2015

Anti-social elements attempting to take refuge in Tirupur will now have a tough time hiding from the police, thanks to a tenant information system being put in place by the city police. Police officials have managed to gather data pertaining to 12,000 tenants to date. The database, second of its kind after Chennai, will have mobile numbers, family details, previous address, work details and an identity proof of the tenant. The tenant information system would also include a photocopy of the tenant's driving license, ration card or voter ID card, passport, PAN card or Aadhaar card. The idea of a tenant information system was mooted after frequent incidents of anti-social elements finding a safe haven in Tirupur. Police commissioner S N Seshasai, who initiated the process, said he didn 't want to force the public to hasten the preparation of the database.

"In a new development demonstrating the ripple effect of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) Schrems decision, the Israeli Law, Information and Technology Authority (ILITA) revoked its prior authorization to transfer data from Israel to the U.S. that rely on Safe Harbor. The announcement will present a significant barrier to data flows from Israel 's surging technology sector, which comprises large local operations of global powerhouses such as Intel, Microsoft, Google, Facebook and HP, as well as Israeli ""unicorns"" such as Waze, which was acquired by Google for more than $1 billion. The decision attempted to avoid rupturing the borders of the Euro ""data zone,"" which Israel effectively belongs to under its adequacy decision. At the same time, the adequacy of Israel 's regime itself may be called into question, together with other adequacy mechanisms, based on the reasoning of the ECN."

After the controversial Google Spain decision (which besides the right to be forgotten also dealt with applicable law rules), the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) handed down another important - and yet again rather controversial - decision on 1 October 2015. The decision on applicable data protection law, the test at law for determining which national data protection law or laws apply to processing of personal data, comes from Hungary and concerns Slovak company Weltimmo s.r.o. and the Hungarian data protection authority. The Weltimmo case addresses two important questions: What is the threshold for an establishment and how do the rules on applicable law apply to Internet companies? Which data protection authority has competence to impose sanctions? The Weltimmo judgment is potentially far-reaching and may make data protection compliance for some businesses offering services|products or otherwise operating across multiple Member States more difficult and burdensome.