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Update: On Sep 15, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2273, the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act. The law will apply to businesses that provide online services, products, or features likely to be accessed by children and broadly requires businesses to implement their strongest privacy settings by default for young users up to the age […]

[…] of privacy. Colonial administrations contributed to many gross violations towards the dignity of community members. For example, in Kenya, the British introduced in 1920 through the Native Registration Amendment Ordinance,  a means of identification, the Kipande system.12 This involved the use of an identity document that contained the personal details, fingerprints, area of residence, […]

[…] secrecy claims are not able to prevent individuals from effectively exercising their privacy rights. Panelists discussed issues such as the necessity of disclosing application or software source code when providing “explainability” of decision-making to data subjects, and debated the level of detail necessary in disclosures required under transparency obligations. Ms. Demetzou focused on how […]

[…] the fundamental level, Vietnam’s Constitution provides for an inviolable right to privacy and legal protection of information regarding personal privacy and personal and familial secrecy.  The Civil Code gives expression to these rights in a limited manner by, among others, requiring an individual’s consent for collection, use, retention, or publication of information about that […]

[…] protection landscape—first, the demographic shift. Second, the technological shift. Third, the regulatory shift.  First, the sheer demographic gravity of the Asia-Pacific means that jurisdictions like China, India, Indonesia, and others – have not just the largest but also some of the youngest and fastest-growing populations globally. With a young, highly digitally-savvy population that is […]

[…] and alternatives to consent as lawful bases for processing personal data in Asia Pacific (APAC).  This report provides a detailed overview of relevant laws and regulations in Indonesia, including:  notice and consent requirements for processing personal data; the status of alternative legal bases for processing personal data which permit processing of personal data without […]

[…] Legislation Amendment (Enhancing Online Privacy and Other Measures) Bill 2021” (Online Privacy Bill) which, if passed, would complement the Privacy Act by introducing a binding online privacy code with which social media and other online platforms would have to comply, or face legal penalties. The status of the Online Privacy Bill is currently uncertain […]

[…] graduate of USC Gould School of Law and a Student Contractor with FPF’s Youth and Education Privacy team. On May 26, 2022, AB-2273, the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (ADCA) unanimously passed the California Assembly and moved to the Senate for consideration. California Assembly Members Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) and Jordan Cunningham (R-Templeton) proposed AB-2273, […]