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[…] Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (AADC), a first-of-its-kind privacy-by-design law in the United States, and the United Kingdom’s Age-Appropriate Design Code. While there are distinctions between the two codes, the California AADC, which is set to become enforceable on July 1, 2024, was modeled after the UK’s version and represents a significant change in the […]

[…] to clarify when and how PETs should be deployed in different scenarios to ensure compliance with privacy laws; and providing tailored advice to lawmakers that wish to promote the use of PETs for the pursuit of public interest tasks and the responsible use of data.  On this note, Gilad Semama noted that PETs seem […]

[…] is going on in youth & education privacy today…What’s one thing that you are optimistic or encouraged about? I am encouraged by the move to age-appropriate design codes in some jurisdictions since it should lead to more products mapping better to the expectations of parents, educators, and children. What’s one thing that you are […]

[…] the development of a shared understanding and rights-respecting notion 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 […]

[…] risks’ (which trigger a set of stringent obligations, including conducting a CA), ‘limited risks’ (with associated transparency obligations), to ‘minimal risks’ (where stakeholders are encouraged to build codes of conduct). The draft AIA is being introduced in an already existing system of laws that regulate products and services intended to be placed on the […]

[…] the disclosure of personal data held by certain regulated entities (e.g., providers of financial services, medical practitioners), the PDP Commissioner has approved and registered seven Personal Data Codes of Practice, which provide more detailed requirements for entities in certain sectors to comply with the PDPA. These sectors include: insurance and takaful;  banking and finance;  […]

[…] the Act. The Act also empowers the Commissioner to, firstly, investigate complaints regarding entities’ privacy practices, resolve disputes, and issue binding compliance notices, and secondly, issue binding codes of practice in relation to specific sectors or classes of personal information.  In 2012, New Zealand also became one of the few jurisdictions in APAC that […]

[…] regulator may reduce the fine. Additionally, the ICO is bound by national law to assess the fine’s broader economic impact, as it must consider the desirability of promoting economic growth. Thus, before issuing a fine and when deciding on its amount, it will consider its economic impact on the wider sector where the infringer […]

[…] into the Strategic Plans for the coming years of seven African Data Protection Authorities (DPAs). The Report gives insight into the activity and plans of DPAs from Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Benin, Mauritius, Côte d’Ivoire, and Burkina Faso. It also relies on research conducted across several other African jurisdictions who have adopted data protection […]