Cloud computing, whose whole point is to be independent of geography, does not fit comfortably into current data protection law. The Commission’s new proposal at least shows signs that clouds were a use case that was considered during drafting, so it is more obvious which provisions apply to them. These seem to offer a mixture […]
Month: January 2012
The Commission’s proposed Data Protection Regulation seems very positive for Incident Response. Indeed Recital 39 explicitly supports the work of Incident Response Teams: The processing of data to the extent strictly necessary for the purposes of ensuring network and information security … by public authorities, Computer Emergency Response Teams … providers of electronic communications networks […]
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Europe’s Data Protection Proposal
Last week the European Commission published their proposed new Data Protection legislation. This will now be discussed and probably amended by the European Parliament and Council of Ministers before it becomes law, a process that most commentators expect to take at least two years. There’s a lot in the proposal so this post will just […]