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[…] health information. Using a researcher-friendly device, Empatica’s E4, that prevents the collection of geolocation data, IP address, or mobile International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) identifiers. Using QR codes to link participants to specific wearable devices to ensure that participant names and study record IDs would not be shared. “A large part of our job […]

[…] 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 […]

[…] Privacy Forum and the Privacy Tech Alliance on the publication of this highly comprehensive study, which analyzes key trends within the rapidly expanding privacy tech sector. Enterprises today are increasingly reliant on privacy tech, not only as a means of ensuring regulatory compliance but also in order to drive business value by facilitating secure […]

Today, the Colorado Senate approved the House version of the Colorado Privacy Act (SB21-190) that passed yesterday, on June 7. If approved by Governor Jared Polis, Colorado will follow Virginia and California as the third U.S. state to establish baseline legal protections for consumer privacy. “Although the Colorado Privacy Act contains notable advances […]

[…] 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 […]

[…] ads following them around. A full report from the consultation can be found here. Daniel Solove also highlighted the need for educational systems to teach privacy. “Children today are growing up in a world where massive quantities of personal information are being gathered from them. They’re growing up in a world where they’re more […]

[…] The definitions of these three types of data mirror similar definitions in other Chinese laws or draft laws currently being considered for adoption, such as the Civil Code and, respectively, the Personal Information Protection Law and the Cybersecurity Law. Consistency across these laws indicates a harmonization of China’s emerging data governance regulatory model.  Obligations […]

[…] influx of claims. Regulators should ensure that offices have time, personnel, and funding to undertake the digital archaeology necessary to reveal the many layers of ADSs used today.  Finally, lawmakers should not overlook the challenges of identifying and attracting qualified technical and legal experts. For example, many legislative efforts envision a new or expanded […]

[…] in case of emergency. A decade on, LINE has become the major – and for many the only – means of communication in Japan – particularly in today’s socially-distanced world. For the Japanese Government too, LINE serves a crucial role: national – and municipality – level government bodies use LINE for official communications, including […]

[…] reforms to strengthen health data governance. These examples were viewed in the context of the WHO Global Strategy on Digital Health. Safeguards for health data sharing to promote innovation while protecting people’s privacy. These may include: 1) ethical review board oversight; 2) de-identification; 3) administrative, technical, and contractual safeguards; and 4) safeguards around cross […]