BBC reports: Any sale of NHS data gathered under a £500m contract would be a decision for the government, the head of a US tech firm has told the BBC. Alex Karp said his firm Palantir would not have access to the data given the way its product was set up. Palantir is seeking to…
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EU squeezes Meta on personal data use for targeting ads
Julien Girault reports: The European Data Protection Board said Wednesday it had adopted a binding decision that will ban Facebook and Instagram owner Meta from using the personal data of users for targeted ads without their explicit consent. The order closes off the legal basis used by Meta to freely process the personal data of…
What Can We Learn From Recent Wiretapping Lawsuits?
Fox Rothschild LLP & Odia Kagan write: Here is what we can learn from class action lawsuits filed in the last few days under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), the Pennsylvania Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Control Act, and other wiretapping-like causes of action. If you are going to record calls or chats, you…
Amazon rolls out independent cloud for Europe to address stricter privacy standards
Michelle Chapman of AP reports: Amazon is rolling out an independent cloud for Europe as it looks to address strict regulations that companies and those in the public sector face in the European Union. Amazon Web Services said Wednesday that its AWS European Sovereign Cloud, which will be located in and operate out of Europe,…