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October 26, 2020

China unveils first law on personal data protection

As home to the world’s most online users, China on Tuesday unveiled its highly anticipated draft law on personal data […]

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October 26, 2020

FTC Issues New Guidance on Artificial Intelligence Technology

In the latest piece to come out of the FTC’s new focus on emerging technologies, the FTC Bureau of Consumer […]

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October 26, 2020

Africa to harmonise laws for data protection

Nigeria and other African nations have developed a framework that would harmonise laws on data protection and digital economy across […]

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October 26, 2020

California Attorney General Releases New Proposed Modifications to California Consumer Privacy Act Regulations

The California Attorney General proposed a third set of modifications to the recently enacted California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations. […]

October 26, 2020

French Court Says an Employer Can Use a Facebook Post to Dismiss an Employee

On September 30, 2020, the French Court of Cassation ruled in favor of an employer that dismissed an employee because […]

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October 26, 2020

Half of large companies to adopt privacy-enhancing computation by 2025

Half of large organisations will implement privacy-enhancing computation for processing data in untrusted environments within five years, Gartner has predicted. […]

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October 23, 2020

‘Love Contracts’ Go Mainstream as Employers Track Office Romance

While workplace dating policies have been commonplace for years, typically targeting relationships between managers and subordinates, many companies have been […]

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October 23, 2020

EU regulator warns Europol could be breaking data rules

Law enforcement agency Europol is likely to have mishandled troves of personal data in breach of the agency’s own rules, […]

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October 23, 2020

The Police Can Probably Break Into Your Phone

At least 2,000 law enforcement agencies have tools to get into encrypted smartphones, according to new research, and they are […]

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October 23, 2020

Facial recognition datasets are being widely used despite being taken down due to ethical concerns.

Computer vision research datasets have been criticized for violating subjects’ privacy, reinforcing cultural biases, and enabling questionable applications. But regulating […]