All Legal & Regulation articles – Page 19
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NewsFacebook 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.
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NewsSecurity 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.
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NewsUK 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.
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NewsTikTok 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.
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WebinarThe Crucial Challenges Every Organisation Must Address
Changing legislation and increased risk from lawsuits from inadequate incident and breach management processes is a challenge for every General Counsel in 2021.
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WebinarTracking US Privacy Laws
This year, multiple states have introduced, reintroduced, or will make effective new privacy laws. While all eyes have been on the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), there are many other notable federal and state-level laws you should know.
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NewsCourt 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.
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NewsChinese 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.
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NewsPrivacy 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.
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NewsEDPB 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.
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NewsWashington 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.
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NewsBelarus 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.
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NewsLinkedIn 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.
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NewsSchrems’ 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).
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WebinarInsight on the ACC Chief Legal Officers Report
The 2021 Chief Legal Officers Survey, undertaken by ACC in partnership with Exterro, builds on responses from 947 CLOs at organisations spanning 21 industries and 44 countries, making it one of the largest and most comprehensive surveys of its kind.
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NewsIrish 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).
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NewsData 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.
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VideoCanada’s Proposed Updated Federal Privacy Law: What You Need to Know
On November 17th, 2020, the Canadian Minister of Information, Science and Economic Development introduced Bill C-11, the Digital Charter Implementation Act (DCIA).
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VideoUS Privacy: The Year for Change?
The US privacy landscape is currently fragmented. With nearly half of the States planning to introduce new privacy bills in the first half of 2020 but having to postpone them due to Covid-19.
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VideoResponse to Schrems II: Global Case Studies Responding to the ECJ Decision
A panel of speakers discuss both the specific issues related to data sharing with Brexit and post-Schrems II as well as other changes across the globe.
