The New Zealand Herald reports: A Parole Board privacy blunder saw a Taranaki parolee forced to leave town before disappearing for a month – only later found to have committed suicide. The Human Rights Review Tribunal has ruled the New Zealand Parole Board breached the privacy of Jesse Dolman’s mum, Judith Ann Tapiki, and friend…
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Google hit with €50m fine by CNIL for data privacy breach
The Irish Times reports: Google has been fined €50 million for breaking EU privacy laws in the first case of a US tech giant being caught under Europe’s tough new data protection rules. France’s data protection office (CNIL) found the US search engine guilty of breaking EU privacy laws by failing to obtain adequate consent…
Confidentiality for Patients With Substance Use Disorders Is Under Threat
Alison Knopf writes: When patients seek treatment for substance use disorders (SUDs)—in a society that stigmatizes and discriminates against people with SUDs in so many ways—they naturally want to know if their treatment will be “confidential.” This means: private, not shared with anyone unless they give permission to share it. There’s a federal regulation meant…
41 California Privacy Experts Urge Major Changes to the California Consumer Privacy Act
Eric Goldman writes: 41 California privacy lawyers, professionals, and professors are urging the California legislature to make major changes to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which the legislature hastily passed in 2018. The letter highlights six significant problems with the CCPA, including: The CCPA affects many businesses who never had a chance to explain…