And in other Faceb00k privacy litigation this week, Jacqueline Thomsen reports: A federal judge in Washington, D.C., signed off on a record $5 billion fine imposed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Facebook for allegedly violating federal law and a previous order with its privacy practices. In an opinion issued Thursday night, U.S. District Judge Timothy…
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IN: Kerala HC Restrains Sprinklr From Breaching Data Confidentiality; Govt Directed To Anonymize Data & Take Informed Consent
The High Court of Kerala on Friday passed a slew of directions to address the concerns of data confidentiality over the controversial Sprinklr deal to process data related to COVID-19 cases in Kerala. Read more on LiveLaw
From Revenge Porn to Big Data Breaches: NSW Opposition Introduces Bill to Redress “Serious Invasions of Privacy”
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…
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…