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[…] Congress is expected to adopt the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) before the end of the year, while the process of adopting the Data Protection Bill of India could be concluded, after several years of waiting. These texts will be groundbreaking, if only because China and India are the two most populous countries in […]

[…] protection and privacy.   “Clarisse is joining FPF at an important time for data protection in the Asia-Pacific region. The two most populous countries in the world, India, and China, are introducing general privacy laws, and established data protection jurisdictions, like Singapore, Japan, South Korea, and New Zealand, have recently updated their laws,” said […]

[…] leaders within the privacy and equity communities to develop actionable guiding principles and a framework to help bolster the responsible implementation of digital contact tracing technologies (DCTT). Today, seven privacy, civil rights, and health equity organizations signed on to these guiding principles for organizations implementing DCTT. “We learned early in our Privacy and Pandemics […]

[…] economic, and professional opportunities. If regulation is to be effective, it should focus on both technical details and the underlying values and rights that must be protected from adverse uses of AI, to ensure that AI is ultimately used to promote human dignity and welfare. A .pdf version of the printed paper is available here.

[…] to unauthorized individuals. Security best practices require that authentication be accomplished via a multi-factor system, requiring two of the three options: something you know (password or pin code, security question), something you have (a smart card, specific mobile device, or USB token), or something you are (a biometric).  Once an ID holder is authenticated, […]

[…] data protection law in force (EU, Brazil, Japan, South Korea, South Africa), while two jurisdictions have data protection bills expected to become laws in 2021 (China and India). For the purposes of this analysis, the following provisions are being examined: the definitions of ‘processing operation’ and ‘personal data’ given that they are two concepts […]

[…] trend to modernize their regulatory approach, several of them proposing sandboxes (e.g., the CNIL and the Norwegian DPA), and pushing for more self-regulation, like the adoption of Codes of Conduct. DPAs also plan on dedicating efforts to make GDPR compliance work in practice on a large scale by targeting the empowerment of DPOs and […]

[…] treatment. The Prefatory Note of a late-stage draft of the UPDPA notes that it seeks to avoid “the compliance and regulatory costs associated with the California and Virginia regimes.”  Central to the framework, however, is a useful distinction between “compatible,” “incompatible,” and “prohibited” data practices, which moves beyond a purely consent model based on […]

Last week, President Biden signed an Executive Order on “ Promoting Competition in the American Economy” (“the Order” or “the EO”), published together with an explanatory Fact Sheet. The Order outlines a sweeping agenda for a “whole of government” approach to enforcement of antitrust laws in nearly every sector of the economy. Although there […]

[…] 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 […]