January 27, 2014 – EU justice commissioner Viviane Reding said in a speech this week to a meeting of justice and home affairs ministers in Athens that the draft General Data Protection Regulation will not be agreed during the EU Parliament’s current term. As a result, the Regulation is unlikely to be voted on until […]
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New European Data Breach Rules for Telcos and ISPs
On August 25, 2013, a new European Regulation came into effect that changed and expanded upon the breach notification procedures set forth in the E-Privacy Directive (2002/58/EC). The Regulation outlines two independent notification obligations: (1) notification to the relevant national authority within 24 hours after detection of a personal breach where feasible; and (2) notification […]