Cameron Abbott, Christien Corns, Rebecca Gill, and Rob Pulham of K&L Gates write: There is a common misconception that Australian residents enjoy a general “right to privacy”. Many people understandably believe that if they are, for example, eating lunch at a restaurant minding their own business, it would be “unlawful” for someone to take photos…
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U.S. judge blocks Twitter’s bid to reveal government surveillance requests
Kanishka Singh reports: Twitter Inc will not be able to reveal surveillance requests it received from the U.S. government after a federal judge accepted government arguments that this was likely to harm national security after a near six-year long legal battle. The social media company had sued the U.S. Department of Justice in 2014 to…
Online Learning Best Practices for Schools and Educators
Anisha Reddy, Alexis Shore, and Amelia Vance write: In this series, Privacy and Pandemics, the Future of Privacy Forum explores the challenges posed by the COVID-19 crisis to existing ethical, privacy, and data protection frameworks, and will seek to provide information and guidance to companies and researchers interested in responsible data sharing to support public health…
Student Information Exposed by Legal Loophole, Study Says
There’s a new study report out by World Privacy Forum on FERPA, “directory information,” and student privacy. It’s a big report that I have yet to find time to really read, but Allen St. John of Consumer Reports can help you get an overview: A loophole in a federal student privacy law gives outsiders access…