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Transferring personal data out of the EU is easy, but dangerous unless one of a handful of ‘gateways’ are used.   Topic: Data protectionWho: The European CommissionWhere: BrusselsWhen: Summer 2001…

When customer data is collected great care must be taken to ensure data protection law-friendly procedures and disclosures, but sometimes marketers do more than they need to.   Topic: Data…

The Spanish data protection authorities showed their teeth in imposing a £37000 fine on Microsoft Spain for illegally transferring personal data to the US.   Topic: Data ProtectionWho: Microsoft and…

Electronic profiling without express prior consent does not violate US data privacy laws, held Judge Naomi Rice Buchwald in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.…

What happened when the British Standards Institute and the Information Commission (formerly the Data Protection Commission) got together to draw up a Guide to developing corporate data protection/e commerce policies?…

Are cookies outside the long arm of the data privacy police? Not according to no less than two separate Commissions.   Topic: Data ProtectionWho: The Information Commission and the European…

Following the Court of Appeal’s recent verdict, we look under the hype of the Hello!/OK!/Zeta-Jones/Douglas wedding photo case and identify signposts for marketers in the legal deliberations on rights of…

American hospitals, healthcare insurance companies, pharmacies, health maintenance organisations and medical researchers are up in arms over data privacy rules approved by Clinton shortly before handing over The White House…

As a privatised water utility Thames Water was keen to keep its shareholders happy   Topic: Data privacy Who: Thames Water Utilities and the Data Protection Commission When: Mid 1999…