Dan Cooper, Kristof Van Quathem, Anna Oberschelp de Meneses, and Evangelos Sakiotis of Covington and Burling write: On October 6, 2022, the Advocate General (“AG”) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) released an opinion in case C-300/21 to the effect that a controller or processor’s non-compliance with the GDPR does not…
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Indonesia Ratifies Country’s First Comprehensive Legal Framework for Personal Data Protection
As seen on Privacy & Information Security Law Blog: SHIFT Counsellors at Law reports from Indonesia that The People’s Representative Council of the Republic of Indonesia has ratified Indonesia’s draft law on personal data protection. The draft law came into effect on October 17, 2022. The law, which is partly modeled on the EU General Data…
Attorney General Formally Bans The Collection Of Journalists’ Records During Leak Investigations
Tim Cushing writes: The early months of 2021, following Trump’s loss at the polls and the subsequent raid of the Capitol building by his supporters, were periodically punctuated by disturbing revelations about the DOJ under the former reality show star. Seeking to plug multiple leaks originating in his administration, the Trump DOJ began targeting journalists, hoping to use their communication records to sniff out the sources of these…
How to Communicate Student Data Privacy Protections to Families More Effectively
Michael Hickey writes: Parents and guardians of K–12 students are rather aware and concerned about student data privacy, but a majority are lacking specific information from their schools. A 2020 Center for Democracy and Technology report shows that without additional details about threats, 62 percent of parents showed some level of concern over student data privacy. However,…