Please click here to read the latest data privacy alert from the Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cyber Security team. This week’s alert covers news from Germany, the UK and the US.

Germany

  • Controversy on Implementation of the Cookie Directive Revived
  • District Court: Dashcam Recordings Non-Admissible as Evidence in Civil Procedure

United Kingdom

  • Parliamentary Committee Publishes its Report, “Privacy and Security: A Modern and Transparent Legal Framework” Following an Inquiry into the UK’s Intelligence and Security Agencies
  • House of Lords EU Committee Publishes Report on the Use of Drones in the EU
  • MPs Call for UK Strategy to Deliver Benefits of Technological Changes in Transport Sector
  • New Report Warns Government Over Failure to Provide Guidelines on Use of Biometric Data
  • ICO Raids Call Centre in Relation to Nuisance Calls

United States

  • Federal Trade Commission Signs Privacy Memorandum of Understanding with Dutch Agency

For more information on any of these items, or data privacy issues generally, please feel free to call any of the following individuals:

Annette Demmel (Germany)