Reuters reports: WhatsApp has filed a lawsuit in Delhi against the Indian government seeking to block regulations coming into force on Wednesday that experts say would compel Facebook’s messaging app to break privacy protections, sources said. The case asks the Delhi High Court to declare that one of the new IT rules is a violation of…
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The Not-So-Hidden FTC Guidance on Organizational Use of Artificial Intelligence, and European Commission’s Proposed Artificial Intelligence Regulation
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…
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…