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Legal articles in easy to understand language.
How to do a Cookies Audit
The "Article 29 Working Party" recently ran a Cookies Sweep to determine what website operators are currently doing to stay compliant with the ePrivacy Directive, amended Article 5(3). Article 5(3) requires that all businesses in the EU must inform users when a website will place cookies on their computers and must...
EU Privacy Policy
In the European Union, the pertinent legal framework regarding privacy, and thus and Privacy Policies, is the Data Protection Directive and the ePrivacy Directive. The Data Protection Directive and ePrivacy Directive guidelines would apply to all EU member states, besides each member state specific laws on privacy: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia,...
Terms & Conditions to stop screen scraping
In the beginning of 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) made a decision that is very important for online businesses within the EU. Since the CJEU ruling from Ryanair Limited v PR Aviation, if a business has a database that is made public but that is not...
Privacy Policy for Australia
In 2014, the Enhancing Privacy Protection Act (Privacy Act) marked substantial changes to the existing privacy laws in Australia. If your business is operating from Australia, learn the best practices that you need to implement for your Privacy Policy. Privacy Act of Australia The Privacy Act incorporates 13 Privacy Principles that dictates how...
Results of Privacy Sweep 2014 by GPEN
The market for mobile applications (or mobile apps for short) is growing rapidly and, as a result, people are becoming more worried about the amount of information mobile apps are able to collect and use. The Privacy Sweep In May 2014, a network of 26 privacy enforcement authorities from all over the...
Privacy Policy for Canada
In Canada, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (or PIPEDA), governs the collection and use of personal information and how it's protected. If your business is operating from Canada, learn the best practices to implement for your Privacy Policy and/or privacy practices. The PIPEDA law from Canada The PIPEDA Act requires...