Jacqueline Howard reports: As the return to school approaches, some states are prohibiting public schools from requiring Covid-19 vaccinations or proof of vaccination for students ranging from pre-K to university. A CNN analysis has found that at least seven states — Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Montana, Oklahoma and Utah — have enacted legislation this year…
Category: Laws
Spreading personal data to become a criminal offence in the Netherlands
DutchNews.nl reports: The Netherlands is to make ‘doxing’ – sharing personal details such as addresses and telephone numbers on the internet without permission – a criminal offence, justice minister Ferd Grapperhaus has told MPs in a briefing. The minister has drawn up draft legislation which will impose a maximum sentence of a year in prison…
China’s Shenzhen City Enacted Regional Data Regulation
Manuel Torres and Zhang, Dun of Garrigues write: Shenzhen, the leading financial and production center for China and home of many Chinese internet and tech giants such as Huawei, Tencent and DJI, enacted its regional data protection law, ‘Data Regulation of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone’ (Shenzhen Data Regulation) on June 29, 2021. Shenzhen Data…
MD: Montgomery County Public School parents help lead push for better federal student privacy protections
Caitlynn Peetz reports: Some Montgomery County parents are leading a push for more stringent privacy protections for students after discovering what they call “massive failures.” On Friday morning, 14 parents from nine states filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Education, raising concerns about the personal information gathered about students on online platforms, stored for…