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French Administrative Supreme Court challenges EU law on data retention

JURIST

France’s Highest Administrative Court (Council of States) on Wednesday gave its ruling on the national policy concerning data retention creating conflict between French and EU laws. The ruling was long-awaited as it clarified France’s stance on data retention policies.

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EU Court of Justice rules against ‘general and indiscriminate’ data retention by police

JURIST

The Court of Justice of the European Union (EU) Tuesday ruled that national governments may not permit the “general and indiscriminate retention” of traffic and location data of electronic communications. The court’s ruling comes from a long procedural history.

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Proton successfully appeals government surveillance obligations

JURIST

The company was also protected by article 271 of the Swiss Criminal Code , which means that data submission for surveillance purposes is supposed to be approved by the Swiss government. The company was also subjected to new data retention obligations for future surveillance purposes.

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UK tribunal finds surveillance incompatible with EU law

JURIST

Furthermore, during the proceedings it was found that all three UK SIAs were illegally holding PI’s data. In that case, the court found that mass data retention and collection practices undertaken by the UK government for national security purposes must be subjected to the same privacy safeguards as outlined by EU law.

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Federal court blocks California law protecting children’s online activity

JURIST

.” The law also requires online providers to create reports showing how each online product poses “any risk of material detriment to children arising from the provider’s data management practices.”

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Data Privacy Day Reflections – Compliance, Governance, Ethics (and AI)

Foley Hoag LLP

Far from being an academic concept, “data ethics” presents a model for data management with real practical implications for organizations. (I I should note that I am focused here on personal data.) Under a governance model, an organization might instead ask, what data do we have and what risks do they pose?

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Afghanistan dispatch: chaotic Taliban earthquake relief response may cause more deaths

JURIST

Here, a law student in Kabul reports on the complications Taliban governance is already causing for earthquake relief after a tremor killed and injured hundreds in southern Afghanistan Wednesday morning. Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover.