As always, great thanks to Joe Cadillic for his tireless efforts to bring us news on the privacy front. The following is just a smattering of what you can find on his blog, MassPrivateI: ACLU Calls for Halt of DHS’s Use Of Facial Recognition: https://www.aclu.org/letter/aclu-comment-dhs-st-information-collection-request-facial-recognition-and-artificial NEC Corporation to introduce facial recognition vaccination check system: https://nordot.app/839443641406668800?c=445918389795193953…
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Asylum seekers, families allegedly threatened after Australian immigration data breach
Ben Doherty reports: The personal details of nearly 10,000 people seeking asylum in Australia – unlawfully posted online by the Australian government – were accessed by people in foreign countries, including China, Russia, Egypt, and Pakistan, and from masked anonymous locations. New documents show the information was allegedly used to threaten asylum seekers, and to…
Ex-hospital employee’s unauthorized access to patient info leaves genuine questions of fact, COA rules
Katie Stancombe reports: A hospital group and its former employee at odds over her unauthorized access of confidential patient records aren’t quite finished with their legal battle, the Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled Wednesday. For nearly two years, former Franciscan Alliance employee Christina A. Padgett accessed a specific patient’s confidential protected health information in…
Saudi Arabia Issues New Personal Data Protection Law
Tarek Khanachet, Julie Teperow, and Antonio Michaelides of Covington & Burling write: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has recently issued its first comprehensive national data protection law. The Personal Data Protection Law will enter into force on March 23, 2022 and regulates the collection, processing and use of personal data in the Kingdom. Organizations with…