The monitr™ crew will be attending "Practical cookie compliance workshop" hosted by Bird&Bird in London on Nov 8th.
For further information, or to register to attend please contact the Events Team at events@twobirds.com or call +44 (0)20 7415 6000.
The programme is as follows:
15.30 - 16.00
Registration and refreshments
16.00 - 16.05
Welcome and introduction
Ruth Boardman, Partner, Bird & Bird London
16.05 - 16.30
Update on cookie legislation across Europe
Gabriel Voisin, Associate, Bird & Bird London
Feyo Sickinghe, Senior European Counsel, Bird & Bird The Hague
Emilia Stepien, Associate, Bird & Bird Warsaw
Nathalie Metallinos, Associate, Bird & Bird Paris
16.30 - 17.00
Approaches to compliance:
Asking for consent: Richard Beaumont, Account Manager, Governor Technology Limited
Using self-regulatory programmes: Nick Stringer, Director of Regulatory Affairs, IAB UK
Alternatives to consent: David Norris, CEO, BlueCava
17.00 - 17.30
Panel discussion
17.30 - 19.30
Drinks and canapés
Friday, October 28, 2011
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Cookie consent: It's not optional - it's the law, warns ICO
Amendments to the UK's Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) came into force back in May - aligning UK law with changes to the EU Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive.
The changes require companies to gain consent before collecting user data or storing tracking programs such as cookies on users' computers. However, at the time, the Information Commissioner Christopher Graham said he would give UK businesses a year's grace to comply with the new law.
But speaking at a Westminster eForum on digital marketing in London last week, Graham voiced concerns the industry is sleepwalking towards non-compliance - warning delegates that almost half the grace period has now elapsed and not enough is being done by websites and advertisers to prepare.
"For organisations that are in the UK, it's necessary to carry out an audit of the cookies that are being used on their website, ditch the cookies that are useless, work out what information is being collected and document that audit so that there is an insurance policy for those organisations should they be found wanting in an investigation by the ICO..."
Graham said the ICO will be updating the guidance that it has published so far to include examples of good practice. It will also be giving more details about where it expects the regulatory focus to be, come the end of May 2012 when the grace period elapses.
Further Reading:
Cookie consent: It's not optional - it's the law, warns ICO
ICO pushes for compulsory data audits
ICO needs compulsory audit powers, says Information Commissioner
The changes require companies to gain consent before collecting user data or storing tracking programs such as cookies on users' computers. However, at the time, the Information Commissioner Christopher Graham said he would give UK businesses a year's grace to comply with the new law.
But speaking at a Westminster eForum on digital marketing in London last week, Graham voiced concerns the industry is sleepwalking towards non-compliance - warning delegates that almost half the grace period has now elapsed and not enough is being done by websites and advertisers to prepare.
"For organisations that are in the UK, it's necessary to carry out an audit of the cookies that are being used on their website, ditch the cookies that are useless, work out what information is being collected and document that audit so that there is an insurance policy for those organisations should they be found wanting in an investigation by the ICO..."
Graham said the ICO will be updating the guidance that it has published so far to include examples of good practice. It will also be giving more details about where it expects the regulatory focus to be, come the end of May 2012 when the grace period elapses.
Further Reading:
Cookie consent: It's not optional - it's the law, warns ICO
ICO pushes for compulsory data audits
ICO needs compulsory audit powers, says Information Commissioner
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Germany moves towards no social plug ins
Social plugins like the popular Facebook “Like Button” and the Google "Plus Button" are increasingly coming under pressure as a number of German data protection authorities have expressed their concern about compliance with German data protection and media laws.
Germany’s northernmost DPA in the state of Schleswig-Holstein set a deadline by the end of September 2011 for website providers to remove social plugins from websites, other DPAs in Germany have expressed similar views.
In cases of non-compliance, administrative fines of up to EUR 50,000.00 may be imposed. According to press reports, the first german website operators to remove their social plugins are government organizations including administrations and local authorities.
"...it now appears that the liability will be placed upon domestic users of social media services."
The likelihood for a website provider using social plugins to become subject to an enquiry or fine by a German DPA is hard to predict. However, the Schleswig-Holstein DPA has already announced that it will take action after the expiry of the September deadline. It remains to be seen how DPAs in the rest of Germany will react.
monitr™ is available for any website operator in any EU country. You can perform an instant website privacy audits and access ongoing monitoring reports to ensure you are onside with regulators in your chosen country of business.
Further Reading:
Germany vs. Facebook: Like Button Declared Illegal, Sites Threatened With Fine
German Agencies Banned From Using Facebook, 'Like' Button
German DPAs to attack Social plug-ins
Germany’s northernmost DPA in the state of Schleswig-Holstein set a deadline by the end of September 2011 for website providers to remove social plugins from websites, other DPAs in Germany have expressed similar views.
In cases of non-compliance, administrative fines of up to EUR 50,000.00 may be imposed. According to press reports, the first german website operators to remove their social plugins are government organizations including administrations and local authorities.
"...it now appears that the liability will be placed upon domestic users of social media services."
The likelihood for a website provider using social plugins to become subject to an enquiry or fine by a German DPA is hard to predict. However, the Schleswig-Holstein DPA has already announced that it will take action after the expiry of the September deadline. It remains to be seen how DPAs in the rest of Germany will react.
monitr™ is available for any website operator in any EU country. You can perform an instant website privacy audits and access ongoing monitoring reports to ensure you are onside with regulators in your chosen country of business.
Further Reading:
Germany vs. Facebook: Like Button Declared Illegal, Sites Threatened With Fine
German Agencies Banned From Using Facebook, 'Like' Button
German DPAs to attack Social plug-ins
Monday, October 3, 2011
Facebook Privacy Audit. Many more to come.
One of the first large scale privacy audits in Europe is about to happen to Facebook.
The Irish data protection commissioner is to conduct a privacy audit of Facebook’s activities outside the US and Canada after an Austria-based group called Europe versus Facebook made 22 complaints.
In a 14-page letter the campaigners – which include EPIC, the Center for Digital Democracy and Consumer Action – also raised concerns about Facebook’s use of cookies to track users’ browsing even when they are logged out of the social network.
"concerns about Facebook’s use of cookies to track users’ browsing even when they are logged out of the social network."
Facebook’s European headquarters are in Dublin, which makes its operations outside the US and Canada subject to Irish and European data protection legislation.
This is likely the high profile privacy audit that will open alot of eyes across the EU and the UK to the realities of data privacy enforcement.
monitr™ lets you perform a cookie and tracking tag audit on your website(s) immediately so you can stay onside with regulators.
Prove to your customers that you take their data privacy seriously.
More reading on the Facebook privacy audit:
Facebook faces flood of access requests, new Irish privacy audit
Facebook faces scrutiny over privacy
Facebook Targeted in Group Privacy Suit Over Internet Tracking
The Irish data protection commissioner is to conduct a privacy audit of Facebook’s activities outside the US and Canada after an Austria-based group called Europe versus Facebook made 22 complaints.
In a 14-page letter the campaigners – which include EPIC, the Center for Digital Democracy and Consumer Action – also raised concerns about Facebook’s use of cookies to track users’ browsing even when they are logged out of the social network.
"concerns about Facebook’s use of cookies to track users’ browsing even when they are logged out of the social network."
Facebook’s European headquarters are in Dublin, which makes its operations outside the US and Canada subject to Irish and European data protection legislation.
This is likely the high profile privacy audit that will open alot of eyes across the EU and the UK to the realities of data privacy enforcement.
monitr™ lets you perform a cookie and tracking tag audit on your website(s) immediately so you can stay onside with regulators.
Prove to your customers that you take their data privacy seriously.
More reading on the Facebook privacy audit:
Facebook faces flood of access requests, new Irish privacy audit
Facebook faces scrutiny over privacy
Facebook Targeted in Group Privacy Suit Over Internet Tracking
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