conformi al Privacy Shield a partire dal 12 Aprile 2017. Gli Stati Read more [...]

The US & Switzerland sign new Privacy Shield Framework to allow data transfer

Posted on by Federica Romanelli
On January 12, 2017, Switzerland approved the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework. Switzerland considers the agreement as a valid legal mechanism to comply with Swiss requirements when transferring personal data from Switzerland to the United States. The Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework will replace the U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor immediately. Switzerland will begin accepting Privacy Shield certifications starting on April 12, 2017. The US has a similar agreement with the the European Union Read more [...]

Privacy Shield update: around 1300 active participants after over 4 months from start

Posted on by Federica Romanelli
As of mid December 2016, around 1300 companies were active under the EU-US Privacy Shield, according to the US Department of Commerce official website. The Privacy Shield Framework has now been effective for almost 4 months and it replaced the Safe Harbor, which had around 5,500 participants by 2016. The US Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration (ITA), maintains the Privacy Shield official website where companies may find helpful information on the new framework. More Read more [...]

Italian DPA issued order allowing tracking of employees through their smartphones

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On May 18, 2016, the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali) issued an order allowing for the processing of personal geo-localization data collected through the employees’ smartphones. An Italian company, SITE S.p.A., submitted a preliminary request for examination of the DPA with reference to the processing of personal data gathered by activating a geo-location application installed on the company’s smartphones supplied to the employees working Read more [...]