Peter Fleischer: Privacy...?

In theory, privacy audits are a sensible and useful thing. Regardless of whether they're conducted internally or externally, they can p...

I'm delighted to see a new Chairman , Jacob Kohnstamm, assume the helm at the Working Party , which is the group of all of Europe's ...

With the proliferation of Internet platforms for user-generated content, people are increasingly seeing examples where one person's righ...

I'm thinking about Italy a lot these days. Many of you have expressed your support, and I'm gratified by your concern and your soli...

Google has already reacted to today's astonishing verdict in Milan. I'd like to add a few personal words. I will vigorously appeal ...

I've been thinking about the conundrum of trying to fit all of the words data into two random black-and-white categories: "persona...

A year ago, in the early phases of thinking about how or whether to suggest revisions to the European Data Protection Directive, the Europea...

Despite some inaccurate press, the revised text of the ePrivacy directive does not require an opt-in for cookies. However, the text of the r...

I'm always amazed how many photos I find on the Web, of friends, family or myself, that none of us knew were there. Because things on t...

There are many people in Europe who would rather eat their “chapeau” than admit that non-European countries like the United States might hav...

Since I’m based in France, I’ve recently been appointed as Google’s “Correspondant” for data protection with the French Data Protection Auth...

I recently got away for a few days to play tennis in Florida. I left with a clear conscience, thinking that 2009 was a good year at Google ...

It's just snowed in Paris, and I'm looking out my window, watching the children and the dogs play. Almost everyone walking down ave...

I spent a few days in Washington DC in December. While I was there, I slipped into a public workshop hosted by the Federal Trade Commission...

I was relaxing with a glass of chianti watching The Bourne Ultimatum on tv. The shadowy authorities use surveillance technologies to try to...

I've spent a few days in Berlin, and I've spoken with many interesting politicians and journalists about privacy. The most interest...

Here’s an interesting article about the day-to-day challenges and contradictions of national laws in the context of the global Internet (ok,...

Like most Americans, I woke this morning to one of my favorite days of the year, Thanksgiving. Unlike most Americans, I also woke this mor...

As you can imagine, I've spent a lot of time researching European law on hosting platforms. International legislation recognizes that ho...