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Israeli Legislation Committee Endorses a Bill for Facial Recognition Cameras in Public Spaces

The Israeli Ministerial Committee for Legislative Affairs approved a government bill, initiated by Ministers Yariv Levin and Itamar Ben Gvir, to promote and regulate the use of biometric systems in the public space, including by the Israel Police. The draft bill includes far-reaching implications regarding the right to privacy and has attracted significant criticism and opposition.

The biometric systems, which ...

The government established a committee to probe police’s use of spywares

The Israeli government has formed a committee to scrutinize the police’s utilization of spyware, including NSO Group’s Pegasus software. Investigations published last year in the Calcalist newspaper alleged that the police had extensively employed such surveillance tools without proper judicial authorization. An internal review committee within the Ministry of Justice has largely discredited these findings.

The newly established government committee ...

Google and TikTok Hit with Fines for Privacy Violations

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) found that TikTok Technology Limited (TTL) violated the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The violation arises from TikTok’s deficient protection of children’s privacy. As a result of these findings, the DPC imposed a hefty fine of 345 million Euros on TikTok for these violations and ordered the company to modify its data processing practices ...

Privacy Authorities Warn Social Media Platforms from Scraping User Data

Privacy Protection Authorities from around the world have signed a joint statement calling social media platforms to protect publicly available user content from data scraping. Failure to do so may result in legal accountability. Authorities from countries such as the United Kingdom, Canada, Switzerland, Hong Kong (China), Australia, and Mexico have signed the statement.

The authorities’ statement clarifies that “social ...

The Privacy Protection Authority Releases Notice Regarding Cyber-attack at ‘Mayanei Hayeshua’ Medical Center

The Israeli Privacy Protection Authority has published guidelines regarding the use of personal medical information of patients that could be misused online due to the data breach incident at the ‘Mayanei Hayeshua’ Medical Center in Israel. The Authority has warned that indications suggest that the cyber-attack may have resulted in theft of information and that any use of this personal ...

Israeli Privacy Regulator Publishes Draft Guidance on the Role of the Board of Directors in Data Security

The Israeli Privacy Protection Authority issued new draft guidance outlining specific obligations for corporations processing personal data, to ensure compliance with the Israeli Privacy Protection Law and associated regulations. This draft guidance primarily applies to corporations that engage in significant processing of personal information, or those posing a significant risk to privacy due to their organizational nature, the sensitivity of ...

Developments in Legislation and Regulation of Artificial Intelligence

European countries are swiftly establishing regulatory standards for AI, to reduce risks arising from artificial intelligence (AI) while fostering technological innovation. Spain recently unveiled the Spanish Agency for the Supervision of Artificial Intelligence (AESIA), marking the EU’s first AI regulatory body. At the same time, Germany announced a substantial AI Action Plan, with the Federal Ministry of Education and Research ...

U.S. Federal Court Denies Copyright Protection for Image Created by Artificial Intelligence

A Federal District Court in the United States dismissed Stephen Thaler’s appeal against the U.S. Copyright Office denial of Thaler’s application to register the copyright on an image generated by Thaler’s Artificial Intelligence software, known as the “Creativity Machine.” The court held that a work generated by artificial intelligence without a human author does not qualify for copyright protection.

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