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Democracy, Hacked: A Security Argument for Data Protection

Hugo Zylberberg   Thu, Jan 26, 2017, 2:31 PM

The recent Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) report on Russia’s efforts to “undermine public faith in the US democratic process” through “an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the US presidential election” also warns that similar influence operations could be waged against US allies, including France (where I’m from) and Germany. Both countries are set to hold elections in 2017 that will be crucial to the future of the EU.

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Why the EU Has Issued Relatively Few Data Protection Adequacy Determinations? A Reply

Robert Carolina   Fri, Jan 13, 2017, 12:52 PM

A January 2, 2017 commentary by Ariel Teshuva raises an intriguing question. While the European Commission is vested with the authority under Article 25(6) of the Data Protection Directive to issue data protection adequacy determinations—a declaration that a given jurisdiction outside the EU provides adequate legal protection for personal data—why have so few been adopted?

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Why Has the EU Made So Few Adequacy Determinations?

Ariel Teshuva   Mon, Jan 2, 2017, 2:25 PM

Data is a "magic material" that "is becoming the fuel for innovation,” says former European Commission Vice President Neelie Kroes. But getting this “magic material” out of the EU is a complicated business. Under the EU Data Protection Directive (DPD or Directive 95/46/EC), a firm can move data out of the EU only if some EU legal mechanism authorizes it.

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