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October 10, 2022

U.S. Department of Justice Announces U.S. – UK CLOUD Act Agreement

Agreement between the U.S. Government and the UK Government on Access to Electronic Data for the Purpose of Countering Serious Crime entered force

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October 4, 2022

UK pauses data reform bill to rethink how to replace GDPR

The UK government has paused a data reform bill while ministers take a fresh look at how to replace the EU GDPR.

September 27, 2022

TikTok could face £27m fine for failing to protect children’s privacy

Investigation finds video-sharing app may have breached UK data protection law between 2018 and 2020.

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September 14, 2022

G-7 Privacy Regulators Aim To Ease Turbulent International Data Flows

The goal of the meetings is to gradually align the regulators’ approaches to privacy and better understand domestic rules in each jurisdiction.

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September 8, 2022

Scotland set to be world first for biometric data Code of Practice

Scotland will become the first country in the world to have a statutory Code of Practice on the use of biometric data for policing and criminal justice.

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September 6, 2022

ICO commenced criminal proceedings over theft of road traffic accident data

ICO has commenced criminal proceedings against eight individuals over the unlawful obtaining of people’s personal information from vehicle repair garages.

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August 9, 2022

Facial recognition smartwatches to be used to monitor foreign offenders in UK

Home Office and MoJ plans will require migrants convicted of crimes to take photos up to five times a day.

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August 4, 2022

Manchester City smart scarf wraps data-collecting sensors around fans’ necks

Hungry for data, soccer club pilots The Connected Scarf.

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August 3, 2022

USA offers foreign states access to 1.1 billion biometric “encounters” in return for reciprocal database access

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is touting ‘Enhanced Border Security Agreements’, offering access to its vast biometric databanks in exchange for other states reciprocating.

August 3, 2022

WhatsApp rejects UK’s request to lower security

The tech giant’s boss says he’d rather see the app blocked than break encryption under proposed laws.

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July 27, 2022

Facial recognition cameras in UK retail chain challenged by privacy group

Big Brother Watch says Southern Co-operative’s use of the cameras is ‘Orwellian’ and ‘unlawful’.

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July 25, 2022

GCHQ experts back scanning of encrypted phone messages to fight child abuse

Ian Levy, technical director of the NCSC, and Crispin Robinson, technical director of GCHQ, back client-side scanning software on mobile phones to detect child abuse.

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