Maya Atrakchi of JacksonLewis reports: In 2024, Israel became the latest jurisdiction to enact comprehensive privacy legislation, largely inspired by the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). On August 5, 2024, Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, voted to approve the enactment of Amendment No. 13 (“the Amendment”) to the Israel Privacy Protection Law (“IPPL”). The amendment…
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‘Data protection rules’ enabled child sex abuser priest to continue taking part in services
Warning: The news report linked below may be triggering for some people. Max Stephens reports: A priest under investigation for historic sexual offences against children was able to take part in funeral services because of “data protection rules”, a former colleague has said. Rev Canon Timothy Biles, 89, was sentenced to six years imprisonment on…
Massachusett’s Supreme Judicial Court tosses warrantless secret video recording
by Jennifer Smith, CommonWealth Beacon December 4, 2024 Tthrew cold water on police use of a popular covert recording technology, ruling unanimously over Thanksgiving week that cell phone video taken of a suspect during a drug investigation without a warrant violates Massachusetts’ 1968 wiretap law. Massachusetts has one of the strictest anti-wiretap laws in the…