James A. Sherer, Nichole Sterling, and Stanton Burke of BakerHostetler write: Our last AI post on this blog, the New (if Decidedly Not ‘Final’) Frontier of Artificial Intelligence Regulation, touched on both the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) April 19, 2021, AI guidance and the European Commission’s proposed AI Regulation. The FTC’s 2021 guidance referenced, in large part, the FTC’s…
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Privacy and personal data protection in Africa A rights-based survey of legislation in eight countries
Omer Tene pointed out this great resource: Privacy and data protection in Africa. 370 page report with country reports on Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, S. Africa, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda. From the Association for Progressive Communications (APC). (pdf)
China authorities name 105 apps for improper data practices
Zen Soo reports: China’s internet watchdog said Friday it had found Bytedance’s Douyin, Microsoft Bing, LinkedIn and 102 other apps were engaged in improper collection and use of data and ordered them to fix the problem. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said that the 105 apps violated laws by excessively collecting and illegally accessing…
UK: ICO fines contact-tracing service for using personal data for marketing
From the Information Commissioner’s Office: The ICO has fined a company for sending direct marketing emails to people who provided their personal data for contact tracing purposes. Tested.me Ltd (TML) of St Albans, provides digital contact tracing services which work by offering people a QR code to scan when arriving at businesses’ premises. The company…