Charles Mok is currently the director of tech for Good Asia. He was an internet entrepreneur before becoming a legislator representing the Information Technology sector in Hong Kong’s Legislative Council from 2012 to 2020. He writes: Doxxing – exposing previously private personal information to the public without consent, often over the internet – has become a familiar…
Category: Laws
The Personal Information Protection Law in China: A Legal Analysis
Sophie You and Emilia Jin write: China’s Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress announced the Personal Information Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as “PIPL”) on August 20, 2021, which will soon come into effect on November 1, 2021. As China’s first law specifically regulating the protection of personal information, the PIPL…
Slovenian SA orders the controller to delete a collection of 88 photos according to Article 17 of the GDPR
Seen on the European Data Protection Board web site, a decision by the Slovenia authority: Background information Date of final decision: 28.6.2021 Cross-border case or national case: national case Legal Reference: Right to erasure (Article 17) Decision: Order to comply Key words: Freedom of expression, Legitimate interest, Right to privacy Summary of the Decision The…
WhatsApp Fined $266 Million Over Data Transparency Breaches
Stephanie Bodoni and Katharine Gemmell of Bloomberg report: Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp was ordered to pay a 225 million-euro ($266 million) penalty for failing to be transparent about how it handled personal information, its first fine under beefed-up European Union data protection law. The Irish Data Protection Commission — Silicon Valley’s main privacy watchdog in Europe…