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JANUARY 11, 2021

“Donor Privacy at the Supreme Court; Xavier Becerra’s policy on nonprofits is in the dock”: The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Italy’s administrative authority on personal data protection, Garante Privacy, on Friday asked its Irish counterpart, the Irish Data Protection Commission (Irish DPC), to solicit answers from Facebook to a series of questions on the privacy implications of its new smart glasses before the company markets them on the Italian market.

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JUNE 13, 2024

Access Now and CARD stated that CBE violated the right to privacy under Article 26 of Ethiopia’s Constitution of 1994 and international human rights under Article 17 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).

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JULY 27, 2021

violated the privacy of an estimated 1.2 Information and Privacy Commissioner Angelene Falk stated Friday that Uber breached the Privacy Act by not taking reasonable steps to protect the personal information of customers and drivers from a cyber attack that occurred in a two-month period in late 2016.

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JULY 16, 2024

In July 2023 several schools passed so-called “forced outing” policies, which required teachers to notify parents if their child identifies as transgender. .” According to the California legislature’s LGBTQ caucus, the SAFETY Act is necessary to prevent school boards from outing the gender identity of students.

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MAY 20, 2024

The US Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a challenge to a Maryland school district’s gender identity policy, which parents are alleging violates their rights. The goal of the policies was to create a safe environment for students. The complaint alleged no specific allegations regarding the application of the policies.

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JANUARY 24, 2025

The statement further argues that Meta’s November amendments failed to resolve critical flaws despite numerous complaints to data protection authorities by early 2024 and a July 2024 European Commission decision that the policy violated the Digital Markets Act. month on the web, 7.99/month

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AUGUST 20, 2024

The Markup's Ross Teixeira had a virtual discussion with Jonathan Frankle, Chief Scientist at DataBricks, about the the ethics of companies using customer data to train models, the growing trend of integrating AI models into our personal devices and lives, and how people can get involved in policy conversations from national to local level.

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DECEMBER 14, 2021

The Attorney General’s Office seeks to understand how the facial network will affect citizens’ rights to privacy and liberty. ” He added: “This practice is unscrupulous, unethical, and contrary to public policy. I will continue to fight for the privacy of Vermonters, particularly our most vulnerable.”

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The Estrin Report

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Alternative Careers Requiring a Legal Background These roles capitalize on your specific legal expertise, making the most of your education and experience in the field. Alternative Careers Requiring a Legal Background These roles capitalize on your specific legal expertise, making the most of your education and experience in the field.

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JURIST

JULY 6, 2022

US Senate Intelligence Committee members Tuesday called for the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate social media platform TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance for invading the privacy of its users. TikTok has previously faced legal challenges in other countries for sharing user data.

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APRIL 24, 2021

This misuse includes selling personal or biometric data “without the consumer’s consent” and collecting categories of consumer information not specified in the company’s data use and privacy policies. The post Florida House passes consumer data privacy bill appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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OCTOBER 25, 2023

The court found that the regulation that enables these searches is restrictive enough to protect the privacy concerns of the plaintiffs. Judge Stephen Lindley dissented from the majority, arguing that the legislature did not authorize the commission to adopt “important policy-laden decisions of this nature.”

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JURIST

APRIL 24, 2021

France’s Highest Administrative Court (Council of States) on Wednesday gave its ruling on the national policy concerning data retention creating conflict between French and EU laws. The ruling was long-awaited as it clarified France’s stance on data retention policies.

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MARCH 23, 2024

.” Kindiki told Parliament that the government has contacted TikTok and raised concerns relating to its data processing policies via the Data Protection Commissioner, requiring TikTok to show compliance with the 2019 Data Protection Act and other relevant laws.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Although many ISP companies provided privacy protections and promised not to sell consumers’ personal data, they allowed this data to be “used, transferred and monetised” by third parties. The Chair Lina Khan said the report highlights fundamental questions around conditioning the use of essential technologies.

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 4, 2022

Law Firm Policies Are Missing in Too Many Firms. A little more than half (53%) of respondents say their firms have a policy to manage the retention of data held by the firm. We are concerned that 17% of respondents report that they have no policies and 8% don’t know about security policies.

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JULY 19, 2024

Specifically, WhatsApp’s updated privacy policy, effective 15 May 2021, appeared to force compliance on Nigerian users without aligning with standards of fairness, particularly concerning voluntary consent as outlined by the NDPR and FCCPA.

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MAY 23, 2022

According to the complaint, the Cambridge Analytica Facebook data breach was the “largest consumer privacy scandal” in US history. ” Further, Zuckerberg publicly took “personal responsibility for Facebook’s failures leading up to the Cambridge Analytica incident as well.”

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Above The Law

MARCH 12, 2025

On Friday afternoon at SXSW , Meredith Whittaker , CEO of Signal , painted a sobering and downright alarming picture of the modern privacy landscape. The Erosion of Privacy Whittaker noted that privacy is not a luxury; it is a fundamental condition for free thought, secure relationships, and democratic engagement.

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JURIST

JANUARY 19, 2023

Curley attributed the leak to the “expansion of the ability to work from home, as well as gaps in the Court’s security policies.” The Supreme Court will adjust their privacy policies and security measures in order to prevent another leak in the future.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Dunkins , prior to gaining access to the Moravian College WiFi network, defendant Dunkins was required to sign the college’s Computing Resources Policy. ” The defense compared the facts in Dunkins’ case to that of Carpenter v.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Proton Technologies is best known for privacy-focused software such as secure email platform ProtonMail and private network ProtonVPN. But as a result of the sudden policy change, the company was forced to surrender IP addresses of climate activists, leading to several arrests by the French authorities.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s mandate letters to his cabinet fell under an exemption of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) on Friday.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Here, a lawyer in Kabul offers his observations and perspective on recent developments in Taliban university policy. For privacy and security reasons we are withholding our correspondent’s name and institutional affiliation. The text has been only lightly edited to respect the author’s voice.

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AUGUST 26, 2024

The perpetrator was identified as Issa Al-H, a 26-year-old Syrian refugee whose last name was not revealed in compliance with German privacy laws. The attack took place during a festival commemorating the 650th anniversary of Solingen. She has also proposed increasing the number of knife-free zones throughout the country.

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OCTOBER 21, 2021

In 2018, AG Racine brought suit against Facebook alleging misrepresentation of its policies around third-party data access and compromising user privacy with deceptive trade practices under the District of Columbia’s Consumer Protection Procedures Act (CPPA).

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JURIST

AUGUST 15, 2023

Although Chopra only specified two actions, he indicated that the CFPB plans to take further action after additional policy research. China and the EU both have stricter data privacy regulations than the US, which has raised questions about US policy and led to some changes to accommodate US trade with the EU.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Virginia filed two lawsuits Thursday against the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) on behalf of two transgender students challenging the department’s 2023 model policies.

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Above The Law

MARCH 5, 2025

This year, Ill be attending the interactive portion, which focuses on the intersection of technology, business, and policy and the futurespaces where legal can and will be impacted. Exhibitors range from startups and tech disruptors to social enterprises and policy innovators. Its a festival, not just a conference.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Melissa Andrews was a paralegal for around 15 years and is now working in health care compliance and privacy. For the past three years, she’s been serving as a Virtual Chief Compliance Officer and Virtual Chief Privacy Officer at Clearwater Security. So how does that lead to a privacy and compliance officer? LEARN MORE Q.

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LLRX

AUGUST 23, 2023

Investigative data journalist Jon Keegan and former tech lawyer Linda Woods Hyman teach you how to spot tricks and hidden disclosures within these interminable documents—and even how to claw back some privacy.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The unredacted complaint alleges that Meta received millions of complaints that accounts were being run or owned by users under 13, violating Meta’s policies and the FTC rules. This is not the first time Meta has been mired in controversy for its use of private user data and platform policy management and moderation.

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MAY 26, 2022

Watch your back: Sharing office space comes with privacy and security risks. When you sublet office space to another company or firm, you relinquish some control over your privacy. How will you ensure privacy? You will need to take extra precautions to protect your clients and your firm. What liabilities should you be aware of?

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

One such difficulty is managing policy trade-offs. For example, the anonymity of a CBDC is not only correlated with policy goals like financial inclusion but also with policy concerns like money laundering. The costs associated with the development process of implementing CBDCs presents another policy concern.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 13, 2022

” The introduction of the act comes amidst rising concerns over TikTok’s privacy and content moderation policies. However, Senator Rubio maintained that the primary purpose of the bill is “to ban Beijing-controlled TikTok for good.”

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MARCH 14, 2025

Specifically, Freeman noted that NetChoice adequately established that the policy enforcement provision of the act is “both facially invalid with respect to content policies and community standards, and impermissibly vague.”

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