The Court of Justice of the European Union issued a ruling on May 13, 2014, whereby, under certain circumstances, search engine providers, like Google, are required to remove links of Web pages containing information that is made on the basis of a person’s name and published by a third-party. The “Right to be Forgotten” lawsuit […]
Advance Persistent Threats, or “APTs” as they are known to cyber-security experts, occur when individuals or groups gain unauthorized access to a computer network with the intent to cause a persistent catastrophic interruption of mission-critical functions. For quite some time, governments from around the world have taken a “hands-off” approach to regulating how organizations secure their mission-critical information. […]
On behalf of the European Union, French privacy regulators expressed “deep concern” over Google’s new privacy policy stating that the search engine company has not been “sufficiently forthcoming” in its investigation with the regulatory agency. The National Commission for Computing and Liberties (also known as “C.N.I.L.”) asked Google in February to answer a questionnaire, which […]
In a non-binding opinion to be published by the EU Article 29 Working Party, a recommendation on online location-based privacy will likely affect how providers of smartphone technology do business in Europe. The report to be released by the advisory board will state that any geo-based information collected by phone and Internet companies on customer locations must be treated […]