UK mass surveillance unlawful under European rules, court says
Europe’s top human rights court ruled that British mass surveillance and intelligence-gathering practices breached human rights laws.
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WhatsApp sues Indian government over new privacy rules
WhatsApp has filed a lawsuit in Delhi against the Indian government seeking to block regulations coming into force.
Germany adopts new data protection and privacy law
German parliament adopted a law regulating data protection and privacy in telecommunications and telemedia.
EU lawmaker wants stronger privacy rights in proposed EU tech rules
Proposed EU rules targeting Facebook, Google and other large online platforms should include privacy rights for users as well as their right to anonymity.
Senators roll out bipartisan data privacy bill
Sen. Amy Klobuchar is back with a bill to protect consumer data privacy when collected by large tech platforms like Facebook and Google.
Ecuador Approves Data Protection Law
the Ecuadorian National Assembly unanimously approved the Organic Law on Data Protection, which is based on the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Businesses fall into transatlantic privacy hole
Companies have begun to face costly problems abroad while they wait a new privacy deal.
Biden issues the Executive Order on Cybersecurity
The purpose of the Order is to improve the security of commercial software, including by establishing baseline security requirements based on industry best practices.
Japan’s Rikunabi Scandal Shows The Dangers of Privacy Law Loopholes
Ddata privacy scandal in Japan involving Rikunabi—a major job-seeking platform that calculated and sold companies algorithmic scores which predicted how likely individual job applicants would decline a job offer—has underscored how users’ behavioral data can be used against their best interests.
Margrethe Vestager explains the EU’s position in the global battle for data
Margrethe Vestager, the Executive Vice President of the European Commission, responsible for all things digital, gives us her insight into global data, data sharing, big tech, the Data Governance Act and the reality of policy and implementation.
German Federal Labor Court rules on the scope of the right to information under Art. 15 GDPR
Specifically, the issue was whether or to what extent Art. 15 GDPR grants a right to receive copies of e-mails.
Google and Apple are the world’s biggest privacy regulators
Both companies are changing how they allow others to collect and use data from their billions of online users.