Sentences with phrase «over data protection law»

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European officials have been more concerned about the state of data privacy and regulation than their American counterparts for quite some time, but the immediate origins of the new data protection law can be traced to the fury over the extent of US surveillance in the years after 9/11.

Google has come under scrutiny after being found in breach of data protection laws over its controversial Street View function - but has avoided heavy penalties.

In a recently published paper in the Washington and Lee Law Review, Kesan and co-authors Carol M. Hayes, a research associate in the College of Law, and Masooda N. Bashir, the assistant director of the Social Trust Initiatives at the U. of I.'s Information Trust Institute, propose creating a legal framework that would require companies to provide baseline protections for personal information while also taking steps to enhance users» control over their own data.

The Department for Education has acknowledged that more needs to be done to help schools prepare for strict new data protection laws, with just over a month left...

Bill would damage credit scores of million of consumers Consumer Action joined the National Consumer Law Center and other organizations in opposition to HR 435 — legislation that would reduce consumers» control over their own data by preempting state and federal privacy protections, damage the credit scores of millions of consumers with a disproportionate impact on African Americans, and conflict with long - standing state utility regulatory consumer protections.

Fundamentally, an update of current EU data protection laws, the GDPR aims to give control over personal data back to consumers by establishing new individual rights, while at the same time beefing up obligations of the companies that collect personal data.

This is consistent with the interests pursued by European data protection law — in particular giving individuals enhanced control over their personal data — but puts the EU on a collision course with the US when it comes to online freedom of expression.

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It should be questioned whether increasing confusion surrounding European data protection law may lead to businesses lacking certainty over exactly what national laws they should comply with and consumers being less well protected overall (That said, the difficulty presented by pan-European variations in data protection law may be less of an issue once the GDPR has introduced more conformity).

The Data Protection Bill will implement GDPR provisions into UK law — the Bar Council is hoping its concerns over legal professional privilege and immigration law will be tabled as amendments at Report Stage.

Nicola has over eight years» experience as a barrister and extensive knowledge of all aspects of media and information law and data protection and regulation.

With over twenty years» experience in business and law, Gary has amassed a wealth of knowledge on information technology, outsourcing, data protection, ecommerce, intellectual property, procurement, financial regulation, advertising and other general commercial law matters.

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Speaking before an audience of over 200 senior managers from across the financial services sector, experts from leading international law firm Simmons & Simmons and Henley Business School agreed that reform of the Data Protection Act 1998 is still on the cards following the UK's historic vote to leave the EU, although they stopped short of predicting the DPA 1998 would be scrapped altogether.

Called COPPA, or the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule, the law restricts how companies collect, use, and share online data from kids and aims to give parents control over this data gathering.

Consumers need stronger protections for the digital age such as comprehensive data security and privacy laws, transparency and accountability for data brokers, and rights to and control over their data.»

Though India does not have a larger data protection framework, over the years, a number of domain - specific laws have been amended to protect users» data.

Following the alert over Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities, the U.K. Information Commissioner's Office is warning that failures to patch today could be punished with fines under GDPR once enforcement of the data protection law begins later this year.

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