With the European’s Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation (or GDPR) taking effect in less than 100 days, the interest of many U.S. Companies has been piqued as to how
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EU Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC
The EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Agreement Is Unveiled, But Its Effects and Future Remain Uncertain
EU and U.S. officials finally unveiled the full text of the proposed EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework earlier this week. The agreement is the culmination of a five-month negotiation to address…
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Infrastructure and Tech Companies Face Additional Compliance Obligations Under EU Directive
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Critical infrastructure operators and multinational companies must fully disclose cybersecurity breaches and violations to European Union (EU) authorities or face severe penalties under a new EU cybersecurity law.
EU Safe Harbor Invalidation Leads Israel to Rescind U.S. Data Transfer Authorization
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Businesses that relied previously on the EU’s Safe Harbor exception to transfer data from Israel to the United States have had that authorization revoked by the Israeli Law, Information and…
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European Commission Takes Action on RFID Tags
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The RFID (radio frequency identification) camps are many and varied throughout the world. Privacy proponents are calling the security risks from RFID technology monumental and ripe for data and identity theft. The federal government has decided that when coupled with pin codes and/or protective sleeves, RFID technology used in passports and passport cards is safe. The European Commission has said it believes that RFID technology can be safe, provided its new recommendations are followed.
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