Implementation of Thailand’s personal data act delayed
Thailand’s cabinet has approved deferring full enforcement of the country’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) to 31 May next year. It was due come into force next month.
Chinese mobile apps broke privacy rules
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), the country’s main internet watchdog, has found 33 mobile phone apps broke data privacy rules through a range of actions. The companies behind the apps have ten days to comply with the regulations or face a fine.
Florida’s privacy law latest to fall by wayside
Differences between members of the two chambers in Florida’s legislature have killed off a privacy bill for the time being.
Irish data protection commissioner defends enforcement record in face of criticism
Helen Dixon has defended the Irish Data Protection Commission’s enforcement record in the face of criticism from campaigners Max Schrems and Johnny Ryan.
El Salvador passes privacy act
Members of El Salvador’s parliament have unanimously voted to approve the Personal Data Protection Law.
EDPS urges ban on facial recognition systems in public spaces
The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has warned that the European Commission’s proposed law to regulate Artificial Intelligence does not go far enough and should include a temporary ban on the use of facial recognition systems in public.
Facebook seeks to downplay data breach as Irish DPC launches probe
An internal memo made public has revealed how Facebook plans to deal with the leaking of account details from 533m users on to a hacking forum. Tactics including passing off the incident as normal.
Security threat warrants data retention in France, Supreme Court rules
France’s Council of State has ruled that the existing threat to national security currently justifies the generalised retention of telecom connection data.
UK taskforce to probe how a digital pound could comply with AML and data protection rules
A new United Kingdom taskforce and engagement forum set up to explore a digital pound will examine how data privacy can be protected under the initiative while anti-money laundering (AML) requirements are still met.
TikTok faces claim for billions in UK child privacy lawsuit
Video-sharing app TikTok and its Chinese parent ByteDance is facing a damages’ claim worth billions of dollars in a British court case over allegations they illegally harvested private data of millions of European children.
Court rules Google misled users about collection of location data
Australia’s Federal Court has found that Google misled consumers about personal location data collected through Android mobile devices in 2017 and 2018.
Chinese court upholds landmark facial recognition data ruling
A court in China has upheld a ruling forcing a zoo operator to delete a visitor’s facial recognition data, in what has been described as a key judgement for data rights in the country.
Privacy tops anxieties over digital Euro, poll finds
Payments remaining a private matter emerged as the leading concern Europeans have about proposals by the European Central Bank (ECB) to introduce a digital Euro.
EDPB finds UK and EU data protection laws are strongly aligned – but some concerns remain
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has found many aspects of the United Kingdom’s data protection framework to be ‘essentially equivalent’ to the European Union’s but has also recommended several areas are further assessed.
Washington Privacy Act stalls for the third year in a row
Washington’s Privacy Act has not been passed by the state’s House of Representatives, meaning Sunday’s deadline to advance the bill this session has been missed.
Belarus advances data protection law
A comprehensive data privacy law in Belarus has moved a step closer following the bill’s second reading in the lower chamber of parliament.
LinkedIn denies data breach after 500m records reportedly posted for sale
The social media platform LinkedIn has denied it has had a data breach following reports that information from 500m profiles have been posted in a hacker forum.
Schrems’ campaign group lodges complaint about Google’s ad tracker
Noyb, the campaign group founded by privacy activist Max Schrems, has filed a complaint with France’s data protection authority about Google’s Android advertising identifier (AAID).
Irish DPC probes whether Facebook data leak falls under GDPR time frame
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) is probing whether any of the data records of 533 million Facebook users published over the weekend were leaked after the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Data protection act enforcement may be further delayed in Thailand
Thailand’s new digital economy and society minister Chaiwut Thanakhamanusorn is considering postponing full enforcement of the country’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) scheduled for June, in part to give small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) more time to prepare. Implementation has already been delayed once.