Lindsay Clark reports: The UK has signed up to a US plan for sharing police-held biometric data about citizens with US border officials. According to a member of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), the body met “informally” with representatives of the US Department of Homeland Security this week to discuss…
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European Data Protection Board Publishes Guidelines on Certification as a Tool for International Personal Data Transfers
Kristof Van Quathem, Dan Cooper, and Anna Oberschelp de Meneses of Covington and Burling write: On June 30, 2022, the European Data Protection Board published draft guidelines on certification as a tool for transfers. These guidelines complement the EDPB’s earlier guidelines on certification and identifying certification criteria. These guidelines and the guidelines on codes of conduct as tools…
Rabbi’s suit over Florida abortion law tests bounds of religious objections after Roe
Michael Wilner reports: Weeks before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, revoking a woman’s constitutional right to abortion, a rabbi and lawyer in Boynton Beach was preparing to take action against Florida. The state’s ban on abortions after 15 weeks, he said, directly targets Jews. “Judaism is in conflict with this law,” Rabbi Barry…
TikTok Confirms Some China-Based Employees Can Access US User Data
Alex Barinka reports: TikTok, the viral video-sharing app owned by China’s ByteDance Ltd., said certain employees outside the US can access information from American users, stoking further criticism from lawmakers who have raised alarms about the social network’s data-sharing practices. The company’s admission came in a letter to nine US senators who accused TikTok and its…