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Latest Updates on Privacy - June 2022 - Part II

Latest Updates on Privacy – June 2022 – Part II

This is a rundown of last week's updates on Privacy: CNIL holds modifications to Google Analytics insufficient to meet GDPR requirements The French privacy watchdog, CNIL, has held that changes to Google Analytics' systems will not make it compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), dismissing options of anonymisation and encryption proposed by Google, following its decision that data transfers to the US via Google Analytics were illegal. The CNIL held that Google could not prove that firstly the data…
June 13, 2022 Intellectual Property, Privacy / Data Protection 0Comment 882Views 0Like
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Latest Updates on Privacy - December, 2021 - Part I

Latest Updates on Privacy – December, 2021 – Part I

This is a rundown of last week's news updates on Privacy: Joint Parliamentary Committee submits report on Data Protection Bill The Joint Parliamentary Committee on Personal Data Protection Bill has submitted its report suggesting several changes including dropping the word “personal” from the name of the Bill to imply that the Bill also deals with non-personal data. The JPC has retained the section that confers the Central Government the power to exempt any government body from the application of the law…
December 23, 2021 Intellectual Property, Privacy / Data Protection 0Comment 759Views 0Like
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Latest Updates on Privacy - September, 2021 - Part IV

Latest Updates on Privacy – September, 2021 – Part IV

This is a rundown of last week’s news updates on Privacy: California Governor signs new data access law for gun owner information Governor Newsom recently signed into law Assembly Bill 173, which provides access to research centres information on gun owners, including personally identifiable information. The Bill names the California Firearm Violence Research Center at UC Davis as the nodal point for the receipt of gun owner information from the California Department of Justice (DOJ). The DOJ is also permitted to…
September 27, 2021 Intellectual Property, Privacy / Data Protection 0Comment 1080Views 0Like
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Latest Updates on Privacy - September, 2021 - Part 1

Latest Updates on Privacy – September, 2021 – Part I

This is a rundown of last week’s news updates on Privacy: Parliamentary Committee calls to ban Virtual Private Networks over anonymity of criminals online The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs has asked the Government of India to ban VPNs over worries that it perpetrates the pirating of copyrighted content, allows access to dark web marketplaces for the sale of guns and drugs, and their use by cybercriminals to hack, stalk and steal information anonymously. However, this is a contrasting move…
September 5, 2021 Intellectual Property 0Comment 1101Views 0Like
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Latest Updates on Privacy and Antitrust - 23rd August to 29th August, 2021

Latest Updates on Privacy and Antitrust – 23rd August to 29th August, 2021

This is a rundown of last week’s news updates on Privacy and Antitrust: UK to develop its own privacy rules Given Britain’s exit from the European Union, the question has now revolved around Britain’s obligations under privacy law, as it would now be considered as a third country under the provisions of the EU General Data Protection Regulation, which encumbers stricter compliance for handling data. As part of its overhaul of its Data Protection Act, Britain intends to do away with…
August 30, 2021 Intellectual Property, IP and Antitrust/Competition, Privacy / Data Protection 0Comment 786Views 0Like
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Latest Updates on Privacy and Antitrust - 16th August to 22nd August, 2021

Latest Updates on Privacy and Antitrust – 16th August to 22nd August, 2021

This is a rundown of last week’s news updates on Privacy and Antitrust: China passes a new privacy law, to take effect from November 1st China has passed a new data privacy bill, which contains strict regulations as to how to manage user data. The law, termed the Personal Information Protection Law, mandates the collection of consent when collecting user data, and details provisions as to the protection of user data when transferred outside China. The law also requires a designated…
August 23, 2021 Intellectual Property, IP and Antitrust/Competition, Privacy / Data Protection 0Comment 843Views 0Like
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