Mass surveillance of electronic communications violates fundamental human rights
On 21 December 2016, following two references for a preliminary ruling by UK and Swedish courts of appeal asking advice on the correct interpretation of EU law, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a very important judgment on the protection by EU law of human rights in electronic communications[1]. In fact, the CJEU declared disproportionate and incompatible with the European Charter of Fundamental Rights (Articles 7, 8 and 52 para 1 of the Charter) [2] Member S
The EU GDPR as a global data processing standard
By replacing the Data Protection Directive, the GDPR has extended the privacy scope to cover data held when an organization or person is in the EU. The Regulation also applies on international data transfers, physical and digital, to organizations or companies seated in third countries which process EU citizen data. Data processors exist in all economic sectors including banks, payment institutions, hospitals, telecom operators, retailers, e-commerce providers, over the top p
