Weekly Data Privacy Alert - 20 April 2015

The Squire Patton Boggs Data Privacy & Cybersecurity team is pleased to share with you a weekly alert on data privacy issues. This week’s alert covers news of an international coverage, as well as news from the EU, Germany and the US.

International

• United Nations Establishes Mandate of Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy
• The Inter-American Juridical Committee Adopts Report on the “Protection of Personal Data”

EU

• Council of Europe Releases Recommendations for Processing of Employee Data

Germany

• Germany Introduces Law Allowing Class Actions for Data Privacy Violations
• The 89th Conference of German Privacy Commissioners Publishes Its Resolutions

US

• AmCham Report Published on Protecting Data Flows in the US-China Bilateral Investment Treaty