Amy Borrett reports: The regulator tasked with policing Google in Europe is under pressure to prove it’s up to the job. The non-profit Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has written to Ireland’s Minister for Justice Helen McEntee to ask if the Ireland’s Data Protection Commission is capable of acting on claims that Google violates…
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4th grader suspended for having a BB gun in his bedroom during virtual learning
On September 19, I posted a link to a model opt-out letter provided by the Rutherford Institute for parents to use to preserve their child’s and their family’s privacy rights during virtual learning. Now Gisela Crespo reports another situation that makes such discussions and letters necessary: A 9-year-old Louisiana student was suspended after a teacher…
NZ: Lawyer who took caveats on client’s properties ordered to pay $20,000 for interfering in man’s privacy
Lane Nichols reports: A lawyer who charged a client $19,000 to access his personal file and put caveats on the man’s 11 properties to recoup unpaid fees has been stung $20,000 for causing humiliation and interfering with the man’s privacy. A just-released Human Rights Review Tribunal decision says Wellington lawyer John Dean’s “concerted” actions breached…
First Lawsuit over Alleged Violation of the LGPD Filed in Brazil
Clarity in Privacy reports: On September 22, 2020, Brazil’s Public Ministry of the Federal District and Territories filed the first public civil action based on the country’s General Data Protection Law (“Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados” or “LGPD”). According to the lawsuit, a company based in the city of Belo Horizonte sells personal information, including names,…