Molly Quell reports: Austria was wrong to force a daily newspaper to hand over information about anonymous website commenters, Europe’s top rights court ruled Tuesday. The European Court of Human Rights sided with Der Standard, finding anonymous comments critical of politicians on the newspaper’s website were covered by freedom of expression. It says Austrian authorities were…
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NYC vaccine mandate extended to private employees
Nina Pullano reports: Amid rising concerns about the omicron variant, private businesses in New York City will have to require their employees to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday. The mandate is the first of its kind in the United States, bringing roughly 184,000 employers, including restaurants, gyms, and entertainment…
Facebook: latest EU court case shows how Europe is clamping down on big tech
Facebook: latest court case shows how Europe is clamping down on big tech Renaud Foucart, Lancaster University Facebook’s approach to users’ data has just been dealt a major blow from the European court of justice (ECJ). In an answer to a question from Germany’s highest court, the ECJ’s advocate general – whose opinion is not binding…
What is the Online Privacy Act of 2021?
Odia Kagan of Fox Rothschild writes: U.S. Congresswomen Anna Eshoo (D-California) and Zoe Lofgren (D-California) have reintroduced House Resolution 6027 for the Online Privacy Act of 2021. Some of the bill’s key differentiators from CCPA, CDPA and CPA: limitations on the disclosure of personal information to third parties that are not subject to the Act/jurisdiction…