Tilo Weichert , head ombudsman at the data-privacy office in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, said German privacy officials will question Sony on when the company learned about the loss of sensitive client data and what steps Sony has taken to notify its clients about the risks, but that German privacy law offers inadequate powers to penalize multinational corporations that violate client privacy. ❋ David Crawford (2011)
Some European politicians have said the plan violates EU data-privacy rules and have pushed to block it. ❋ Daniel Michaels (2010)
We are in the midst of an unprecedented data-privacy crisis. ❋ Unknown (2012)
These legacies have resulted in some of the strictest data-privacy laws in Europe, and have triggered backlashes to earlier German census efforts: West Germany's Constitutional Court blocked a census in 1983, ordering more data safeguards. ❋ Vanessa Fuhrmans (2011)
Separately, the head ombudsman at the data-privacy office in the northern-German state of Schleswig-Holstein on Tuesday said German privacy officials will query Sony about the breach, including what steps the company has taken to notify its clients about the risks. ❋ Nick Wingfield (2011)
"It may be that there should be a right to have your name removed from a social network where you volunteered it in the first place," says Richard Thomas , a former British data-privacy commissioner, who is now a strategy adviser to international law firm Hunton & Williams LLP. ❋ Paul Sonne (2011)
Mr. Orban said Wednesday that Hungary would change the data-privacy law as requested by the EU. ❋ Gordon Fairclough (2012)
The chief executive of Hong Kong cashless payment operator Octopus Holdings Ltd. has resigned amid intense criticisms over her handling of data-privacy issues at the company, which last week admitted to selling personal data of nearly two million customers to business partners. ❋ Unknown (2010)
For instance, the location of data is an issue under some data-privacy laws, such as those from the European Union. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Internet-service companies to monitor web-surfing and deliver targeted advertising violates some data-privacy rules. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Outside of antitrust, Google has had a tense relationship with EU data-privacy officials. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The agency said data-privacy measures would be used to protect passenger information. ❋ Unknown (2009)
While EU data-privacy laws are more expansive than they are in the U.S., the exact requirements tend to be vague, said Jan Dhont, ❋ Unknown (2009)
"It's clear that most users don't appreciate that if they download an application to take a quiz, that they're giving access to everything on their profile and a lot of what is on every friend's profile," said Jules Polonetsky, co-chair of the Future of Privacy Forum, a Washington, D.C., data-privacy think tank. ❋ Unknown (2009)
In an annual survey to be released Monday, data-privacy research firm Ponemon Institute found that the cost of a data breach rose to $202 for each compromised record last year, an increase of 2.5% over 2007. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The amount CVS is paying to settle the matter is the largest yet among data-privacy cases investigated by the federal health agency, said Robinsue Frohboese, the acting director of the HHS office for civil rights. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Germany's biggest phone company, which owns T-Mobile USA, said it would create a new data-privacy department that will be headed by a managing-board member and post information on data-protection incidents under investigation online. ❋ Unknown (2008)
It will also launch an annual data-privacy report, set up an independent data-privacy council, and restrict access by its staff and external sales partners to the company computer systems. ❋ Unknown (2008)
The average large U.S. business was attacked 150,000 times in 2007, according to the Ponemon Institute, a data-privacy think tank in Traverse City, Mich. ❋ Unknown (2008)
On Saving Web Data Online search-engine providers shouldn't keep personal search data for longer than six months, the European data-privacy watchdog will say Tuesday, according to a draft document. ❋ Unknown (2008)
