Simon Sharwood reports: Singapore will from May 12th require all businesses to adopt a system that checks visitors into and out of their premises using their smartphones, and has already made using the system compulsory before entering some venues. Called “SafeEntry”, the system is designed to enhance Singapore’s coronavirus contact-tracing capabilities and requires visitors to…
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Hospital Responds After Video of Rishi Kapoor From ICU Leaks
The Quint reports: Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor passed away on the morning of the 30th of April after a long fight leukaemia. As fans across the country mourned, multiple images of the actor started floating on the internet. However, a certain video of the actor on his death bed from inside the hospital started being…
The Netherlands: Fine imposed on employer processing of employee fingerprints
Stephanie Reinders Folmer and Richard van Schaik of DLA Piper write: The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, “Dutch DPA“) issued a fine of EUR 725,000 for a company unlawfully processing fingerprints of its employees for attendance and time registration purposes. Under the GDPR, biometric data (e.g. fingerprints) processed for the purpose of identifying a natural person…
AU: ‘Publisher’ Google ordered to pay $40k in damages for defaming Melbourne lawyer after court ruling
Updated: This is the type of opinion that I thought we might only see from an EU court, but apparently it is not the first time this has happened in Australia. Karen Percy reports: Google has been ordered to pay $40,000 in damages to a Melbourne lawyer after a Supreme Court of Victoria ruling found…