Nick Oberheiden of Oberheiden P.C. writes: Once officers have a search warrant, they are entitled to enter the place to be searched with or without your consent. Given this reality, there is little you can do to prevent a search if officers have a warrant. However, there are still important steps you can—and should—take to…
Category: Laws
Are proposed data protection changes a threat to UK citizens’ privacy?
Alex Scroxton reports: Government proposals to liberalise the UK’s data protection regime in support of increased innovation, research and economic growth, alongside an expansion of the remit held by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to support these goals, have prompted discussion among data privacy and infosec experts, with some concerned that Boris Johnson’s government means to gut…
Analyzing China’s PIPL and How It Compares to the EU’s GDPR
Yan Luo & Zhijing Yu of Covington & Burling write: … Note that while the PIPL bears a resemblance to the GDPR, it includes certain substantive obligations that differ from the GDPR, and there are also obligations found in the GDPR that are not included in the PIPL. Below we provide a high-level summary of…
Banned Chinese broadcaster CGTN fined £200,000 by UK watchdog over privacy rules breach
Leonie Chao-Fong reports: A Chinese state-owned broadcaster has been fined £200,000 for failing to comply with UK broadcasting rules. Media regulator Ofcom said it had imposed the fine on Star China Media Limited (SCML) “for serious breaches of our fairness and privacy rules on its CCTV and CGTN services”. Read more on The Independent. While there may have been specific privacy rule violations,…