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Deutsch: Datenschutzkonferenz: Debatte über einen transatlantischen Datenschut...

The 2nd edition of the Annual European Data Protection and Privacy Conference took place on 6 December 2011, mostly featuring speakers pulled from its corporate sponsors, although it also included a few key European institutions' representatives and data protection officials.

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Deutsch: GB: Medizinische Daten im „Open Data“-Programm?

British Prime Minister David Cameron announced that, under his "open data" programme, all UK medical records will in future be made available to researchers in both academia and the pharmaceutical industry, unless patients opt out.

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Deutsch: Ein Überblick über die geleakte EU-Datenschutzverordnung

Last week, Europe was able to get a first glance at the "General Data Protection Regulation" thanks to a leak by Statewatch. It is due to be officially published on 25 January 2012 and will repeal the outdated Data Protection Directive from 1995. It keeps the Directive's key principles but also aims at taking into account the technological developments.

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Deutsch: Zwei Jahre Stockholm Programm: Europa auf dem Weg zu einer elektronisc...

It has been two years now since the Stockholm Programme - a 5-year plan for Justice and Home Affairs - was adopted. On 24 November 2011, an experts' and activists' round table, organised in the European Parliament, raised the question whether Europe was on its way to an e-Fortress.

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Deutsch: EU-US Gipfel: Gemeinsame Erklärung missachtet Europäische Bürgerrec...

A common statement issued at the EU-US summit that took place on 28 November 2011 at the White House in Washington included several aspects with direct impact on digital civil rights that shows the US have succeeded again in obtaining what they wanted, while the European Union representatives have failed to protect the EU citizens fundamental rights, especially the right to privacy.

The statement clearly states that while the PNR agreement was negotiated, there is still no deadline for an

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Deutsch: 33. Internationale Datenschutz Konferenz in Mexico City

The 33rd International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners was held in Mexico City, on 2-3 November 2011, hosted by IFAI (The Mexican Federal Institute for Access to Information and Data Protection). This year theme, "Privacy, the Global Age", showed the clear willing of the organizers to make it a direct follow-up to the 31st Conference held in Madrid and its adopted resolution on global standards.

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Deutsch: 2011 Public Voice Konferenz der Zivilgesellschaft: "Privacy is Fr...

The Public Voice meeting that took place on 31 October 2011 in Mexico City began with a discussion of the 2009 Madrid declarations (both those from DPAs and civil society). Most participants felt there had been little progress towards implementation or acceptance by governments.

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Deutsch: US-Gericht verlangt weltweiten Zugriff auf Twitter Benutzerdaten

A US judge decided on 10 November 2011 that Twitter had to release to the US authorities data on the Twitter accounts of people involved in WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange case investigated by the US Justice Department. The Twitter accounts in question belong to Icelandic MP and former WikiLeaks volunteer Birgitta Jónsdóttir, Seattle-based WikiLeaks volunteer Jacob Appelbaum and Dutch XS4ALL Internet provider co-founder Rop Gonggrijp. The judge's ruling is a response to the appeal made by the three twitte