Harriet Pearson, Paul Otto, Laurie Lai and Julian Flamant of Hogan Lovells write about the recently released discussion draft on NIST’s privacy framework. …..The draft Privacy Framework describes five core privacy “functions” for organizations to develop and implement that track the life cycle of an organization’s management of privacy risk: Identify (organizational understanding of privacy…
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Justices Decline to Review Case Involving Strip Search of 4-Year-Old at School
Mark Walsh reports: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a case involving the warrantless strip-search at school of a 4-year-old student by a county caseworker looking for evidence of abuse. The case of I.B. v. Woodard (No. 18-1173) raised several important legal questions for educators, including whether a child welfare caseworker…
Canadian company pleads guilty to peddling vast database of personal information
The Canadian Press reports: The RCMP says a Canadian-based company that peddled an illicit trove of 1.5 billion user names and associated passwords has pleaded guilty to criminal charges. In a news release, the Mounties say Defiant Tech Inc. admitted in court Friday to trafficking in identity information and possession of property obtained by crime…
Lithuanian watchdog issues first GDPR fine
Sam Clark reports: Lithuania’s data protection authority has fined a payments processing company for breaching three provisions of the GDPR. The State Data Protection Inspectorate has levied a €61,500 fine against fintech company MisterTango for inappropriate data processing, disclosing personal data and failing to report a breach, it said today. The authority said that the…