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[…] their safe harbours) can be used to expand the scope of section 69 or rules thereunder.  Proceedings initiated by Whatsapp LLC in the Delhi High Court, and Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) developer Praveen Arimbrathodiyil in the Kerala High Court have both challenged the legality and validity of Rule 4(2) on grounds including […]

As AI regulation is being considered in the European Union, privacy commissioners and data protection authorities around the world are starting to apply existing comprehensive data protection laws against AI systems and how they process personal information. On April 28th, the South Korean Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) imposed sanctions and a fine of KRW […]

[…] kids at a young age, and to get beyond the common but too simple advice to not share personal information online. Common Sense’s Digital Citizenship Curriculum provides free lesson plans to address timely topics and prepare students to take ownership of their digital lives by grade and topic.  She also emphasized the important role […]

by Chelsey Colbert The author thanks Hunter Dorwart for his contribution to this text. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) released a draft regulation on car privacy and data security on May 12, 2021. China has been very active in automated vehicle development and deployment and has also proposed last fall a draft comprehensive privacy […]

[…] the processing, an assessment of the necessity and proportionality of the processing operations in relation to the purposes, an assessment of the risks to the rights and freedoms of data subjects, and measures envisaged to address the risks, including safeguards, security measures and mechanisms to ensure the protection of personal data. Recital 75 of […]

The recent amendments to Japan’s data protection law contain a number of new provisions certain to alter – and for many foreign businesses, transform – the ways in which companies conduct business in or with Japan.

[…] developed by the FPF Corporate Academic Data Stewardship Research Alliance, a group of more than two dozen companies and organizations. The best practices favor academic independence and freedom over tightly controlled research, and encourage broad publication and dissemination of research results, while protecting the privacy of individual research subjects. Specific best practices include having […]

[…] already been challenged in the Delhi High Court by news publishers this week.  The Guidelines have raised several types of concerns in India, from their impact on freedom of expression, impact on the right to privacy through the automated scanning of content and the imposed traceability of even end-to-end encrypted messages so that the […]

Amelia Vance, Director of Youth and Education Privacy for FPF, recently testified before the Maryland House Ways and Means Committee on HB 1062. The legislation proposes several updates to the state’s Student Data Privacy Act, and an extension of the Maryland Student Data Privacy Council, which Vance was asked to serve on when it was […]

[…] is the one mentioned above, for state or public interests as defined by law. It is thus expected that the amendments might create a chilling effect on freedom of expression, especially when also taking into account the corresponding changes to the Criminal Code. The new rules seem to be part of a broader effort […]