The European Data Protection Board published the final versions of three guidelines previously published for public comments. The first is the guidelines on “Deceptive design patterns in social media platform interfaces: how to recognize and avoid them”; the second is the guidelines on certification as a tool for cross-border data transfers; the third is the guidelines on the interplay between ...
The New York Attorney General has reached a settlement agreement with a group of technology companies owned by Patrick Hinchey which sold spousal monitoring software. The settlement includes a fine of $410,000, an obligation to notify users that they are monitored and the type of information collected, and an obligation to properly disclose information to those interested in purchasing the ...
According to a draft declaratory (non-binding) resolution initiated by the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of the European Parliament, the forthcoming EU-US Data Privacy Framework does not provide the required level of protection of information privacy and the European Commission should not approve it.
In December 2022, President Biden issued an executive order to promote the re-establishment ...
The United States Department of State (DoS) and the European Commission have announced an “Administrative Arrangement on Artificial Intelligence for the Public Good”, an agreement signed at a virtual ceremony held simultaneously in Europe and the US on January 27, 2023.
The principles of the arrangement cover the common interest across the Atlantic for research, development, and use of digital technologies ...
The U.S. Department of Justice, together with eight states in the U.S., filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against Google for monopolizing multiple digital advertising technology products. The lawsuit is part of a series of antitrust lawsuits filed against Google and other large technology companies in the U.S.
The complaint alleges that Google "corrupted the legitimate competition" in the field of ...
The Knesset (the Israeli parliament) has approved the first reading of a legislative bill to allow the surreptitious collection of personal and sensitive information from passengers of flights entering and leaving Israel. The bill will allow the state to collect Passenger Name Records (PNR), which include, among other things, the mobile phone number, e-mail address, airfare payment method, invoice delivery ...
According to a settlement agreement in a privacy class action asserted against Meta (previously known as Facebook), the Internet giant will pay 4 million ILS to promote activities related to privacy.
The settlement is still pending court approval, but the class action asserted that Facebook had activated a monitoring mechanism on users’ private messages, read their content, and used them ...
On February 8, 2023, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is expected to adopt “Privacy by Design” (PbD) as an international privacy standard for the protection of consumer products and services. The new standard will be numbered ISO 31700 and will have about 30 requirements spanning over 30 pages. Along with the high-level requirements of the standard, a supplementary document ...
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