Coco Feng reports: The telecoms authority of China’s eastern Zhejiang province has told the cloud computing unit of Alibaba Group Holding that it violated the country’s Cybersecurity Law and should make rectifications following a complaint about a 2019 information leak. In a letter dated July 5, the Zhejiang Communications Administration (ZCA) said it found Alibaba Cloud “disclosed…
Category: Laws
New Bill Would Revoke Section 230 Liability Protection for “Health Misinformation” Promoted During Public Health Emergencies
Lindsey Tonsager & Andrew Longhi of Covington & Burling write: To add to the growing number of bills that would amend or revoke Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, last month Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced the Health Misinformation Act of 2021 (S.2448). Senator Ben Lujan (D-NM) cosponsored the bill. The bill would amend…
California Federal Court Examines Consent, Wiretap Claims, and Privacy Laws on Motion to Dismiss
Kathryn Cahoy of Covington & Burling writes: A recent decision from the Northern District of California on a motion to dismiss examined consent and other key privacy issues. The putative class action claimed that payment processing company Stripe Inc. collected and used personal information from visitors to merchant partners’ websites in violation of various privacy…
China passes new personal data privacy law, to take effect Nov. 1
Josh Horwitz reports: China’s National People’s Congress on Friday passed a law designed to protect online user data privacy and will implement the policy from Nov. 1, according to state media outlet Xinhua. […] The law states that handling of personal information must have clear and reasonable purpose and shall be limited to the “minimum…