James Cook reports: The Chinese government has ordered technology businesses operating in the country to collect more data on their users, including their real names and the type of hardware they use to access sites. China’s Cyberspace Administration published its new requirements on Thursday, informing businesses that they will come into place on November 30….
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Illinois school district drops controversial eavesdropping case against former student
Austin Berg has a welcomed update to a case that never should have been hanging over a teenager’s head: Paul Boron no longer has a potential felony hanging over his head. But Illinois’ eavesdropping law means others like him might not be so lucky. The young Illinoisan spent his summer at the center of an…
Trump signs bill that creates the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Catalin Cimpanu reports: US President Donald Trump signed today a bill into law, approving the creation of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The bill, known as the CISA Act, reorganizes and rebrands the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD), a program inside the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as CISA, a standalone federal…
CNIL imposes GDPR-consent in online advertising space
Kristof Van Quathem and Anna Oberschelp de Meneses of Covington & Burling write: On November 9, 2018, the French Supervisory Authority for Data Protection (known as the “CNIL”) announced that it issued a formal warning (available here) ordering the company Vectaury to change its consent experience for customers and purge all data collected on the…