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February 2015
The Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cyber Security team is pleased to share with you a weekly alert on data privacy issues. This week’s alert covers news from the EU, Germany, United Kingdom and the United States.
EU
- Article 29 Working Party Publishes Letter to the EU Commission Clarifying Scope of Health Data Used by Lifestyle and Wellbeing Apps
- Hamburg Data Protection Office Examines Facebook᾽s New Privacy Policy
- Support and Criticism of Draft Law Enabling Consumer Associations to Take Legal Action Against Breaches of Privacy
- Privacy Commissioner: It is Inadmissible to Collect Employee Data with the Purpose of Avoiding Liability for Non-Payment of Minimum Wage
- Information Commissioner Renews Call for a Change in the Law Governing Nuisance Calls and Texts
- New Booklet Published : ‘Accessing and Sharing Information: Acting on Behalf of a Person with Dementia’
United States
- US President Issues Executive Order to Promote Private Sector Cybersecurity Information Sharing
- White House Announces New Cyber-Threat Agency
- Report Published Examining the Privacy and Security Implications of New Communications Technologies in Cars