Tag Archives: Kohnstamm

Posted on August 19th, 2013 By Winston Maxwell Posted in International/EU Privacy

EU Privacy Authorities Request PRISM Details, Question National Security Safe Harbor Exception

In an August 13 letter to Commissioner Viviane Reding, Article 29 Working Party Chair Jacob Kohnstamm requested more information regarding the United States’ national security surveillance program, including the widely-publicized PRISM program.

Posted on November 15th, 2012 By Winston Maxwell and Harriet Pearson Posted in International/EU Privacy

Blogging from Brussels: Key European Officials Discuss Changes to EU Text

Prominent European government officials provided up-to-the-minute perspectives on the proposed European data privacy regulation at this week’s IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress in Brussels. The officials’ comments — summarized below –indicate how the proposal might evolve for the next steps in the policy process, which include the issuance of the European Parliament’s formal report on […]