The Council of Europe has issued new guidelines calling for strict rules to avoid the significant risks to privacy and data protection posed by the increasing use of facial recognition technologies. The guidelines also call on governments to ban certain applications of facial recognition altogether to avoid discrimination and human rights violations. … [Read more...] about Facial recognition: strict regulation is needed to prevent human rights violations
GDPR
Guidelines 01/2021 on Examples regarding Data Breach Notification
The EDPB Guidelines on Examples regarding Data Breach Notification are now available here: https://europa.eu/!wc77KM The guidelines complement the existing WP 29 guidance and provide more practical guidance and recommendations. They are open for public consultation until 02/03/2021 … [Read more...] about Guidelines 01/2021 on Examples regarding Data Breach Notification
Canada’s new Consumer Privacy Protection Act
In a long-awaited move, Navdeep Bains, Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, introduced Bill C-11 — the Consumer Privacy Protection Act. The Minister described the new law as a significant update of PIPEDA, and acknowledged that the last time Canada’s privacy laws were updated was 20 years ago, when PIPEDA was first introduced — before social media and the … [Read more...] about Canada’s new Consumer Privacy Protection Act
EU-US Data Transfers: The Next Step
In the wake of the recent Court of Justice of the European Union "Schrems II" decision invalidating the EU/US Privacy Shield framework, the US Department of Commerce and the European Commission have initiated discussions to evaluate the potential for an enhanced EU-US Privacy Shield framework. Read the EU Commission Statement … [Read more...] about EU-US Data Transfers: The Next Step
