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European Commission launches cybersecurity strategy and draft directive on network and information security

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
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  • European Union
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  • February 8 2013

On February 7, 2013, the European Commission, together with the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, launched

Article 29 Working Party issues opinion on cookie consent exemption

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
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  • European Union
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  • June 13 2012

On June 7, 2012, the Article 29 Working Party (the “Working Party”) adopted an Opinion analyzing the exemptions to the prior opt-in consent requirement for cookies

Article 29 Working Party releases opinion on facial recognition technology

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
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  • European Union
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  • April 5 2012

On March 22, 2012, the Article 29 Working Party (the “Working Party”), adopted an Opinion analyzing the privacy and data protection law framework applicable to the use of facial recognition technology in online and mobile services, such as social networks and smartphones

Article 29 working party rejects industry self-regulatory code on online behavioral advertising

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
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  • European Union
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  • December 16 2011

On December 8, 2011, the Article 29 Working Party (the “Working Party”) adopted an Opinion on the European Advertising Standards Alliance (“EASA”) and IAB Europe best practice recommendations for the online behavioral advertising (“OBA”) industry to comply with Article 5.3 of the revised e-Privacy Directive 200258EC (the “cookie clause”

Centre's Bruening testifies at house hearing on EU internet privacy issues

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
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  • European Union, USA
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  • September 15 2011

On September 15, 2011, the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Technology held a hearing on “the impact and burden” of European privacy regulation

Use of facial recognition technology raises privacy concerns

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
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  • Canada, European Union, USA
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  • June 24 2011

Recent developments involving the use of facial recognition technology have raised privacy concerns in the United States, Europe and Canada

UK government announces implementation of EU cookies law

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • April 18 2011

On April 15, 2011, the United Kingdom's Department for Culture, Media and Sport ("DCMS") announced that the UK will adopt the new EU rules on cookies without "gold-plating" the regulations by imposing additional national requirements, to help ensure that British companies can compete with the rest of Europe

European Network and Information Security Agency publishes report on cookies

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
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  • European Union
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  • February 23 2011

On February 18, 2011, the European Network and Information Security Agency ("ENISA"), an advisory body created to enhance information security in the EU, announced the issuance of its report on cookies, entitled "Bittersweet cookies. Some security and privacy considerations.”

Senior Google executives sentenced for violation of Italian privacy laws

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
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  • European Union, Italy
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  • February 24 2010

In February 24, 2010, an Italian court in Milan found three Google executives guilty of violating applicable Italian privacy laws

Hunton & Williams prepares study for the European Commission on the interaction between data protection law and copyright enforcement

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
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  • European Union
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  • February 3 2010

On February 3, 2010, Christopher Kuner, a partner in Hunton & Williams' Brussels office and head of the firm's EU Privacy Practice, presented to the "Stakeholders' Dialogue on Illegal Uploading and Downloading," organized by DG Internal Market and Services of the European Commission