(Machine translation): MOSCOW, 19 June. /TASS/. The World Court in Moscow imposed an administrative fine on Yandex, the largest Runet site, finding it guilty of repeatedly failing to provide the FSB of Russia with information about users of the Yandex.Services service, which is necessary for searching for people or ensuring the country’s security. As TASS clarified on Monday…
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EPIC Urges First Circuit to Recognize Legality of State Voter Privacy Law
From EPIC.org: EPIC submitted an amicus brief on Friday, June 16 in the case Public Interest Legal Foundation v. Bellows urging the First Circuit to reverse a district court opinion that found a Maine voter privacy law to be preempted by the National Voter Registration Act (“NVRA”). In the case, PILF—an organization that focuses on election integrity and has…
FTC Says Genetic Testing Company 1Health Failed to Protect Privacy and Security of DNA Data and Unfairly Changed its Privacy Policy
The Federal Trade Commission charged that the genetic testing firm 1Health.io left sensitive genetic and health data unsecured, deceived consumers about their ability to get their data deleted, and changed its privacy policy retroactively without adequately notifying and obtaining consent from consumers whose data the company had already collected. As part of a proposed settlement with the…
Banks, Institutions Pay Over N200m Fines for Exposing Privacy Rights of Nigerians
Victor Enengedi reports: A total sum exceeding N200 million has been collected by the Federal Government from at least seven banks and various other institutions. The Federal Government collected these payments from these financial institutions as a consequence of their infringement upon the data privacy rights of Nigerian citizens. Read more at Legit. (If I’m…