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Israel will consider restricting cyber systems export

The Israeli Ministry of Defense (MOD) has assembled a new unit that will assist the Israeli cyber industry's efforts to market and export cyber systems abroad. The MOD's general manager, Mr. Udi Shani, speaking on the cyber panel at the annual Herzliya conference, said that the MOD is also considering whether to place restrictions on the export of cyber systems, given ...

Stock trading remodeled by flash traders

Ms. Ester Levanon, CEO of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) has recently commented that Flash Traders (also known as Algorithmic Traders) take up a growing capacity of the daily volume of trade in the TASE, as well as in other leading stock exchange venues. Flash Trading refers to traders in the capital market that use high speed digital processing to compute ...

Israel - proposed guide on workplace privacy

The Israeli Law Information and Technology Authority (ILITA) has published a consultation draft guide on protecting personal information in workplace environments.

The purpose of the proposed guide is to reflect ILITA's view of the principles applicable to the right of privacy in personal information that employers store and process, and recommend adequate practices to implement these principles.

The guide is ...

New guidelines for employees' placement services

The Israeli Law Information and Technology Authority (ILITA) has published new guidelines on privacy principles for applying the provisions of the Protection of Privacy Act on jobs placement services.

The guidelines are a result of a four years process of consultations led by ILITA with placement services, employers and other relevant stakeholders. Their main objective is to enhance the privacy protection ...

New draft guidelines on use of surveillance cameras

ILITA makes headlines again. On December 6th 2011, During a session of the Israeli parliament ('Knesset') science committee, that was dedicated to mark the international human rights day, the Law Information and Technology Authority announced new proposed guidelines on the use and deployment of surveillance cameras.

In their press release, ILITA describes the need for the guidelines, following a ...

IPO Posts New Guidelines on Software Patentability

The Israeli Patent Office (IPO) recently announced an update to the patent examination procedures related to the patentability of software claims. This update concludes the revision of the examination procedures, a process that began in 2009. The new procedures describe the process by which a patent application is to be examined, pursuant to section 3 of the Israeli Patent Law, which governs ...

New privacy code for outsourcing services

The Israeli Law Information and Technology Authority (ILITA) has published new guidelines on privacy principles related to the processing of personal information by outsourcing entities.

The guidelines are not obligatory. However, they reflect ILITA's opinion and serve as legal basis for their inspections and enforcement activities. The failure of a database owner to comply with the guidelines may be regarded ...
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