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With the expiration of an October 31 deadline for implementing the Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications, the European Commission indicated that legal action against nine member states may be necessary to ensure their compliance. The directive addresses e-privacy issues that include spam, the use of cookies, and the protection of customer data by ISPs.
“As from today EU Member States must comply with the Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications, which sets EU standards for the protection of privacy and personal data in electronic communications. The Directive includes basic obligations to ensure the security and confidentiality of communications over EU electronic networks, including internet and mobile services. It sets …
From the Wall Street Journal, October 10: “While the U.S. has opposed comprehensive regulations to protect citizens’ privacy, Europe has plowed ahead with the world’s toughest set of rules governing how companies and governments may deal with personal data, such as one’s age, marital status, buying patterns — even the information on a standard business …
Via Statewatch, this statement by the European Parliament on the need for strict restrictions on the collection, dissemination and maintenance of non-U.S. citizen personal data collected by airlines for transatlantic flights. List of 43 data elements on airline passengers requested by the United States from transatlantic air carriers.
25th International Conference of Data Protection & Privacy Commissioners Sydney, 12 September 2003 – Resolution concerning the Transfer of Passengers Data. See also EU challenges U.S. passenger data plan
From the independent group, the Foundation for Information Policy Research, this new guide, published September 8, Implementing the EU Copyright Directive, (128 pages, pdf). See this link for a table of contents to download specific sections in html, which include the following: Background; Problems in the United States; Immediate public policy objectives; Wider public policy …
From Statewatch.com: “European Commission tells USA that demands for access to data on airline passengers breaches EU Data Protection Directive – correspondence reveals that USA is also asking for Advance Passenger Information to vet those flying.”
From European Digital Rights, an association of privacy and civil rights organizations in Europe: CODE Letter urging rejection of Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on measures and procedures to ensure the enforcement of intellectual property rights. IP Justice White Paper on Proposed European Union IP Enforcement Directive
Via StateWatch: The EU’s Article 29 Data Protection Working Party has issued a strong report on access by the USA to personal data on passengers flying from the EU to the USA.
Copyright and licensing for digital preservation. “Libraries cannot preserve digital material they do not own. Adrienne Muir describes a new project to identify copyright and licensing issues that currently hinder digital preservation and looks at whether new legislation (UK) will help.”
From Internet Magazine, news of the publication, by the UK Information Commissioner, responsible for data protection & freedom of information, of the third part of the Employment Practices Data Protection Code – Monitoring at Work, the Do’s & Don’t for workplace monitoring. Links to these documents, and to the other parts of the guide, are …
From UPI: “A proposed European constitution…calls for an elected president of Europe and a binding bill of rights, but at Britain’s insistence, it drops the notion of creating a federal “United States of Europe.” An edited version of the draft is available here. The full-text of the six documents (in pdf) are as follows: Preamble …
