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silicon.com > Management > Public Sector

EU privacy law shake-up to force data breach confessions

...breaches according to the EU privacy tsar. European data protection supervisor Peter Hustinx said there is growing pressure within the European Parliament to create a... Read more

Oct 28, 2008

silicon.com > Special Features > Protecting Enterprise Data

Should companies own up to losing your data?

Should companies own up to losing your data?

The arguments for - and against Read more

Feb 13, 2009

silicon.com > Management > CIO Insights

'Police data-sharing plan will hurt privacy'

...for the better, according to the European data protection supervisor (EDPS), Peter Hustinx. In a document issued by the office of the EDPS, Hustinx said... Read more

May 1, 2007

silicon.com > Management > CIO Insights

Terrorism must not mean privacy breaches, says EU data guru

Terrorism must not mean privacy breaches, says EU data guru

...so-called anti-terror legislation. The EU Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) Peter Hustinx said effective legislation cannot exist without data protection controls. Including such measures... Read more

Sep 20, 2006

silicon.com > Management > CIO Insights

Biometrics too unreliable, says EU data protection head

...The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) Peter Hustinx has criticised governments' fondness for biometrics to identify citizens and warned greater... Read more

Mar 15, 2006

silicon.com > Management > CIO Insights

Tech must not invade privacy, says EU data protection head

Tech must not invade privacy, says EU data protection head

...beyond. Now some halfway through his five-year tenure, current EDPS Peter Hustinx told silicon.com that there remain areas where the Union needs to... Read more

Apr 7, 2006

silicon.com > Technology > Networks

Euro MPs reject UK digital snooping plan

...its impact on European citizens' privacy. The European Data Protection Supervisor, Peter Hustinx, said earlier this week that the plans are disproportionate and possibly illegal... Read more

Sep 29, 2005

silicon.com > Technology > Hardware

Euro data retention laws are inadequate and may be illegal

...for a minimum of six months - is heavy-handed. Current EDPS Peter Hustinx, however, believes the measures now on the table are inadequate to fulfil... Read more

Sep 27, 2005

silicon.com > Special Features > Protecting your ID

EU data-protection controller: Right to privacy is not absolute

EU data-protection controller: Right to privacy is not absolute

The EU's recently appointed data-protection controller, Peter Hustinx, says that the right to privacy is not absolute - but that it... Read more

Mar 9, 2004