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AUGUST 5, 2023

The Government of India introduced a new digital privacy bill in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India’s Parliament, on Thursday after withdrawing a similar privacy bill last year. The third of its kind, this bill comes six years after the Supreme Court declared privacy a fundamental right.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

The probe scrutinized the company’s compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which mandates rigorous standards for data privacy and protection across the European Union. They found that child accounts were automatically set to public, exposing minors to potential privacy and safety risks.

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JANUARY 24, 2024

Human Rights Watch (HRW) raised concerns Tuesday about the draft Cybercrime Treaty of the United Nations over possible human rights violations. HRW, along with over 100 groups globally, expressed concern about the draft global cybercrime treaty being negotiated at the UN in a joint statement.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Melissa Andrews was a paralegal for around 15 years and is now working in health care compliance and privacy. For the past three years, she’s been serving as a Virtual Chief Compliance Officer and Virtual Chief Privacy Officer at Clearwater Security. Melissa will tell us all about it. What does that mean?

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

million Dutch users for “harvesting and auctioning sensitive user data” in violation of European privacy laws. The foundation’s chairperson, Lucia Melcherts, stated that they are concerned “about TikTok’s collection of often very personal information.”

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JURIST

APRIL 22, 2023

Filed in the Federal Court of Australia, the lawsuit accuses Optus of violating fundamental privacy principles and breaching its duty of care to its customers. Of those affected, the details of about 10,000 customers’ were released on the dark web.

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JURIST

AUGUST 11, 2022

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has initiated proceedings towards making new rules regulating consumer data privacy, the board announced Thursday. The post Federal Trade Commission issues proposal for increased data privacy regulations appeared first on JURIST - News.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Oregon was recently the 12th state to enact a comprehensive consumer data privacy law, but its one-year effective date delay is only applicable to certain nonprofits — so entities in the state should review their data inventory, collection and sharing practices to comply by July 1, 2024, say Neeka Hodaie and Lisa Schaures at Seyfarth.

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JULY 31, 2022

The EDPB and the EDPS are independent privacy watchdogs in the EU. The EDPB and the EDPS on Friday expressed serious concerns about the impact of the proposal on the fundamental rights to privacy and the protection of personal data. The proposal also seeks to establish an EU agency to implement the regulation.

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APRIL 26, 2024

A Michigan federal judge denied a group of small businesses immediate relief from the reporting requirements of a federal anti-money laundering law but voiced concerns about the law's privacy implications in a Friday bench ruling.

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AUGUST 23, 2023

“Marriott privacy class decertification decision highlights proper ‘order of business’”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued last Friday.

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APRIL 26, 2024

Advocate General (AG) Athanasios Rantos of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on Thursday issued an opinion , largely siding with an Austrian lawyer and privacy activist who sued Meta for misusing his personal data to send him targeted advertisements. According to Meta, the company has invested $5.5

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The agreement marks the largest US privacy settlement in history. Attorneys general in 40 states Monday announced a $391.5 million, multi-state settlement with Google over the company’s location tracking practices. In order to resolve the claims, Google will pay a monetary penalty to be dispursed amongst the 40 states.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Amnesty International released a report Thursday alleging the targeted use of Pegasus spyware against prominent Indian journalists, rekindling apprehensions about government surveillance and press freedom in the country, following the 2021 Pegasus project disclosures that sent shockwaves through India.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found on Tuesday that police breached privacy rights by searching images that were automatically reported by a Google algorithm before obtaining a warrant. Privacy experts have criticized the move. The algorithm had detected suspected child sexual abuse material.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The UK Supreme Court Wednesday held that a person under criminal investigation has a “reasonable expectation of privacy” with regard to information about that investigation prior to being charged. This judgment is anticipated to have a great impact on journalism. ’s actions in a foreign country.

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JURIST

JANUARY 20, 2022

Data about the individual or connected devices such as contents of communications, browsing history, online activity and customer lists can’t be used by advertisers and ad platforms for targetted advertising under the new bill. The surveillance advertising business model is broken.

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JURIST

APRIL 4, 2023

” In recent months, many governments around the world have become concerned about TikTok’s security and data privacy issues. Last month, the US Congress held a hearing in which TikTok’s CEO Shou Chew testified regarding consumer privacy and data concerns. The post TikTok fined £12.7M

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Vice President of Artificial Intelligence Jerome Pesenti of Meta, Facebook’s parent company, stated that there were “[m]any concerns about the place of facial recognition technology in society, and regulators are still in the process of providing a clear set of rules governing its use.

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Above The Law

APRIL 3, 2023

Phygitals that collect data about user behavior and preferences immediately trigger privacy concerns. The post Phygital Innovation: Balancing Personalization And Privacy Concerns And More appeared first on Above the Law.

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JANUARY 10, 2024

Sign up and join us to learn about the latest AI technologies and applications that are transforming the legal field. The post AI & Data Privacy: Emerging Trends for In-House Counsel appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

APRIL 18, 2024

whose surnames withheld due to privacy concerns), were arrested on Wednesday in Bayreuth, Germany on charges of cooperation with Russian special services and membership in the terrorist organization “ DPR ,” also known as the Donetsk People’s Republic. Two citizens, Dieter S. and Alexander J.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Seven judges of the Supreme Court of Illinois Thursday ruled that claims against employers for statutory damages under the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) were not barred by the exclusivity provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Act (WCA). The court then remanded the case to the circuit court for further proceedings.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The complaint focuses on comments Rokita made about his ongoing investigation into a medication abortion Dr. Bernard administered to a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio in June 2022. ” In response to Monday’s complaint, Rokita released a statement vowing to continue to defend Indiana’s privacy laws.

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JURIST

AUGUST 2, 2023

This procedure, however, has been criticized, with Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin raising concerns about the user identification scheme and potential privacy risks. The post Kenya government suspends Worldcoin cryptosystem operations amidst investigations into privacy and legality appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

JANUARY 13, 2023

The boundaries of the Section 702 argument will likely become clearer later this year, when the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board release a report with recommendations to Congress and the intelligence community about how to improve privacy safeguards for the programme.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

He highlighted the invasion of privacy and its potential danger to his family’s security. He also expressed confusion about why his phone number was exposed and emphasized that he had no involvement in the situation. José Ramón López Beltrán, Obrador’s son, addressed the issue on X (formerly Twitter).

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The Legislative Council of Hong Kong passed the Personal Data (Privacy) (Amendment) Bill 2021 on Wednesday. The law empowers The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data to investigate and prosecute doxxing and criminalises these doxxing acts. The Bill was introduced to the Legislative Council in July.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Calls to add privacy protections and anti-abuse measures to a controversial electronic surveillance law have never been louder, but divergent ideas about what needs to change within the statute and dysfunction within Congress could limit prospects for meaningful changes.

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JURIST

AUGUST 31, 2021

The Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois denied Clearview AI’s motion to dismiss an ACLU privacy lawsuit on Friday. Access allows for individuals to match provided photographs with others found online and find identifying information about individuals in the picture. Nor does BIPA prohibit all use of faceprints.

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JURIST

JANUARY 10, 2021

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched Friday an investigation into Google’s proposals to remove third party cookies on Chrome and replace them with other tools and functionality to protect user privacy under its “ Privacy Sandbox ” project.

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JURIST

AUGUST 15, 2023

“ To ensure that modern-day data companies assembling profiles about us are meeting the requirements under the Fair Credit Reporting Act , t he CFPB will be developing rules to prevent misuse and abuse by these data brokers,” said Chopra.

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LLRX

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. Here Are the Ones You Can Officially Trust; H&R Block, Meta, and Google Slapped With RICO Suit; and 3 Chatbot Privacy Risks and Concerns You Should Know About.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 27, 2023

However, critics have expressed concerns about privacy and freedom of expression, citing the bill’s potential to provide the government with extensive control over telecommunications. In that case, the Supreme Court held the right to privacy is a fundamental right under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution.

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JURIST

AUGUST 30, 2021

The Office of Communications (Ofcom), UK’s communication services regulator, on Friday imposed two fines of £100,000 on Chinese state-owned broadcaster Star China Media Limited (SCML) for failing to comply with the country’s broadcasting rules on fairness and privacy. His face was shown unobscured.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Although many ISP companies provided privacy protections and promised not to sell consumers’ personal data, they allowed this data to be “used, transferred and monetised” by third parties. The Chair Lina Khan said the report highlights fundamental questions around conditioning the use of essential technologies.

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JURIST

AUGUST 28, 2023

The DPC has raised concerns about Worldcoin’s storage of biometric data, including iris scans. The post Kenya High Court halts Worldcoin data processing amid privacy concerns appeared first on JURIST - News. Individuals can receive around $60 in the cryptocurrency Worldcoin if they provide an iris scan.

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