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[…] liability and regulation of publishers of digital content have generated significant debate since their release in February 2021. The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (the Rules) have: recast the conditions to obtain ‘safe harbour’ from liability for online intermediaries, and  unveiled an extensive regulatory regime for a newly […]

[…] and operate “Iruda.” Therefore, PIPC determined that ScatterLab processed the user’s personal information beyond the purpose of collection. In addition, ScatterLab posted its AI models on the code sharing and collaboration platform Github from October 2019 to January 2021, which included 1,431 KakaoTalk messages revealing 22 names (excluding last names), 34 locations (excluding districts […]

[…] which includes: Data on the flow of people and vehicles in important sensitive areas such as military management zones, national defense science and industry units involving state secrets, and party and government agencies at or above the county level; Surveying and mapping data higher than the accuracy of the publicly released maps of the […]

[…] religion, health conditions, or other highly personal information). In some cases, non-sensitive data can act as a “proxy” for sensitive information (such as the use of zip code as a proxy for race). Data may also be obtained from sources of varying quality, accuracy, or ethical collection, for example: public records, government collection, regulated […]

[…] they were collected. The 2020 Amendments and amended PPC Rules model the pseudonymization process on anonymization, requiring the removal of any (i) description, (ii) unique ‘personal identification code’ (as defined in the APPI), and (iii) information relating to the processing method performed to enable the removal of (i) and (ii) above. The immediate result […]

[…] the need to intensify the dialogue between Data Protection Authorities and ethical review boards to develop a common understanding of what qualifies as scientific research, and on codes of conduct for it.  Examining country-level legal frameworks for secondary uses of healthcare data. On January 19-20, 2021, the Israel Tech Policy Institute (ITPI), an FPF […]

On February 25, the Indian Government notified and published Information Technology (Guidelines for Intermediaries and Digital media Ethics Code) Rules 2021. These rules mirror the Digital Services Act (DSA) proposal of the EU to some extent, since they propose a tiered approach based on the scale of the platform, they touch on intermediary liability, content moderation, take-down […]

[…] be expanded by this legislation, to “provide expert recommendations on this topic help ensure the right balance.” Read Vance’s written testimony on HB 1062 here and watch the testimony here (add YouTube link teed up to the right time code). For more background on Maryland’s Student Data Privacy Council, statutorily created in 2019, click here.

[…] already entered into force on February 1st, 2021. Social networks are now required to monitor content and “restrict access immediately” of users that post information about state secrets, justification of terrorism or calls to terrorism, pornography, promoting violence and cruelty, or obscene language, manufacturing of drugs, information on methods to commit suicide, as well […]

[…] be able to shape laws that are technology-neutral and do not have to be updated every two months. According to Paul, while engineers are adept at writing code, code is written for machines that cannot think for themselves. However, the law is written for people, not computers, and policymakers are best equipped for this […]