Hiroto Imai and Mizue Kakiuchi of Hogan Lovells write: On 3 August 2021, Japan’s Personal Information Protection Commission (“PPC”) published its long-awaited Guidelines on amendments enacted in 2020 (the “2020 amendments”) to Japan’s Act on the Protection of Personal Information (the “APPI”). While many of the 2020 amendments do not take effect until 1 April 2022,…
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Privacy commissioner says N.S. Health violated privacy of program participants
Jack Julian reports: The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner has ruled Nova Scotia Health violated the privacy of participants in the province’s Driving While Impaired program. A privacy expert in Halifax says it’s an interesting illustration of the complexity of privacy rules when more than one law can come into play. Read more…
New Mexico Attorney General Files COPPA Suit Against Game Developer
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On August 25, 2021, New Mexico Attorney General (“AG”) Hector Balderas sued Rovio Entertainment (“Rovio” or the “Company”), the developer of the popular Angry Birds mobile app games, alleging that the Company violated the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) by knowingly collecting data from players under age 13 and…
Judge Who Released Michael Avenatti’s Financial Affidavits Says Privacy Rule Needs Clarification
Avalon Zoppo writes: The Manhattan federal judge who ordered Michael Avenatti to release documents regarding his inability to pay attorneys in a case involving Stormy Daniels is asking a committee to clarify a federal rule to acknowledge public access to such financial affidavits. Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman of the Southern District of New York…