Jordan Smith reports: William Thompson, a professor emeritus of criminology and law at the University of California, Irvine, lives in University Hills, an on-campus residential community that affords, as he says, “poorly paid academics” in an area with high housing costs the ability to live near work. He was outside one day a few years ago…
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Dutch court will hear another Facebook privacy lawsuit
Natasha Lomas reports: Privacy litigation that’s being brought against Facebook by two not-for-profits in the Netherlands can go ahead, an Amsterdam court has ruled. The case will be heard in October. Since 2019, the Amsterdam-based Data Privacy Foundation (DPS) has been seeking to bring a case against Facebook over its rampant collection of internet users’ data — arguing…
POPIA: The long wait is over
Monique Jefferson and Justine Katz of DLA Piper write: The Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (POPIA) came into effect on 1 July 2020 but was subject to a 12-month grace period, which ended yesterday (30 June 2021). Therefore, from today (1 July 2021) POPIA is fully in effect, save for certain provisions. Read their…
U.S. Supreme Court turns away digital device border search cases
Sara Merken reports: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up three cases that relate to constitutional requirements for U.S. border searches of electronic devices like laptops and cell phones. The high court’s decision to steer clear of the cases comes as courts around the country have grappled in varying ways with how the 4th…