All Legal & Regulation articles – Page 21
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NewsCalifornia appoints members of privacy protection agency board
The five members of the inaugural board for the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) have been named.
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NewsAnti-trust complaint against Google widened to include Privacy Sandbox
A coalition of US states led by Texas has amended its lawsuit against Google, claiming anti-trust violations through the company’s efforts to boost its dominant advertising business.
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AnalysisA look at Canada’s new data privacy law
New legislation in Canada will expand data privacy obligations. GRC World Forums summarises the key changes to the law along with insight from PrivSec Global speaker Mark Sward
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NewsGoogle lawsuit over ‘incognito tracking’ gets the go-ahead
A United States judge has given the green light for a lawsuit against Google alleging it tracks users even when they switch to Incognito mode in the company’s Chrome browser. The tech giant had attempted to have the $5bn (€4.16bn) case dismissed.
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AnalysisArtificial Intelligence: pay attention to the law and understand what the data is for
Megan Marie Butler, ahead of her PrivSec Global appearance, explains the privacy pitfalls of using Artificial Intelligence in HR.
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NewsPrivacy lawsuit against Zoom mostly dismissed
A US judge has dismissed much of a proposed class action which claimed Zoom Video Communications violated users’ privacy rights by sharing personal information with Facebook, Google and LinkedIn, and let intruders ‘Zoombomb’ meetings held via the online platform. Sitting in San Jose, California, district judge Lucy Koh rejected ...
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NewsScope widened for New Zealand privacy inquiry into police photography
Scope widened for New Zealand inquiry into police photography practice
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AnalysisData protection law changes in Brazil and beyond
Camila Tobón and Andrea Willemin will address PrivSec Global later this month on harmonising data protection compliance across Latin America. Here are their thoughts on Brazil’s ground-breaking new data protection law
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NewsUS lawmaker proposes Federal Privacy Bill to Congress
Democratic representative Suzan DelBene has reintroduced a bill aimed at creating a national standard for digital privacy rights in the United States.
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AnalysisBreaking the link between GDPR breach transparency and pain
The transparency requirements of GDPR are fuelling “micro-claims” for compensation, in addition to high-profile class action lawsuits. Stewart Room, preparing for his session at PrivSec Global, suggests the current system is creating perverse incentives and argues for a better solution
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NewsItalian government body fined for data breaches while investigating Covid-19 relief scandal
Italy’s social security and pensions agency Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale (INPS) has been ordered to pay €300,000 for contravening privacy protection laws when investigating politicians claiming state aid during the coronavirus crisis.
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NewsUS state accused of excessive data collection prior to breach
Lawmakers in Washington state have questioned the extent of information collected by the state’s Employment Security Department (ESD) for fraud-monitoring purposes.
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NewsFrench DPA launches programme to assess audience measurement solutions for consent exemptions
France’s data protection authority has launched a programme to help determine whether specific audience measurement solutions are exempt from collecting user’s prior consent.
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WebinarHow to leverage APEC Accountability Agents for your organization’s global privacy and governance
With data volumes growing across borders and industries, everyone benefits from being able to demonstrate compliance with internationally recognized privacy and security measures.
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News South Africa’s regulator clamps down on Facebook’s contact-sharing
Social media giant Facebook cannot share any contact information it collects from WhatsApp users in South Africa with its other business without obtaining authorisation from the country’s Information Regulator (IR), the watchdog has ruled.
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NewsVirginia becomes second US state to enact comprehensive data privacy law
Virginia’s Consumer Data Protection Act, which will force companies to give consumers the right to opt out of data collection, has this week been signed into law.
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NewsCJEU rules electronic communication location data must only be used in investigations of ’serious crime’
Location data drawn from electronic communications must only be used by law enforcement investigations involving ‘serious crimes’ and to prevent ‘serious threats to public security’, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) has ruled.
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AnalysisData adequacy: a flawed concept?
Following Schrems and Brexit, international data-sharing and the concept of adequacy has dominated much of the global news on data protection. But is adequacy itself a flawed concept? Marty Abrams explains why he thinks we need a better alternative
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NewsGDPR ‘out of date’ and needs revising, says one of its architects
Europe’s data protection laws need updating to take into account increased remote working and new technologies, according to a politician who was a driving force behind the legislation.
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NewsUK minister signals divergence: 'EU doesn’t hold the monopoly on data protection'
A United Kingdom government minister has signalled the country is likely to diverge from the European Union on data protection.
