pdpEcho

Category: US and Canada

A look at political psychological targeting, EU data protection law and the US elections
Analysis of the AG Opinion in the “PNR Canada” Case: unlocking an “unprecedented and delicate” matter
Section 1. De-mystifying Article 16 TFEU: yes, it is an appropriate legal basis for concluding international agreements on transfers of personal data
Section 2. A look at the surface: it is not an adequacy decision, but it establishes adequacy
Section 3. An interference of “a not insignificant gravity”: systematic, transforming all passengers into potential suspects and amounting to preemptive policing
Section 4. Innovative thinking: Article 8(2) + Article 52(1) = conditions for justification of interference with Article 8(1) Charter
Section 5. The awkward two level necessity test that convinced the AG PNR schemes are acceptable
Section 6. The list of reasons why the EU-Canada PNR Agreement is incompatible with the Charter and the Treaty
Main points from FTC’s Internet of Things Report
What Happens in the Cloud Stays in the Cloud, or Why the Cloud’s Architecture Should Be Transformed in ‘Virtual Territorial Scope’